Posted on 09/11/2004 7:11:48 AM PDT by Republican Red
BoycotCBS.com - SIGN THE PETITION
They did it before, using economic pressure to stop the Reagan movie from airing.
They now have a petition up:
Join our petition to the FEC to have CBS/Viacom held accountable for violating federal election law with its fraudulent smear of President Bush. By joining, you'll also receive future action alerts to keep the heat on CBS and other left-wing outlets.
“CBS has, once again, gone too far with its phony smear of President Bush. I call on the Federal Election Commission to stop this illegal activity by Dan Rather and CBS."
Get the word out
Done.
Done, thanks for the heads up.
I wrote this group asking them to lead a boycott during their new season premier - Sept 21-28.
I think many people are fuming at CBS but don't know what to do. They won't "boycott" if they think it is only them.
I think an organized group is needed to lead the way.
My boycott of the alphabet ministries of information is now in it's tenth year.
AC
I signed the petition, and then I made ANOTHER donation to the Swift Boat Vets !!
Done and thanks!
HIT THE SPONSORS..... RATHER LASTED THROUGH NUMERIOUS ADMISTRATION... HIT THE WALLETS.... SPONSORS.... CORPORATIONS WHO SPONSORED THE OVERTHROUGH BY THE SOCIALISTS ..... RATHER IS THE LEAD DOG...... BUT THERE ARE OTHERS..... THE GRAY LADY DIED YEARS AGO.....
MAKE IT SNOW IN CORPORATE AMERICA.
E-mailed CBS and Cingular to register my disgust. I have 3 phones with Cingular and told them I would discontinue if they continue to advertise on CBiaS.
BTW.....I also sent an e mail to CBS telling them I was going to boycott ALL of their advertisers. If you go to CBSNews.com, you will also see a "link" they have for "consumers" to report a "scam" they (CBS) should investigate. I e mailed the link, and told them to start investigating THEMSELVES and Dan Rather!!!
Specifically, the sponsors of the News Division should be targeted.
Done
Done! I also posted my local SeeBS affiliate last night and gave them a cyber berating... I also went to RightMarch.com and sent a post from there too... I suggest all of you do the same.
I'm sick to death of Dan Blather and his arrogance. Mr. Blather and SeeBS News are nothing more than a fraud... They're trying to play us as fools; using WORD to replicate 1972 memos. GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
Dan Blather = BUSTED!!!
Wish it said something stronger..........
Done.
I thpought the same thing. That's why I wrote them about it.
Another poster has linked to: http://www.rightmarch.com/091004a.htm
It is stronger. It demands a retraction.
"At best, Rather and staff are guilty of gross incompetence by allowing their obsession to smear the President outweigh their professional duty for accuracy. At worst, CBS News may be guilty of deliberately reporting what they knew to be false, and engaging in libel and slander against the President of the United States during a time of war.
I demand CBS release the name(s) of its sources, admit its guilt and air a proper retraction. Drop CBS News' blatant anti-Bush bias and stop trying to sway the election with unethical and unprofessional "reporting."
Further, If Rather pushed this story because of his bias, he needs to be fired. Regardless, I ask you as CEO to clean house so that CBS News offers fair and balanced reporting worthy of regaining public trust. Thank you."
I like that better.
Thanks.
Dan Rather's stand
By Wolf Blitzer
CNN
http://cnn.usnews.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=CNN.com+-+Dan+Rather%27s+stand+-+Sep+10%2C+2004&expire=-1&urlID=11603991&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2004%2FUS%2F09%2F10%2Frather%2Findex.html&partnerID=2004
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- This is not the first time Dan Rather has found himself in a serious dispute with a U.S. president.
There was this exchange in 1974 during the height of the Watergate scandal with then-President Richard Nixon:
Nixon: Are you running for something?
Rather: No sir, are you?
And there was this exchange with then-Vice President George Bush in 1988 over the Iran-Contra scandal.
Rather: I don't want to be argumentative, Mr. vice president.
Bush: You do, Dan.
Rather: No -- no, sir, I don't.
Bush: This is not a great night, because I want to talk about why I want to be president, why those 41 percent of the people are supporting me. And I don't think it's fair to judge my whole career by a rehash of Iran. How would you like it if I judged your career by those seven minutes when you walked off the set in New York?
Now, the 72-year-old CBS News anchor finds himself in yet another confrontation with a Republican president.
"I want to emphasize: I stand by my president. We are in a time of war, and I stand behind my president. There is not joy in reporting such a story, but my job as a journalist is not to be afraid, and when we come with facts, and legitimate questions supported by witnesses and documents that we believe to be authentic, to raise those questions no matter how unpleasant they are," Rather said Friday.
At issue is his report on "60 Minutes" that aired Wednesday -- a report that included documents purporting to show that the current President Bush, while serving in the Texas Air National Guard, did not meet all his military obligations.
"They [the White House] have not answered the question of did or did the president not obey or obey an order? Was he or was he not suspended for failure to meet performance standards of the Air Force? If he didn't take the physical, why didn't he take the physical?" Rather said.
But now, there are questions about the authenticity of the documents released by "60 Minutes."
The Washington Post says the "60 Minutes" documents are not consistent with other documents released by Bush's Air National Guard unit in the early '70's.
"If you compare the documents that CBS produced with the documents that we know to be authentic, that did come from Bush's National Guard unit, none of those documents use proportionate spacing. And that's only one of the anomalies," says the Post's Michael Dobbs.
Experts contacted by CNN say there are some inconsistencies in the type style and formatting -- noting those styles then existed on typewriters but were not common. They also say only a review of the original documents -- not copies -- can completely resolve the matter.
Beyond that, surviving relatives of Bush's then commander, Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, the author of the purported documents, insist they are fake. They say Killian always believed Bush was an excellent pilot and that he never wrote these documents. Killian died in 1984.
"The story is true. The story is true," Rather said. "The questions raised in the story are serious and legitimate questions."
Rather denies there is any internal CBS News investigation under way -- a statement backed by the network.
Rather also said the possibility of issuing any kind of recant or apology was "not even discussed. Nor should it be."
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