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CBS, 60 Minutes Producer "Shopping" for News to Harm Military
Veterans For Peace web site ^ | 9-10-2004 | Robert A. Cook

Posted on 09/10/2004 8:16:04 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE

Date: Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:25 pm Subject: CBS News/60 Minutes Seeking to talk with Military Families

From: "Chante Wolf" Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 12:50 PM Subject: Fw: CBS News/60 Minutes Seeking to talk withMilitary Families, Soldiers\ about recruiting, re-enlisting

Dear Military Families,

We received the email below from Michael Bronner, a producer for 60 Minutes, and spoke with him as well. He is looking to speak with families who have concerns about recruiting practices (for new recruits) AND re-enlistment schemes/pressures in the military. If you would like to email or speak with him, his contact information is below.

Thank you!

In Peace and Solidarity, Nancy Lessin and Charley Richardson, for MFSO www.mfso.org www.bringthemhomenow.org

----- Original Message ----- From: Bronner, Michael

Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:28 AM Subject: CBS News/60 Minutes

I am a producer at 60 Minutes and am working on a story about military recruiting. I have heard anecdotally about several concerns regarding recruiting methods employed by all of the armed forces, and am wondering whether there is anyone at MFSO working specifically on these issues, or any families with relevant experiences they might be willing to share.

Please reach me by phone though the contacts listed below.

Thanks very much.

-Michael Bronner, CBS News Michael Bronner CBS News/60 Minutes II 555 W. 57th St., 8th Flr. New York, NY 10019 tel. 212.975.7938 fax 212.975.9310 mobile: 646.331.3694


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; bias; cbs; killian; producer; rather
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Gee.

Since 60 Minutes wants military news - and has decided to contact Veterans for Peace to get "accurate, unbiased information", maybe we should contact this producer about media bias in their research.

1 posted on 09/10/2004 8:16:05 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Michael Bonner has Micheal Moron's picture on his wall.


2 posted on 09/10/2004 8:18:21 AM PDT by WoodstockCat (Al Gore: I am Irrelevant, hear me Roar.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

I'm listening to a collage of newscasters from 9/11 on the Laura Ingraham show right now and imaging that CBS is focusing on trying to demean the military men and women who are out there risking their lives to defend us from another horror.

CBS is beyond repair.


3 posted on 09/10/2004 8:18:49 AM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

bump


4 posted on 09/10/2004 8:19:12 AM PDT by not-alone
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To: WoodstockCat

Micheal Bonner is Michael Moore's TV alterego...la


5 posted on 09/10/2004 8:20:21 AM PDT by TheSuaveOne
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To: not-alone

They keep trying to pin this on Bush by saying the White House "didn't question their accuracy"...  HOW COULD THE BUSH WHITEHOUSE KNOW WHAT KILLIAN WAS THINKING AT THE TIME?  SHOULDN'T CBS / DNC HAVE VETTED THEM BETTER THAN THAT?

The most important thing you can do is to contact CBS and voice your disgust about Dan Rather.  Second, about CBS's anti-Bush taint, and third, send media links to the controversy to the advertisers and lodge a complaint with the advertisers that they must repudiate the 60 Minutes hit piece.  Do they want their products associated with a politically motivated hatchet job which turns out to be a fraud?

CBS 60 Minutes Hit Piece on Bush

This should be enough to put a LOT of heat on CBS if you're willing to do the work.   Complain to CBS advertisers.  Most of these are advertisers that were involved with the 60 Minutes slam on Bush, but hey, complain to them and ask for them to pull their advertising from the Bush Hating CBS...

CBS Television Group
51 W 52nd St # 35
New York, NY 10019
(212) 975-4321

CBS News FAX is (212) 975-1998

60 Minutes Spokesperson: Kelli Edwards 212-975-6795

CBS News Comments
212-975-3248. (Leave a comment on the answering machine)

60 Minutes
524 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
212- 975-3247 CALL AND COMPLAIN!

 

Andrew Heyward -- CBS News
Title: President
Department: Headquarters
Phone: (212) 975-4321
Fax: (212) 975-1893
Address: 524 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019

60II@cbsnews.com

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First Commercial Break

Allegra

Home Depot

Kleenex

Vioxx(Arthritis medicine)

Splenda(Low carb sugar substitute)

email contacts for the first group:

Allegra is Aventis. Contact info: https://www.facilitator.aventis-us.com/contactcenter/MedicalInquiryForm.do 

Aventis Pharmaceuticals
300-400 Somerset Corporate Boulevard
Bridgewater, NJ 08807-2854
Phone: 1-800-981-2491
 

Home Depot Executive addresses http://ir.homedepot.com/edgar.cfm

Home Depot Investor Relations http://ir.homedepot.com/comment.cfm

Home Depot Public Relations - customer-service@homedepot.com 

http://www.homedepot.com/HDUS/EN_US/corporate/media_relations/media_relations.shtml 

Klenex: https://www.kimberly-clark.com/ask/kleenex/index.asp?country=US&site=www.kleenex.com&ssl=true 

Vioxx belongs to Merck: http://www.merck.com/contact/ 

Merck & Co., Inc.
One Merck Drive
P.O. Box 100
Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-0100 USA
Phone: 908-423-1000

splenda: http://www.splenda.com/vcrc/customer.jhtml;jsessionid=YFXNEFPSM4OQMCQPCB3SUZQKB2IIWNSC 
1-800-7-SPLENDA
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Second Commercial Break

Kia Automobiles

Zelnorm(IBS medication for women)

Sprint PCS

UPS Store

Campbells Soup

Kia Automobiles (Again)

Kia - go to www.kia.com  and look at the bottom for contact info.

zelnorm is an IBS med from novartis: second commercials:

http://www.pharma.us.novartis.com/utils/contact/info/profilei.jsp 

sprint: http://www.sprint.com/business/support/index.jsp 

ups: http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/contact/index.html 

campbell soup: http://www.campbellsoupcompany.com/contact_campbell.asp?cpovisq=7p1MlY0GCdNTvvNxXWY9pJhKUKkuu4AQ 

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Third Commercial break (End of Bush segment)

Morgan Stanley

Ziploc

Cingular Wireless

Pepcid Complete

Estee Lauder

Infiniti Automobiles

morgan stanley: http://www.morganstanleyindividual.com/customerservice/contactus/ 

cingular: http://www.cingular.com/customer_service/contact_us 

pepcid antiacid: http://www.pepcidac.com/vcrc/email/emailform.jhtml 

estee lauder: http://www.esteelauder.com/customerservice/email_us.tmpl 

infiniti: http://www.infiniti.com/form/0,,action-IContactUs,00.htmliniti:

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Swift Vets Threads related to CBS con

Threads talking about boycott. http://www2.swiftvets.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8441  (This one has most of the contact links)
http://www2.swiftvets.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8414 
http://www2.swiftvets.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8303

 

6 posted on 09/10/2004 8:20:29 AM PDT by woodb01 (Start a call, writing, fax, and e-mail campaign to discourage CBS advertisers~)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Quick, send this fool some fake documents... they'll bite on anything.


7 posted on 09/10/2004 8:20:40 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
"I told you so" GWB


8 posted on 09/10/2004 8:22:29 AM PDT by bert (Peace is only halftime !)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Is this how they found the bogus documents?


9 posted on 09/10/2004 8:26:27 AM PDT by tioga
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Call his cell, He will answer, Also fax him and Blather a nice note. They are a 527 Fraud group for Flipper!


10 posted on 09/10/2004 8:27:17 AM PDT by mmyers
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To: woodb01

I already complained to Home Depot.


11 posted on 09/10/2004 8:28:12 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Kerry's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

What the hell is this, research for Michael Moore?


12 posted on 09/10/2004 8:32:28 AM PDT by FesterUSMC
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

NEWS FLASH: RECRUITERS LIE TO YOU...


13 posted on 09/10/2004 8:33:45 AM PDT by bondjamesbond (As a good Jihadi tells his son: Remember, the red wire and green wire must never shake hands...)
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To: rhombus
Quick, send this fool some fake documents... they'll bite on anything.

Note to SeeBS, when you are in a hole, quit digging.


14 posted on 09/10/2004 8:36:40 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Charter member of the VRWC - and proud of it.)
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To: bondjamesbond

So call this CBS producer and tell him!

He wants your feedback.

(By the way, offer to fax him an update to his 1973 version of Microsoft Word while you're at it.)


15 posted on 09/10/2004 8:36:55 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Kerry's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Here is an interesting tie in re one of the radical peace organizations and this left winger. His name is listed as an attendee at a big meeting.

More of the bias we expect from C BS.

http://www.ceip.org/Programs/npp/confirmed.htm


16 posted on 09/10/2004 8:41:07 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Kerry = The Wrong Candidate in the Wrong Country at the Wrong Time (post 9/11)!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
recruiting methods employed by all of the armed forces,

Ha ha ha.

What a scoop: recruiters don't always tell the truth; car dealers don't profit from undercoating; time shares are a good investment.

CBS is nuts.

17 posted on 09/10/2004 8:46:10 AM PDT by angkor
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

60 minutes....tick tick tick tick BOOM.


18 posted on 09/10/2004 8:58:27 AM PDT by blanknoone (Republicans need to acknowledge that campaign finance reform failed and start setting up 527s.)
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To: blanknoone

I think there is more to this story. Shows CBS is corrupt to the core, not just an unwitting dupe of a forged memo.


19 posted on 09/10/2004 9:05:20 AM PDT by pushforbush
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To: Grampa Dave; neverdem
I did call Micheal on his cell phone, told him we had found his request on the Veterans For Peace web site ...

Hemmed and hawed a bit, denied he was looking for "bad news" about recruiting, though he had no answer when I challenged him about calling a "antiwar" group looking for "positive news" military on recruiting.

I reminded of my son's good USAF recruiting experiences, and he admitted that the Navy and USAF had "no problems."

I thought about, but chose NOT to recommend he call Dan Rather and borrow a typewriter to write up his expose.
20 posted on 09/10/2004 9:12:07 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Kerry's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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