So NBC said they won't cover Cindy?

[ewagner]

I just heard this on Thom Hartmann.

Did they publicly say that or just in reply to somebody who requested it?

[Not_Giving_Up]

1. I know that several interviews were cancelled yesterday

The Today Show and some others....Some just didn't show up. Looks like they decided not to cover it.

[evil eggplant]

29. Natalee Halloway

They found a chicken bone in a landfill and think it may be from a sandwich Natalee ate.

This developing story will preempt all others

[tabasco]

2. GE doesn't want anybody to know there is war opposition.

They absolutely LOVE war !

[fooj]

3. I am watching "Connected Coast to Coast"--not a word!

Apparently, they had an appointment to interview Cindy yesterday. You decide.

Peace.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. Shame on Ron Reagan and also was appalled that Keith didn't

cover her last night!!!!

[Chipper Chat]

20. Doubt it was Ron's decision.

Mushy Monica was on by herself today at noon.
??????

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

28. They were scheduled to interview Cindy yesterday, and bailed out.

[EC]

25. I think Keith will cover it

but last night was for Jennings, they were friends, plus it hit pretty close to home for Keith with his cancer scare...in fact his anger last night is what is making me stop smoking cigerettes, he was right - but I'll bet he'll cover it tonight...

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

27. See post #16. Keith's email newsletter for tonight. Not a word.

[fooj]

33. I didn't see Ron today.

Maybe he didn't show in protest?

Peace.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

39. We can only hope Fooj!

:hi:

[fooj]

42. "You may say I'm a dreamer"...

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one.
-J. Lennon


I've been humming this all morning! Imagine!


:pals:

Peace.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

43. That is my dream Fooj. Has been for many years. Thank you

dear person for posting it...tearing up here. I can only hope so for my kids....
:hug:

[xultar]

4. Duh - Cindy isn't in Aruba!

[malmapus]

6. She's not the runaway bride that started community service either!!

Which CNN was soo nice to inform me of in their top stories today.

[Spike from MN]

37. She's also not the runaway bride

that was kidnapped in Aruba and was on the jury in the Michael Jackson trial and is now writing a book. Did I miss anything?

[deminks]

5. Ahh, did Smirky threaten to not give you

access to the great and powerful wizard? You ungrateful peasants.

:spank:

Now get out there and find another court story, or else.

[jane_pippin]

7. this thread has an update from Cindy, mentions NBC

Still not a lot of info, but she mentioned NBC canceling and not showing up.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4295643

[toey]

26. see my post, #23

I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my very own ears.

[jane_pippin]

36. Interesting...

I followed your link and watched it, though I don't have sound on this computer so didn't get to really watch it.

I wonder where all this NBC talk is coming from, then. Weird.

Thanks for that link, by the way.


on edit: Maybe this is just a communication confusion issue. Cindy did mention them not talking to her in her blog entry, and I don't think she'd lie about it. Maybe NBC just had all the video they thought they needed without talking to her live or something. Who knows. :shrug:

[bribri16]

8. If she were a run-a-way bride there would 24/7 coverage.

All coverage now is on stories that try to detract from DSM, Plame, Bush lies, and this administration's misadministration before and after 9/11, and Iraq. It won't wash.

[DURHAM D]

10. I wonder why CNN hasn't done a story on why NBC/GE is not

covering the Crawford story?

Apparently CNN couldn't find their butt with both hands.

[SoCalDem]

49. It's called "professional courtesy"..

:puke:

everyone has dirt on everyone else, and there's a truce of a sorts.. no one rats out their competition, for fear that there will be retaliation:(

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. Just sent this email to Keith Olbermann

Dear Keith,

It is being reported that NBC has a hands off policy on Cindy Sheehan, The Brave Mom of Casey Sheehan, who was killed in Iraq. As I am sure you know, Cindy is in Crawford, TX trying to see President Bush, and wanting answers as to why her beloved son Casey had to die, as we all know that he was sent to Iraq for a pack of lies.

Keith, I admire you greatly and hope that you do interview her. This is truly an important story.

There are also reports that if Cindy doesn't leave Crawford by Thursday, she and her fellow demonstrators will be arrested for being a threat to National Security. Is this America, Keith? Is it????

Also, sending you healing thoughts. You must have been going through your own personal hell, and I am so sorry about that.

Wishing you the best always, and in all ways,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Bozita]

16. Today's KO email makes no mention of Cindy -- take a look

here it is:


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Tonight on Countdown
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Dana Reeve, who spent nine years caring for her paralyzed husband, Christopher Reeve, until his death last year, announced Tuesday that she has lung cancer. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8882861/

Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts LIVE at 8 pm et, and the count is never complete without you. Join us.

The most exhaustive test flight in the space shuttle fleet's 24-year history ended Tuesday with the shuttle Discovery's pre-dawn touchdown in California. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8825954/

A suicide car bomber struck a U.S. convoy near a crowded square in Baghdad, killing at least seven people, including a U.S. soldier, in a wave of violence in the capital ahead of the resumption of talks on drafting a new constitution. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8870403/

Health officials believe a Tulsa water park may be a link between two Tulsa boys who died Friday from a rare, waterborne disease. The Health Department is testing stagnant water in a drainage area near a "splash pad" in Mohawk Park. The two boys had apparently played at the water park about two days apart within the last two weeks, health officials said. http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/4819737/detail.html

Military Idol -- Monica Novotny reports.

That's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.


Finally,
Bill Tangeman is making a documentary film about a man who set out in 1997 to get a caffeinated drink at every corporate-owned Starbucks store on the planet. On his Web site (<http://www.starbuckseverywhere.net> ) "Winter", who was born Rafael Antonio Lozano, said that as of Aug. 8, he had visited 4,775 Starbucks in North America and 213 in other parts of world. There are 5,715 corporate-owned Starbucks in the world. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/STARBUCKING_MOVIE?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOME
And when Winter is done with Starbucks, it's on to 7-11s and Slurpees!

-- Carey Fox

Countdown Home: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/

Keith blogs: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/

More:
Diplomats gathered Tuesday for an emergency meeting of the U.N. nuclear agency to assess Iran's resumption of uranium conversion, but the agency appeared unlikely to report Tehran to the U.N. Security Council. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8835775/

A siren wailed and a bronze bell rang out Tuesday as Nagasaki marked the moment 60 years ago when an American plane dropped a plutonium bomb, killing tens of thousands and sealing Japan's defeat in World War II. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8877842/

One U.S. service member and at least 16 suspected Taliban rebels were killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8882777/

A state inmate escaped Tuesday after his wife shot to death a correctional officer accompanying the man to the courthouse, authorities said. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8884173/

The Army, in a rare disciplinary act against a four-star officer, said Tuesday it relieved Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes of his command in the midst of an investigation into unspecified "personal conduct." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8883343/

Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks mowed the lawn of a government building Tuesday as part of her court-ordered community service for lying to police after she ran off days before her scheduled wedding. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8884303/

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This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this MSNBC Keith Olbermann newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

19. He even mentions the runaway bride...cripes. What's up with him?

[dbonds]

12. Compare the hours

look at the Shiavo hours, look at Aruba hours, look at runaway bride's hours, look at Micheal Jacksons hours. Now look at this important protest. It is not like there isn't dead bodies around this story, there are almost 2 thousand American bodies. It is not like there is not a treasonous lie involved. It is not like there wasn't many crimes around this story. And to top it off, this story can lead to the impeachment of a president.

[JerseygirlCT]

15. Yesterday was wall-to-wall flogging of Rita Cosby's new show

on MSNBC. Michael Jackson again, center stage. To me, it was a blindingly obvious attempt to change the subject and NOT cover Cindy Sheehan. Very sad.

[Cleita]

13. They must have gotten the call from Karl Rove.

We should email them and let them know we will boycott NBC if they don't cover the real breaking news anymore. I don't really care for many of their shows anyway.

[omshanti]

14. it was on local (Triangle, NC) NBC affiliate ticker day before.

NBC 17 based in Raleigh Durham. It was a line on the news ticker saying something along the lines of "Mother of slain soldier protests war outside Crawford ranch" - I paraphrase here.

I have no idea about corporate NBC but I was happy to see it getting local coverage, even if it was only on the ticker.

[flyarm]

17. turn your tv's off all nbc properties!! now!!!!!!!!

protest..shut em down!!

do not turn any msnbc .cnbc or nbc on until they tell her story!

[WilliamPitt]

18. General Electric won't cover a war critic?

Gosh.

That's unheard of.

I mean, really now.

Golly.

Sheesh.

:P

[Iris]

21. WTF? Don't they have news programs anymore?

What kind of fucked up shit is that? It's news, is it not?

This is making me FURIOUSSSSSSS!!!!!!

:banghead:

[Booster]

22. I just sent this email to NBC & hope more of you email them also.

I hope this isn't true, but I read on the internet that you have decided not to cover Cindy Sheehan's story and have actually cancelled coverage you already had planned. Might I remind you that you are the network that gave "The Runaway Bride" not only daily coverage, but a one hour special on what was and still is truly trivial story. Daily, the "Today Show" shows all of us just how biased your network is on any subject criticizing the Bush administration. If your producers cannot recognize a real story when they see it, your network is in danger of becoming even more trivial than The Runaway Bride. I know I will be tuning into Good Morning, America now because your network just doesn't deserve my attention anymore. Such a shame, you used to be a great network.

[w8liftinglady]

45. I emailed them,too

And told them basically the same thing-that I used to defend them as being good journalists,but now they are sell-outs,and have lost another viewer.

[converted_democrat]

46. I sent one too. n/t

[toey]

23. it was on the today show yesterday morning

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633/?ta=y

under "MORE ON 'TODAY' NEWS STORIES"

[lonestarnot]

24. Coverage about like Hiroshima and Nagasaki ---60 years

later we get the news!

[flyarm]

30. i wonder how much coverage cindy would get if

she had a runnaway dog in aruba??

thats the level we have dropped to ...sad truely sad!

[spuddonna]

31. I just sent a letter to Olbermann...

Hopefully, it's 'program based decisions' being made, not the entire corp. structure...

What a waste... Why the hell do we have to beat down the media to COVER THE NEWS???!!! What the hell happened to our democracy and free press? sigh Sorry, I know the answers to those questions...just needed to rant... :(

[SalmonChantedEvening]

32. NBC= All the news that's fit to .... avoid.

:mad:

[gratuitous]

34. They'd cover her if she went to their New York studio

But she insists on staying down there in Texas, where there's no electricity, no five-star hotel, no running water, and the danger of Injun attacks any second. Not to mention how close it is to Mexico, and you can never tell when they'll launch another invasion.

So no, no coverage from NBC. But hey, didja see that GE got another fat defense contract?

[mwb970]

35. But don't they have all their stuff down there to cover Bush?

I have this different picture of a lot of media folks, right there, with nothing much else to report on...

[gratuitous]

41. No. No, see, I told you

No electricity. No running water. NBC couldn't possibly get someone down there to cover this non-story. Where did you hear about it anyway? Are you hoping the terrorists will win? You are! I can tell, and that's good enough for the good old freedom-loving U S and A to check you in for an extended stay at the Guantanamo Hilton.

[seabeyond]

38. remember the last big demonstration, i think jan 6th, they publically

put out they wouldnt show the protest. the didnt with ny protest and with repug convention either.

it is policy

as they devote all time for schiavo

[wli]

40. the US MSM is Bushler's propaganda arm

Nothing "critical" of the prez will get get out through them.

[Ariana Celeste]

44. I emailed MSNBC

Doubt I'll get a reply, but if I do, I'll post it.

[rodeodance]

47. nothing on Tuesday KO show either.

[lildreamer316]

48. Hello. There's a REASON for this.

Keep your eye on Cindy. I've been shouting all day about the need for someone to get down there with a camera/webcam/whatever. The MSM was called off it. The next 48 hours are crucial to this story. If she makes it to the weekend without being arrested OR by being arrested ON CAMERA we have won the battle (not saying we shouldn't continue to be down there,but now is when they are going to try to quash her) I'm taking bets...