LTTE re: USAToday pulling Michael Moore's press pass

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Very disappointed that USAToday bowed to partisan pressure and removed Michael Moore's press credentials for the Republican National Convention. Mr. Moore's columns were insightful and presented a point of view which, although shared by millions of Americans, is virtually censored in American press.

We need to call them on this bullshit:

http://www.usatoday.com/marketing/feedback/feedback-online.aspx?type=18

[54anickel]

1. Did they actually pull him or was that just BS from Shedagg in his

little rant at the convention? Last I saw on the thread in LBN, they didn't pull him. :shrug:

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4. Well if he shows up to tomorrow

Shedagg can eat crow, and it doesn't hurt to let USAToday know that we apprectiate the support

[KittyWampus]

9. This Would Have Made Headlines If True! Shedaqq Is Deluded

[topanga]

2. The one voice of unbiased reason.

And they muzzle him, how low will shrub go?

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. I would double check on this first

please verify that this really happened

[Soopercali]

5. I called them...

They said it wasn't true. Then I called the Arizona paper that ran the AP story on their website and suggested they check it out for themselves.

[mzmolly]

8. Glad it's just a rumor

:)

[JDPriestly]

6. Funny. Before hearing about this Shadegg stunt,

I had e-mailed USA Today to thank them for publishing Moore's columns. I asked them to "Please publish -- more Moore."

Maybe we could send a positive message about publishing Moore instead of a negative one about not publishing him. Might be more effective.

[LittleApple81]

7. Sent this e-mail:

Dear USA Today:

Today marks another sad day for American "journalism." Your "newspaper" bowed to the pressure of the Bush machine and rescinded Michael Moore's press credentials (and, I imagine, his column).
I was convinced that at least a small part of the "fourth power" still existed for the good of America. Your act of cowardice in accepting orders from the imperial Bush administration is a shame to the ideals of journalism and a treasonous attack to the American spirit.

May the Universal God help us (not the right-wing, fundamentalist god that seems to be controlling your newspaper's policies at this moment) because the press is not there to provide balance and information to the public.

I will never again read your "newspaper." It has ceased to exist as a means of obtaining information that can be considered reliable and not muzzled by corporate, imperial America.