[Davis Democrats] FW: Protest 9/11 show on Ch 10 (ABC-TV in Sacramento)

[John Chendo]

In the interest of seeing through the PR:
 
From: greg gardner   To: sac4democracy at hotmail.com
Subject: ACTION ALERT
If you have not seen this, you should. I am acting on it. I will contact
FCC, and will add angry letter to their "public file." Others should do so,
too. And try also complaining to their advertisers!
greg
 
A Channel 10 "special" on 9/10 and 9/11, billed as a documentary, is
actually a Republican propaganda piece. Its aim is to persuade viewers that
George Bush has no responsibility for 9/11 ­ and blames Clinton!  The
producer has admitted the program is not a documentary; it is fictional,
i.e., propaganda.   
Please e-mail Channel 10 asking them not to break the law by providing free
air time for Republican propaganda.   A copy of my email to Channel 10 is
below.
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/01/abc-blame-clinton/
http://www.news10.net/life/programming/station/week2/sunday.htm


New ABC Docudrama Blames Clinton For 9/11, Praises Bush
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/01/abc-blame-clinton/
 
Contact ABC CH.10 and let them know how you feel about this misuse of the
public airwaves -- yet more Republican right-wing propaganda made to scare
the public away from voting for Democrats this year.   
Send your email to the following addresses:
Erin Tognetti   etognetti at news10.net 
Margaret Mohr  mmohr at news10.net 
comments at news10.net
 
or call or fax:
Main Number:  (916) 441-2345
Programming Fax:  (916) 441-3145
Public Relations Fax:  (916) 441-3145

Example: 
From: Vaughn Hopkins
Date: September 1, 2006 9:33:56 AM PDT
To: etognetti at news10.net
Cc: comments at news10.net
Subject: Sept 10th 9/11 show

It has come to my attention that on Sept 10th and 11th you will be
televising a special show about events leading up to 9/11.  That show is a
political advertisement, aimed at persuading voters not to replace
Republicans in Congress with Democrats.  It was produced by a man who admits
the show is not a documentary, leaving it as fiction.  For more information
about the show, 
see: http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/01/abc-blame-clinton/.  Channel 10
should not be providing this free TV time to the Republican Party - first,
it is illegal for you to do so, second, it is a disservice to your viewers
to do so, and last it is a fraud to present this as a documentary, when even
its producer admits it isn't.

I will not be watching any programs on Channel 10 in the future if this two
day political ad is telecast, and I will be advising advertisers of that
show that I will not be a customer of theirs anytime in the future.



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