memo to conserv. media saying not to interv. Kelly

[donsu]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200409200005

RNC's p.r. firm urged conservative media to ignore Kelley's Bush book; FOX the only cable network not to host author

The Republican National Committee (RNC)'s public relations firm, Shirley & Banister Public Affairs, sent a memo to conservative media outlets instructing them not to give airtime to Kitty Kelley, author of The Family: The Real Story Of the Bush Dynasty (Doubleday, September 14). And according to The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz, White House communications director Dan Bartlett also discouraged news outlets from covering the book. Media Matters for America tracked mentions of Kelley and her book, as well as her personal appearances, during the week of the book's release (September 13-17) on the four major cable news networks: CNBC, CNN, FOX News Channel, and MSNBC. The only network on which Kelley did not appear in person is FOX News Channel.

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U.S. News & World Report's September 14 "U.S. News Bulletin" reported that Shirley & Banister Public Affairs sent a memorandum to conservative media outlets discouraging them from giving Kelley airtime:

"New Media" Urged To Ignore Kitty Kelley And Her Book.

Conservative talk radio, TV and print outlets are being urged to ignore Kelley, author of The Family: The Real Story Of the Bush Dynasty. "Don't give Kitty Kelley air time," says a memo from the conservative and influential PR firm Shirley & Banister Public Affairs. The memo was sent as NBC's Today Show was set to interview Kelley over three days.

Shirley & Banister Public Affairs is a public relations and government affairs firm founded by Craig Shirley, a longtime Republican activist. Shirley & Banister's client list is a virtual Who's Who of Republican and conservative organizations, including the RNC, the Cato Institute, Citizens United, The Club for Growth, The Federalist Society, The Gingrich Group, The Heritage Foundation, and the National Rifle Association. Shirley's clients have also included discredited right-wing authors Gary Aldrich and Ann Coulter.
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Kitty deserves a medal for bravery. and a flakjacket, bodyguards, food tasters, etc. we are not in america anymore, you know.

[RoBear]

1. And so

the subversive tactics continue. Anybody else not surprised??:grr:

[progressivebydesign]

2. At what point is the word Fascism appropriate?

Do we think it can't happen here? It's happening! If the voters really understood the liberties they are losing, Bush would be out in a landslide of epic proportions. However, in the most successful play book of the Mayberry Machievellians, the media is controlled FIRST.. thereby diluting or completely obscuring the truth about the Bush admistration.