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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (30629)	10/19/2004 8:27:41 PM
From: shadowman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

I got this email from General Mills...a response to my questioning of their advertising on Sinclair, given the apparent unfairness of Sinclair's stance. As viewers, each of us is free to make a choice. We can choose to patronize or not patronize programs with our viewership. We can choose to patronize or not patronize particular television stations, or even entire networks. Similarly, advertisers may choose not to sponsor certain broadcasts, a particular network or specific publications because of their journalistic standards and judgment. But advertisers should not attempt to control or pre-empt news programming prior to broadcast or publication. That, in our view, would be inappropriate. News programming? I emailed them back and said that my family will exercise our freedom of choice and choose to not buy their products from now on.<g>