[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Another great contact....
CBS television shows. Raymond, CSI, Letterman, even the syndicated shows on your local affiliates. Make a conscious (?sp) decision not to watch those shows and notify the producers. Tell them why we are not watching.
The entertainment division is seperate from the news division, but there is no rule stopping us from squeezing Rather's balls from ALL directions.

[MarDav]

Man, I haven't watched network television for over 20 years...But you are right. Every sponsor at CBS needs to know that their advertising dollars are being thoroughly wasted if they spend it there.

[dep]

if you really want to get the attention of cbs, here is how to do it.

write a nice letter to the general manager of your local cbs affiliate. explain that you have determined that falsehoods included in cbs network news programs broadcast by the station are not in the public interest.. explain that you believe that this is something that should be taken into consideration when their license comes up for renewal. close the letter by saying that you therefore request that this letter be placed in the station's public file.

these are powerful code words. "not in the public interest" is the grounds for challenging a license. the "public file" is a file of consumer comments which the station by law must maintain. it is provided to and inspected by the f.c.c.

if you want to be really mean cc the letter to:

Federal Communications Commission
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau
Consumer Complaints
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20554

believe me, enough of these and cbs will hear about it bigtime. angry affils are the last thing a network wants.