I did watch that on C-Span yesterday,at least from John O'Neill spoke.
There MUST be some way to hold CBS accountable for this,I can't believe the medi can have the power to indiscriminately lie about elected officials with no repercussions.
There must be some department in the government in a position to investigate or sue? the media can sue officials for all kinds of things-information under the "Freedom of Information Act",for instance. Is there no accountability or system of OUTSIDE checks-and-balances for the media? Or are they some rogue fourth branch of "government"?
It's probably a shot in the dark, but could this be our Bill Glennon http://web.uvic.ca/~cass/sas-y2k.html
Contact the FCC...let them know how concerned you are for the country given our PUBLIC AIRWAVES can be so easily abused by political partisanship. Let them know how offended you are that CBS, having been given the privilege to serve the American people by using high standards of journalistic integrity have failed to live up to this standard and can no longer be trusted to do so...Suggest the present corporate leadership must have their license revoked before you can begin to trust anything that comes over the CBS airwaves (and all its affiliates, outlets, etc.) again.
WE are the repercussions; CBS is having its reputation trashed.
There must be some department in the government in a position to investigate or sue? the media can sue officials for all kinds of things-information under the "Freedom of Information Act",for instance. Is there no accountability or system of OUTSIDE checks-and-balances for the media? Or are they some rogue fourth branch of "government"?
You're beginning to scare me. The first amendment guarantees the right to say any damn fool thing you want. You can lie your a$$ off on TV. If your lie damages someone, that someone can sue for the damages. That is the only recourse, and should be the only recourse. Inviting the government to impose itself on political disputes like this one is dangerous. It's bad enough that McCain/Feingold is telling us when certain things can and can't be said outside the news media. Now you want the politicians to dictate what the media can say, too?