Ever read 1984 Doc?
Ever heard of media bias? Millions watch and believe every night, every day....NBC dinied any bias earlier today. Now this is right after an election where they got caught red-handed trying to bias election results in Florida, then sworew it was all a mistake...and said they'd never do it agin. I guess they ment for at least a week they'd never do it again.
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE NOV 28, 2000 21:04:29 ET XXXXX
REVEALED: NBC ORDERED AFFILIATES NOT TO CARRY BUSH SPEECH IN MEMO
The DRUDGE REPORT has obtained a written order issued by NBC to all of its broadcast
affiliates which directed stations not to carry George W. Bush's speech -- delivered
just hours after certification of the Florida Election results!
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NBC ordered its affiliates not to interrupt entertainment programming for Bush.
The order caused complete controversy inside of NBC, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Less
than 24 hours later, NBC did break into its prime time entertainment programming for a
speech by AL Gore.
"We blew it on Sunday night," said one senior NBC NEWS source in Washington. "We will
not make that mistake again... sure, the perception is we favor Gore, we carried his
speech, but not Governor Bush's speech. This was not a decision from NBC NEWS. This came
from the network president. TITANIC cost a pretty penny, the feeling was that carrying
Bush would distract from the impact of the movie."
NBC NEWS CHANNEL ADVISORY
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Attn ALL stns:
(as of 9:19pm ET, 11/26)
Re: Bush statement anticipated between apx 9:30 - 10pm ET........
East, Centrl & Mtn stns:
will receive covg. w/in yr feed of Titanic ----- Stay there, do NOT fluke, ....you will
be updated.....possibly on short tape delay.
Pac stns: must fluke (prior to 7pm PT) to K-2, trans 15 for MSNBC logo-less feed
-----animation/graphic. (Coordinates/conditions likely to change post-7pm PT.)
Continue to monitor SkyRock and fluke terminals.
NBC NEWS CHANNEL ADVISORY
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We expect certification of the Florida Election results sometime after 7:20 pm EST in
Tallahassee.
If you are taking Nightly News at that time, you'll receive the certification ceremony
as part of Nightly News.
If you are carrying the movie Titanic, please do NOT dump out of the movie, you will
get an update from NBC News as part of the show later.
If you are not in Titanic or Nightly News, you can tune in to K2-15 for an optional
anchored special report with Tom Brokaw.
News Channel is offering a separate clean feed of the ceremony no K2-16A for your use.
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Ever heard of media bias? Millions watch and believe every night, every day....NBC dinied any bias earlier today. Now this is right after an election where they got caught red-handed trying to bias election results in Florida, then sworew it was all a mistake...and said they'd never do it agin. I guess they ment for at least a week they'd never do it again. |
