FReepers have been hammering affiliates of SeeBS around the country. Naturally, responses vary from affiliate to affiliate. We Georgia FReepers have been making a few calls, and Atlanta's SeeBS affiliate (CBS 46) 'stands firmly behind Mr. Rather's reporting'. The Atlanta Chapter of ProtestWarrior is set to do a little bit of persuasion sometime soon, I believe.
I look forward to seeing the responses you get from those shareholders -- please ping me upon further developments.
CBS used to be on Channel 5 WAGA. Now the best they can do is a second - rank UHF station that probably can't reach some of the outer suburbs unless you use cable.
Sept 19, 2004
Ms. Sue Schwartz
WGCL-TV : CBS Atlanta
FAX #: 404-327-3004
Dear Ms. Schwartz:
It is now readily apparent that CBS management is willing to bet the entire reputation of CBS News in order to cover their lies regarding the Sixty Minutes smear job on President Bush. They have a losing hand, yet they continue to up the bet. This is incredible behavior from what was once a respected news organization, and is now the butt of jokes from every corner.
As for now, they are within their rights to defend this story, and so far there is no criminal investigation into what happened. An attempt to influence a federal campaign using forged documents, then being unwilling to go along with obvious proof as to the falseness of the documents and set the record straight, is most likely illegal. They should come clean now before they are forced to do so.
Your local station has a responsibility to act in this matter, you have broadcast these lies and it is your duty to either inform your listeners that your Atlanta affiliate is not willing to die on this hill, or to convince CBS management that they must come clean with the American public.
Action to correct this situation is the only way to reclaim part of CBS' reputation and start rebuilding. Unless you plan on marketing only to partisans who will stoop to ever lower levels to discredit people that they do not agree with politically. This is a small angry group and I think that especially here in Atlanta, you need regular Georgians to watch your programming if you are to succeed in your own objectives.
Please make sure that CBS management realizes that you, as an affiliate in a fair-minded state, do not accept their stonewalling.
Sincerely,
Rob
FReepers have been hammering affiliates of SeeBS around the country.
I do think this had a lot to do with Dans "Apology".
The messages probably went something like this, You guys have got to do something, this story is killing us out here!