CBS Says Decision to Pull "Reagans" had nothing to do with Controversy!

Fox News ^ | 1133 AM, 4 Nov 03 | Fox News

[xzins]

Way to go Meek!

Ping to #80.

[hoosiermama]

LOL Very GOOD!

[Avoiding_Sulla]

A free broadcast network, available to all over the public airwaves, has different standards than media the public must pay to view.

This is great one great quote xzins. Next step:

Will someone please send this quote to Bill Frist [Tom Delay needs no prompting] and demand he thrust this quote over and over again in the faces of all filibusterers for the defenders of the NEA, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS.

[maxwellp]

Re your Post #72, it's unfortunate that Streisand is too stupid to realize that she is involved in a project about a beloved President who is very ill. She hasn't a clue about the American people who admire and love President Reagan and who stood up and fought for him. Two things I do wonder about - how much money did CBS lose and why did Mr. Streisand, who is a rather nice looking guy, marry Barbra?

[eddie willers]

why did Mr. Streisand, who is a rather nice looking guy, marry Barbra?

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[MeekOneGOP]

Re #81-82: Thank you !! :O)

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

CBS STATEMENT REGARDING 'THE REAGANS'

CBS does tackle controversial subjects and provide tough assessments of prominent historical figures and events, as we did with films such as 'Jesus,' '9-11' and 'Hitler.'

There's either a really great joke in there somewhere or a really sad commentary on the films that CBS' chose to compare together.

[ConservativeMan55]

bump for later reading.

[Strider]

You've obviously never trained a dog. You gotta give a litle doggy treat whenever they do something right.

I love dogs, but that really doesn't apply here.

Viacom is competing with others for the same share of the market. In a capitalist economic system, companies don't change because you coax them. They adapt to the market or wither on the vine.

Here's hoping CBS and Viacom wither.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

...CBS Says Decision to Pull "Reagans" had nothing to do with Controversy!...

CBS Says Tree Falling in Forest had hothing to do with Gravity!

[Semper911]

Statement by BoycottCBS.com:

Washington, DC, November 4, 2003 –

BoycottCBS.com founder Michael Paranzino issued the following statement tonight reacting to media reports by Matt Drudge and the New York Times that CBS has decided not to air its smear of the Reagans:

“This is a great victory for all fair-minded Americans, and it is a wake-up call to the out of touch liberals in Hollywood.

“It should not have taken threats of a boycott to wake up corporate America to the fact that Americans are sick and tired of vicious lies masquerading as entertainment.  And it should not have taken a national groundswell of hundreds of thousands of Americans to make Hollywood and CBS realize that an attack on the Reagans is seen by most Americans as an attack on our values.

“I am troubled by reports that CBS may simply give its failed program to its sister cable outlet, Showtime.  A smear is a smear, and a lie is a lie.  This desperate effort to save face with the fringe Left by having a different Viacom company air this mean-spirited movie will only further increase public cynicism about Viacom and all its companies.  We are already being bombarded by emails urging us to redirect the boycott to Showtime and other Viacom properties.  Let’s hope Viacom comes to its senses in the days ahead.  But I am gratified by the fact that Showtime’s audience is a tiny fraction of what it would have been on a broadcast network.

“To the hundreds of thousands of Americans who visited our site and joined our movement, I thank you.  And to the wags who smirked that a grass roots movement would only increase the viewership of the Reagan smear, I say never doubt the power of the American people when they are motivated from the heart.  We worked together, and we won big.

“Twenty three years ago today, Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in an election that marked a positive turning point for our great nation.  Over the past nine days through this web site, the American people have said thank you to President Reagan.  May God bless Ronald and Nancy Reagan.”

Bravo to all who took the time to make this happen.

[mewzilla]

ROTF!! Bump for your post! Hee hee. BTW, I heard on ABC Radio on the way home that Showtimw is saying that they'll show the miniseries early in '04. Anyone else heard that they're waiting till next year?

[autoresponder]

SING IT BARBRA!

A little louder Babs!



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[MeekOneGOP]

hehe ! Thanks.

I heard Showtime will play it, but I didn't hear what the schedule was ...

[MeekOneGOP]

[maxwellp]

Love your reply! And now that I think about it, you are 100% correct. I remember Mr. Streisand playing a doctor on TV many years ago. And since then I can't remember a thing that he's done since except for "The Reagans" and it looks like this is a huge bomb. And I read someplace today on the Internet where he did say something like "Nancy Reagan ran the White House and told the President what to do". I had to laugh.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Another example: My 36th birthday had nothing to do with staying alive after my 35th birthday.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I give them credit. The realized they'd made a mistake, and they made a change to correct it. Good for them.

Yeah, only Showtime subscribers stand to be deceived now.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

It’s sounds funny, in a cheeseball bad cinema way.

Just remember to file it under "Monster Movies."

[T Lady]

ROTFLOMBO!

-Regards, T.