Alabama TV Station Censors 60 Minutes Siegelman Segment

Posted by Myrna the Minx on February 25, 2008 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

I am now hearing from readers all across Northern Alabama—from Decatur to Huntsville and considerably on down—that a mysterious “service interruption” blocked the broadcast of only the Siegelman segment of 60 Minutes this evening. The broadcaster is Channel 19 WHNT, which serves Northern Alabama and Southern Tennessee. This station was noteworthy for its hostility to Siegelman and support for his Republican adversary. The station ran a trailer stating “We apologize that you missed the first segment of 60 Minutes tonight featuring ‘The Prosecution of Don Siegelman.’ It was a techincal problem with CBS out of New York.” I contacted CBS News in New York and was told that “There were no transmission difficulties. The problems were peculiar to Channel 19, which had the signal and had functioning transmitters.” Channel 19 is owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners, who can be contacted through Rhonda Barnat, 212-371-5999 or rb@abmac.com. Oak Hill Partners represents interests of the Bass family, which contribute heavily to the Republican Party. Viewers displeased about the channel’s decision to censor the broadcast should express their views directly to the station management or to the owners.

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Netwok “news” is a joke and shoul be used “for Entertainment Purposes only”.
And even then, be watched with your Bullshit Detecter on “High”.
e have to protect the Internet from the control of corporate interests-it is the only medium that CAN be unbiasist that we have left.

Comment by Zeke on February 26, 2008 @ 9:45 am

Thank for making this valuable information available to the public.

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