Zap your local CBS affiliate

JimVT | 09/15/04 | JimVT

[JimVT]

Tell your local CBS outlet what you think about Heyward-Rather

[JimVT]

TO PETER MARTIN, OWNER OF WCAX-TV, BURLINGTON, VT

Mr. Martin:

As the leader of a media outlet which has enjoyed the approbation and reaped the financial benefits of being a major northern New England/New York outlet for the past 50 years, I think it is incumbent upon you to tell CBS News President Andrew Heyward that on behalf of your viewers you object to the total obfuscation of Dan Rather et al on the issue of President Bush's military records.

President Bush has released his Form 180.

Candidate Kerry has not!

You might ask Mr. Heyward why he does not direct Rather to investigate the "V for Valor" cluster on Kerry's "Silver Star".....and honor that does not exist on the Silver Star.

You might also ask him to tell Rather to find out how an individual can receive 3 Purple Hearts without any evidence of surgery on his medical records.

New Englanders rely on WCAX for honest reporting.....apparently we cannot rely on the network with which you are affiliated in the same way.

Sincerely,

James F.

[Fast1]

Got the local and the cBS/Rat HQ's also.

[PJammers]

Here's mine:

To who it may concern,

I have effectively removed SeeBS (CBS) from my satellite receiver. I will not watch a network that blatantly lies to the public. I am retired military and a war veteran. I find it appalling that a network uses it's power to slander and defame a sitting president during a time of war. Dan Rather and his cohorts should resign immediately.

I realize you as a local affiliate cannot control what is said on a network news program, however I as a consumer can choose not to watch their network. With that in mind I will also be sending like e-mails to your sponsors.

v/r

[Lunkhead_01]

I have found the best way to zap my CBS affiliate. We have Comcast cable which has a feature allowing us to block out any channel we find offensive. And since some of the rating information is based upon cable data, locking out CBS affiliates will hurt CBS and Viacom in the pocketbook.

[JimVT]

I should have suggested also that you copy your state members list and ask them to send a comment to their local outlet.

[MrMarbles]

Amen to you sir!

[Vermonter]

Sent a similar note to the Tampa CBS affiliate last week. I'll let you know if I ever get a reply !

Greetings from the Hurricane state

[mdittmar]

Just did.

They think they will outlast us pajama wearers,they our seriously mistaken.

We are the New Media.

[Radix]

I also wrote my local CBS affiliate in Boston, but I was not as eloquent as either of you.

Thank you for your service.

I am curious though how your sign up date on FR is tomorrow.

Quirky FR sometimes I suppose. Welcome!

[Jack Wilson]

A good phone number for CBS is (212)975-3247. You can leave a message now , then call back tomorrow if you wish.

[dawn53]

I called the Tampa CBS affiliate last week and got a very rude reply. They told me that it was none of their business what CBS did and I should take it up with CBS.

I told them I would take it up with the local sponsors of their local news programs!

[motor_racer]

So Detroit was on the cutting edge of this one. About 10 years ago the local CBS affiliate dumped CBS for FOX. CBS had to settle for channel 62.. way up the dial.

[JimVT]

Oh, Boy....hope you are well-secured.

Ivan looks like a bitch...no feminist slur intended!

[woodb01]

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...

Sumner Redstone

Chairman, CEO VIACOM

1515 Broadway New York, NY 10036

Phone: (212) 258-6000

Fax: (212) 258-6311
Email: sumner.redstone@viacom.com

 

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Leslie Moonves, president/CEO, CBS - leslie.moonves@tvc.cbs.com 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 CBS Television Group 51 W 52nd St # 35 New York, NY 10019 (212) 975-4321 CBS News FAX is (212) 975-1998 CBS Evening News Desk: 212-975-3691 CBS News Comments 212-975-3248. (Leave a comment on the answering machine)   Email To reach the producers, anchors and correspondents uttm@cbsnews.com Telephone 212 975-2526 60 Minutes 524 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 212- 975-3247 CALL AND COMPLAIN! 60 Minutes Kelli Edwards 212-975-6795 60II@cbsnews.com

VIACOM BOARD OF DIRECTORS: George S. Abrams Winer & Abrams 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109 617-526-6539 617-526-5000 fax David R. Andelman Lourie & Cutler 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109 617-742-6720 617-742-5720 fax dandelman@louriecutler.com Joseph Califano Chairman & President The National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse 633 Third Avenue, 19th Floor New York, NY 10017 212-841-5200 212-956-8020 fax William S. Cohen The Cohen Group 1200 19th Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 202-689-7900 202-689-7910 fax Phillipe P. Dauman Co-Chairman & CEO DND Capital Partners (need help here) Alan C. Greenberg Chairman of the Executive Committee The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. 383 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10179 212-272-2000 212-272-4785 fax Jan Leschly Chairman and Partner Care Capital, LLC 47 Hulfish Street, Suite 310 Princeton, NJ 08542 609-683-8300 609-683-5787 fax Shari Redstone President National Amusements, Inc. 200 Elm Street Dedham, MA 02026 781-461-1600 781-407-0052 fax Frederic V. Salerno Chairman Lynch Interactive Corporation 401 Theodore Fremd Avenue Rye, NY 10580 914-921-8821 914-921-6410 fax William Schwartz Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLC 100 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038 212-504-6399 212-504-6666 fax * Patricia Q. Stonesifer Co-Chairperson & President Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation PO Box 23350 Seattle, WA 98102 206-709-3100 info@gatesfoundation.org Robert D. Walter Chairman & CEO Cardinal Health, Inc. 7000 Cardinal Place Dublin, OH 43017 614-757-5000

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[Vermonter]

We're well out of the way of Ivan, but Charley and Frances came real close

[Vermonter]

I suspected that would be the case when I got no response to the email

Thanks for your efforts

[truthchaser]

Greetings fellow VT Freeper. I wrote WCAX a similar email the other day. I haven't heard back from them. I'm sure we're not the only ones.

[jbstrick]

A better tatic is to notify any LOCAL advertisers of your intentions. I just sent emails to several local companies and the local CBC affiliate's sales dept.

[Wicket]

Thank you for the contact info. I sent polite e-mails to Campbells and Splenda. I do use and like their products, and I truly am unhappy that they sponsor those yo-yos at CBS.

[Diago]

If we focus on a few affiliates we can realy send them a wake up call. So everyone e-mail or call Cleveland!!!

E-mail our Cleveland CBS affiliate station manager at

jsmith@raycommedia.com

Call the Cleveland CBS affiliate at:

Phone #: (216) 771-1943
or (800) 929-0132
Fax #: (216) 515-7152

From http://www.nationalreview.com/kerry/kerryspot.asp

[09/14 08:25 PM EDT]

"I am informed that the head of a CBS affiliate in a large East Coast city is telling viewers who call in that he wants Rather to apologize on 60 Minutes and then resign. This local network official reportedly plans to present the flood of critical emails he has been getting to the network heads in New York.

I suspect this gentleman is not alone."