ABC News—propagandist for the Barack Hussein Obama Administration
I could not connect with my internet provider Monday or Tuesday. I’m trying again! The following is occurring today—Wednesday. I’m sorry I couldn’t post sooner!
I'm sorry. I just checked the link. It requests a contribution in order to send the e-mail. I don't do that. It's your choice, however. The material is still valid though. DLV
As those of you who read my blog regularly should know, I don’t watch much TV. After attending a birthday party Saturday, I decided I didn’t want to do any work, so I turned on the TV to see what was on. Flipping through the channels, I came across a program on ABC entitled “Castle,” if I remember correctly. It was a new program to me and was about a mystery book writer as he solved a murder for the police—sort of a modern “Murder She Wrote.” Since I’m a writer—one published book so far—and since I enjoy mysteries, I decided to watch the program.
Then, I saw the commercial promoting the propaganda special to be aired Wednesday night by ABC Entertainment. Oops! I mean ABC News. On June 3rd of this year, I had written an article entitled “Political Pawns” in which I commented on TV programs aired by ABC and NBC promoting Barack Hussein Obama’s political agenda. Outside of war time (World War II and The Korean Conflict being the last two examples), never before has the mass media been so blatantly willing to propagandize for a sitting President. It is almost as if the mass media is an extension of the Obama White House.
Consequently, I have once again changed what I planned to post today. Comments on the Illinois General Assembly will be postponed temporarily.
I received the following Saturday morning. I did some slight editing and put the e-mail into my format. I have NOT checked the link as provided. I will do so after I post.
As a follow-up, I have sent a comment to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) using the link provided with my Friday post. It worked well and is easy to do. Comments to the EPA must be provided by the 23rd. Therefore, if you wish to send an e-mail to the EPA, you need to hurry.
The e-mail received Saturday with a couple of comments:
“Dear American Conservative Union Friends,
I am sure you have now heard about the President’s latest attempt to vastly increase the size and cost of government. Obama calls it health care reform—we know it is one giant leap toward government-run health care.
Do we want government-run health care? Do we want to wait in days-long lines for urgent care? Do we want the government telling us what treatments we can and cannot have? Do we want to enter a DMV-style government office just to take a number and sit there while we bleed waiting for treatment?
These questions should be answered. I believe we know how most Americans would answer them.
However, ABC News is planning an all-day long bonanza of coverage on Obama’s health care plan next Wednesday, June 24 in Washington and they refused to include opposition voices.
That’s right; a national television news network has told Republicans and conservatives that ‘you are not invited.’ To date, they have shut us out.
We must demand fairness in media coverage of this critical issue.
Send A Message To ABC News President David Westin And ABC Television President Anne Sweeney Here And Now That Americans Demand Fairness...Conservatives Should Be Heard In The Health Care Debate! Do Not Give Obama Free Television Time To Sell Government Run Health Care.
When you sign the petition we are also going to give you the direct phone number to ABC’s New York offices so you [can—my addition] phone in your concerns, if you wish, as well.
Their planned coverage of Obama is exhaustive.As the DAILY NEWS from New York City reported today, on Wednesday, ABC will air an interview with President Obama and the First Lady on ‘Good Morning America.’ It will also have Charles Gibson anchor ‘World News’ from the White House and will air a prime-time, hour-long town-hall-type special with the President fielding questions on health care from Gibson, Diane Sawyer and a panel of guests.
ABC News officials have said the special will be balanced, with opinions and pointed questions from all sides on the issue. (I seriously doubt that this will be true. I will NOT be watching to find out. I DO NOT base my position on issues on mass media “NEWS” specials. Read Bernard Goldberg’s Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News to understand why—my addition.)However they have refused to allow conservative voices to be heard.President Obama has been so gracious in opening the doors of the White House to ABC. Why? We believe because they refused to allow conservatives or Republicans on the air.
It has been reported that ABC News has out right rejected requests to allow conservatives to be part of the debate. In fact there will be no debate as he will only answer questions that have been supposedly screened only by the executives of ABC News.
In response to requests that conservatives be part of their coverage, ABC issued a letter in essence saying no and adding, ‘ABC NEWS alone will select those who will be in the audience asking questions of the President.’ (Softball lob questions?—my addition)
We need to demand inclusion of conservative viewpoints. This issue is too big to surrender to the far-left political forces within the White House.
Send A Message To ABC News President David Westin And ABC Television President Anne Sweeney Here And Now That Americans Demand Fairness...Conservatives Should Be Heard In The Health Care Debate! Do Not Give Obama Free Television Time To Sell Government Run Health Care.
When you sign the petition we are also going to give you the phone number to ABC’s New York offices to directly voice your concerns, if you wish, as well.
Yesterday, in response to ABC’s refusal to allow Obama opponents to speak, the Republican National Committee took the step of offering free television studio and satellite time to any Republican Member of Congress who wanted to send a message back home about their concerns over his plans. To their credit they are at least trying to get the word out.
So while ABC News is giving free time to Obama to promote government run health care, his opposition is required to beg local stations to give them equal time.
A democracy where the people only hear from one side is a democracy that will not survive.
This may not be Iran where radio stations and cell phone towers are being shut down to stop dissent—but it is now becoming a nation where nationwide news organizations are shutting out dissent by denying access to our airways.
We have one week to change this decision. We must speak up. We need your help.
Send A Message To ABC News President David Westin And ABC Television President Anne Sweeney Here And Now That Americans Demand Fairness...Conservatives Should Be Heard In The Health Care Debate! Do Not Give Obama Free Television Time To Sell Government Run Health Care.
When you sign the petition we are also going to give you the phone number to ABC’s New York offices so you [can—my addition] phone in your concerns, if you wish, as well.
Estimates are that Obama-Care, his health care program, will cost us taxpayers up to, if not over, $1 trillion in government funds. (In the end, it will end up costing more than that, in my opinion. Members of the Obama Administration and Democrats, in general, have either never heard of supply and demand principles, don’t understand supply and demand principles, or erroneously believe they can control supply and demand principles because of their superior intellect [very similar to the viewpoint of the old, now non-existent Soviet Union]. They will discover that supply and demand principles can not be ignored without cost—my addition.)
Who is going to pay that $1 trillion?
The simple answer is you and me. (The only answer is taxpayers! I hope to write much more about the folly of “health care reform” which isn’t health care reform at all but rather government ownership and control of health care. In the end, it may be more control than ownership but, either way, it will end up doing more harm than good. Ultimately, government is ill equipped to control supply and demand—my addition.)
However, it hasn’t happened yet and now is the time to make sure the American people understand the costs and the poor benefits of a government run health care system.
The American people deserve to hear all sides of the story.
Send A Message To ABC News President David Westin And ABC Television President Anne Sweeney Here And Now That Americans Demand Fairness...Conservatives Should Be Heard In The Health Care Debate! Do Not Give Obama Free Television Time To Sell Government Run Health Care.
When you sign the petition we are also going to give you the phone number to ABC’s New York offices so you can call them if you wish, as well.
Please join ACU and support our efforts to ensure conservative voices are heard.
ABC News needs to get this message.
Thank you for your time and attention to this important matter.
Sincerely,
Dennis Whitfield
Executive Vice President
P.S. ABC News doesn’t seem to realize that almost half, 46%, of Americans voted against Barack Obama last November. Many more according to polls no longer support all of the massive government expansion and spending that has followed.
Send A Message To ABC News President David Westin And ABC Television President Anne Sweeney Here And Now That Americans Demand Fairness...Conservatives Should Be Heard In The Health Care Debate! Do Not Give Obama Free Television Time To Sell Government Run Health Care.
ACU
conservative.org”
Syndicated columnist Cal Thomas also wrote an article dealing with this issue which was published in the Peoria Journal Star on June 21, 2009, page A4. It was titled “A one-sided debate isn’t news, it’s advertising.” I don’t know if that was his title or one provided by the Journal Star. Of course, that title, written by whoever, was being generous. It’s NOT advertising; it’s PROPAGANDA.
I don’t intend to discuss the entire column but want to quote the last four paragraphs. The paragraphs:
“By doing these programs from the White House, ABC will throw its remaining credibility to the wind and become an appendage of their advertisers, the Obama worshippers and the Democratic Party.
Try to imagine this happening in a Republican administration. You can’t because it would never happen.
By the way, guess who’s the new director of communications for the White House Office of Health Reform. It’s former ABC News correspondent Linda Douglass, who left journalism last year to join the Obama campaign. (Is this a surprise? Lobbying through a former employer is acceptable to the White House if it is done by the White House!—my addition)
This should settle, once and for all, the matter of big media bias. Only those in complete denial could argue there will be anything ‘fair and balanced’ about the ABC programs. And the public, on an Obama high right now (NOT all of us!—my addition), is going to be the big loser in the end, when it awakens to the erosion of our hard-earned freedoms. But by then it will be too late. (LET’S PRAY NOT! LET’S ACT NOW TO STOP THIS!—my addition)
I could not connect with my internet provider Monday or Tuesday. I’m trying again! The following is occurring today—Wednesday. I’m sorry I couldn’t post sooner!
I'm sorry. I just checked the link. It requests a contribution in order to send the e-mail. I don't do that. It's your choice, however. The material is still valid though. DLV
As those of you who read my blog regularly should know, I don’t watch much TV. After attending a birthday party Saturday, I decided I didn’t want to do any work, so I turned on the TV to see what was on. Flipping through the channels, I came across a program on ABC entitled “Castle,” if I remember correctly. It was a new program to me and was about a mystery book writer as he solved a murder for the police—sort of a modern “Murder She Wrote.” Since I’m a writer—one published book so far—and since I enjoy mysteries, I decided to watch the program.
Then, I saw the commercial promoting the propaganda special to be aired Wednesday night by ABC Entertainment. Oops! I mean ABC News. On June 3rd of this year, I had written an article entitled “Political Pawns” in which I commented on TV programs aired by ABC and NBC promoting Barack Hussein Obama’s political agenda. Outside of war time (World War II and The Korean Conflict being the last two examples), never before has the mass media been so blatantly willing to propagandize for a sitting President. It is almost as if the mass media is an extension of the Obama White House.
Consequently, I have once again changed what I planned to post today. Comments on the Illinois General Assembly will be postponed temporarily.
I received the following Saturday morning. I did some slight editing and put the e-mail into my format. I have NOT checked the link as provided. I will do so after I post.
As a follow-up, I have sent a comment to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) using the link provided with my Friday post. It worked well and is easy to do. Comments to the EPA must be provided by the 23rd. Therefore, if you wish to send an e-mail to the EPA, you need to hurry.
The e-mail received Saturday with a couple of comments:
“Dear American Conservative Union Friends,
I am sure you have now heard about the President’s latest attempt to vastly increase the size and cost of government. Obama calls it health care reform—we know it is one giant leap toward government-run health care.
Do we want government-run health care? Do we want to wait in days-long lines for urgent care? Do we want the government telling us what treatments we can and cannot have? Do we want to enter a DMV-style government office just to take a number and sit there while we bleed waiting for treatment?
These questions should be answered. I believe we know how most Americans would answer them.
However, ABC News is planning an all-day long bonanza of coverage on Obama’s health care plan next Wednesday, June 24 in Washington and they refused to include opposition voices.
That’s right; a national television news network has told Republicans and conservatives that ‘you are not invited.’ To date, they have shut us out.
We must demand fairness in media coverage of this critical issue.
Send A Message To ABC News President David Westin And ABC Television President Anne Sweeney Here And Now That Americans Demand Fairness...Conservatives Should Be Heard In The Health Care Debate! Do Not Give Obama Free Television Time To Sell Government Run Health Care.
When you sign the petition we are also going to give you the direct phone number to ABC’s New York offices so you [can—my addition] phone in your concerns, if you wish, as well.
Their planned coverage of Obama is exhaustive.As the DAILY NEWS from New York City reported today, on Wednesday, ABC will air an interview with President Obama and the First Lady on ‘Good Morning America.’ It will also have Charles Gibson anchor ‘World News’ from the White House and will air a prime-time, hour-long town-hall-type special with the President fielding questions on health care from Gibson, Diane Sawyer and a panel of guests.
ABC News officials have said the special will be balanced, with opinions and pointed questions from all sides on the issue. (I seriously doubt that this will be true. I will NOT be watching to find out. I DO NOT base my position on issues on mass media “NEWS” specials. Read Bernard Goldberg’s Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News to understand why—my addition.)However they have refused to allow conservative voices to be heard.President Obama has been so gracious in opening the doors of the White House to ABC. Why? We believe because they refused to allow conservatives or Republicans on the air.
It has been reported that ABC News has out right rejected requests to allow conservatives to be part of the debate. In fact there will be no debate as he will only answer questions that have been supposedly screened only by the executives of ABC News.
In response to requests that conservatives be part of their coverage, ABC issued a letter in essence saying no and adding, ‘ABC NEWS alone will select those who will be in the audience asking questions of the President.’ (Softball lob questions?—my addition)
We need to demand inclusion of conservative viewpoints. This issue is too big to surrender to the far-left political forces within the White House.
Send A Message To ABC News President David Westin And ABC Television President Anne Sweeney Here And Now That Americans Demand Fairness...Conservatives Should Be Heard In The Health Care Debate! Do Not Give Obama Free Television Time To Sell Government Run Health Care.
When you sign the petition we are also going to give you the phone number to ABC’s New York offices to directly voice your concerns, if you wish, as well.
Yesterday, in response to ABC’s refusal to allow Obama opponents to speak, the Republican National Committee took the step of offering free television studio and satellite time to any Republican Member of Congress who wanted to send a message back home about their concerns over his plans. To their credit they are at least trying to get the word out.
So while ABC News is giving free time to Obama to promote government run health care, his opposition is required to beg local stations to give them equal time.
A democracy where the people only hear from one side is a democracy that will not survive.
This may not be Iran where radio stations and cell phone towers are being shut down to stop dissent—but it is now becoming a nation where nationwide news organizations are shutting out dissent by denying access to our airways.
We have one week to change this decision. We must speak up. We need your help.
Send A Message To ABC News President David Westin And ABC Television President Anne Sweeney Here And Now That Americans Demand Fairness...Conservatives Should Be Heard In The Health Care Debate! Do Not Give Obama Free Television Time To Sell Government Run Health Care.
When you sign the petition we are also going to give you the phone number to ABC’s New York offices so you [can—my addition] phone in your concerns, if you wish, as well.
Estimates are that Obama-Care, his health care program, will cost us taxpayers up to, if not over, $1 trillion in government funds. (In the end, it will end up costing more than that, in my opinion. Members of the Obama Administration and Democrats, in general, have either never heard of supply and demand principles, don’t understand supply and demand principles, or erroneously believe they can control supply and demand principles because of their superior intellect [very similar to the viewpoint of the old, now non-existent Soviet Union]. They will discover that supply and demand principles can not be ignored without cost—my addition.)
Who is going to pay that $1 trillion?
The simple answer is you and me. (The only answer is taxpayers! I hope to write much more about the folly of “health care reform” which isn’t health care reform at all but rather government ownership and control of health care. In the end, it may be more control than ownership but, either way, it will end up doing more harm than good. Ultimately, government is ill equipped to control supply and demand—my addition.)
However, it hasn’t happened yet and now is the time to make sure the American people understand the costs and the poor benefits of a government run health care system.
The American people deserve to hear all sides of the story.
Send A Message To ABC News President David Westin And ABC Television President Anne Sweeney Here And Now That Americans Demand Fairness...Conservatives Should Be Heard In The Health Care Debate! Do Not Give Obama Free Television Time To Sell Government Run Health Care.
When you sign the petition we are also going to give you the phone number to ABC’s New York offices so you can call them if you wish, as well.
Please join ACU and support our efforts to ensure conservative voices are heard.
ABC News needs to get this message.
Thank you for your time and attention to this important matter.
Sincerely,
Dennis Whitfield
Executive Vice President
P.S. ABC News doesn’t seem to realize that almost half, 46%, of Americans voted against Barack Obama last November. Many more according to polls no longer support all of the massive government expansion and spending that has followed.
Send A Message To ABC News President David Westin And ABC Television President Anne Sweeney Here And Now That Americans Demand Fairness...Conservatives Should Be Heard In The Health Care Debate! Do Not Give Obama Free Television Time To Sell Government Run Health Care.
ACU
conservative.org”
Syndicated columnist Cal Thomas also wrote an article dealing with this issue which was published in the Peoria Journal Star on June 21, 2009, page A4. It was titled “A one-sided debate isn’t news, it’s advertising.” I don’t know if that was his title or one provided by the Journal Star. Of course, that title, written by whoever, was being generous. It’s NOT advertising; it’s PROPAGANDA.
I don’t intend to discuss the entire column but want to quote the last four paragraphs. The paragraphs:
“By doing these programs from the White House, ABC will throw its remaining credibility to the wind and become an appendage of their advertisers, the Obama worshippers and the Democratic Party.
Try to imagine this happening in a Republican administration. You can’t because it would never happen.
By the way, guess who’s the new director of communications for the White House Office of Health Reform. It’s former ABC News correspondent Linda Douglass, who left journalism last year to join the Obama campaign. (Is this a surprise? Lobbying through a former employer is acceptable to the White House if it is done by the White House!—my addition)
This should settle, once and for all, the matter of big media bias. Only those in complete denial could argue there will be anything ‘fair and balanced’ about the ABC programs. And the public, on an Obama high right now (NOT all of us!—my addition), is going to be the big loser in the end, when it awakens to the erosion of our hard-earned freedoms. But by then it will be too late. (LET’S PRAY NOT! LET’S ACT NOW TO STOP THIS!—my addition)
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