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From: Ken Stegall
Subject: Church of Christ maligned on CNN
If you were watching CNN Headline News last night (3/27/06), you witnessed a vicious attack on the reputation of the Church of Christ on the "Nancy Grace" segment of the news.
Nancy Grace is a former prosecutor and current host of a CNN Headline News show every weeknight. Her topic for last night's segment was the shooting death of Matthew Winkler, the Church of Christ preacher in Selmer, TN. She interviewed and showed film clips from various people associated with this distressing event.
Included among her guests was a Baptist preacher, Tom Rukala, who maliciously maligned the Church of Christ... [I have attached a link below to the written transcript on CNN's website.]
I'm writing this to encourage you to email CNN and/or Nancy Grace to express your feelings regarding the unfair characterization of the Church of Christ portrayed by her guest, Tom Rukala.
I feel it is reasonable to request that she has an interview with a Church of Christ preacher/member who will have the opportunity to give a rebuttal to the false characterization presented on this program.
I personally feel that her program has many positive elements. She is a "victim's rights advocate" who insists that criminals should be prosecuted. Unfortunately, the individual she chose as her "special guest" to inform her audience about the Church of Christ was extremely prejudice. As a result, the listeners were blatently misinformed.
At the bottom of the attachment, I have included two sites designed for feedback; one for CNN, the other for Nancy Grace . . . Feel free to pass this email to those whom you feel may also wish to express their sentiments regarding this public defamation.
Send your email comments to CNN: CNN Feedback
Send your email comments to Nancy Grace: Nancy Grace Feedback