Has Anyone Seen This Piece on Media Lockdown?

[KaryninMiami]

I found the link to this story on the www.demoncratics.com blog. It seemed important enough to copy the entire text in case the link doesn't work. The story is toward the botton of the opening page.
Has this already been posted?

http://www.thefreespeechzone.net/


"I received this from a credible source today:

This is from John Schmidhauser former Congressman (D. IA). Who now lives in Carpinteria CA.

On Friday I received a phone call from a good friend who works at CBS - I've known her for years and she is a producer for some of the news programs, one well known one in particular. She tipped me off that the news media is in a "lock-down" and that there is to be no TV coverage of the real problems with voting on Nov. 2nd. She said similar "lock-down orders" had come down last year after the invasion of Iraq, but this is far worse - far scarier.

She said the majority of their journalists at CBS and elsewhere in NYC are pretty horrified - every one is worried about their jobs and retribution Dan Rather style or worse. My source said they've also been forbidden to talk about it even on their own time but she was pissed and her journalistic and moral integrity as what she considers to be a government watchdog requires her to speak out, even if covertly, and she therefore asked me to "spread" the word...She said that journalism and the truth is at stake. She said another friend of hers, a producer at MSNBC, said that an anchor by the name of Keith Olbermann had brought it up on his show on Friday eve and the axe came down. He's at least fighting back and talking about it on his "Blog", but she said that people there are worried that he's going to be fired by higher ups.

She said at this point the only way that the "real news" was going to be known is if the people started talking about it and made a big enough stink about it to our elected officials, the FEC, and "noise" to the international media, that our own media won't have any choice but to cover it. The only place you'll see this talked about right now is on the internet and on AirAmericaRadio.

People and Agencies to Contact regarding this matter:

1) Your two US Senators &Congressional Representative - here is the main switchboard number for the House and Senate: 1-800-839-5276 Although individual numbers are listed below, you can reach all Senators and Representatives via this 800 number.

2) Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader: 202-225-4965

3) These members are allegedl/reportedly looking into the issue -urge them to introduce a bill to investigate voter fraud:

Rep. Henry Waxman of CA - 202-225-3976
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones of OH - 202-225-7032
Rep. Dennis Kucinich of OH - 202-225-5871
Rep. Tim Ryan of OH - 202-225-5261

4) Democratic & Republican Members of the House Judiciary Committee:

Rep. Robert Wexler of FL - 202-225-3001
Rep. Maxine Waters of CA - 202-225-2201
Rep. Chabot of OH (R)- 202-225-2216
Rep. King of IA (R)- 202-225-4426

5) Democrat & Republican Members (call both) of theSenate Judiciary Committee:

Sen. Patrick Leahy of VT - 202-224-4242 (Ranking Member)
Sen. Ted Kennedy of MA - 202-224-4543
Sen. Joe Biden of DE - 202-224-5042
Sen. Russ Feingold of WI - 202-224-5323
Sen. Charles Schumer of NY - 202-224-6542

- Jordan"

[davidwparker]

1. Yes, I've been trying to post it but cannot create a new msg yet.

Thank you for doing so. I've been waiting for someone to create an entry related to it so that I could post.

You wouldn't happen to be listening to the audiobook by Kitty Kelley on The Family, would you? I've been listening to it for the past 6 hours. Wow!

[KaryninMiami]

3. No, I haven't read the Kitty Kelly book

But frankly, I have about as much information about "the family" as I can take at the moment. All it will do is make me even more upset then I already am! I hear it's a great read however.

How I wish this whole thing was really just a bunch of fiction (instead of the nightmare it has become).

I hear it's a great book though...

[jamboi]

13. I bet you can now. Try it. n/t

[Eloriel]

2. This is actually pretty old news

and Keith Olbermann addressed (and debunked it, at least in his mind) in one of his first segments on the election issues.

[KaryninMiami]

6. I couldn't tell the date of the posting.

It just jumped out at me this evening. Just another reminder of what we are up against. Very discoserting...

[rodeodance]

14. yes, odd--I could find the date of this posting either!

[davidwparker]

7. Bev Harris of

http://blackboxvoting.org has stated similar. That the press is locked down.

Also, I did a google for the name of the representative and did find him, his email address, and the college that he works out in Southern CA. If you want a confirmation, you make click the link of his email when you do the search and ask him.

[aquart]

15. And Olberman said it wasn't true in his case.

With the implication that it wasn't true, period.

DU decided Olberman was the truthteller.

[americanstranger]

19. Who?

:)

-as

[glitch]

4. demoncratics.com? interesting name but no such website. nt

[KaryninMiami]

8. http://www.democrats.com/ -Sorry about that!

This is the correct link! It's late... :)

[davidwparker]

10. that's democrats.com

The article was posted today.

[LoZoccolo]

5. Wow, Bev Harris must've been /right/!

Too bad she wouldn't give Keith the tape, preferring to get mad at him instead and fuck it all up.

Tell her I said "hi"! :hi:

[aquart]

16. What, exactly, are you gloating about?

That Bev was truthful and condemned anyway? That Olberman distorted and yet was still believed implicitly?

Is this what you're gloating about?

MSNBC. Always a great source of truth.

[LoZoccolo]

18. Nope.

That wasn't it at all.

[New Earth]

9. it is really old

and that site has Rev. Al Sharpton mentioned where it should be Rev. Jesse Jackson. grrrr

[KaryninMiami]

11. Oh = and I thought that Rev. Al was in too- I got excited for a minute.

You think it was just a mistake? I have been hoping he'd join in soon. We sure do need him.

[New Earth]

12. not sure if he is involved or plans on it soon

but those quotes in that article, on that site, are Jesse Jackson's. (the baseball game comparison quote)

[Garbo 2004]

17. The first part of that story has appeared in variants in emails and

in posted articles on the web for some time now. It's taken on an urban legend quality as it is supposedly received from different sources and has other bits added on to it.

[liberalla]

20. Similar quote on media lockdown

"I was tipped off by a person very high up in TV that the news has been locked down tight, and there will be no TV coverage of the real problems with voting on Nov. 2. Even the journalists are pretty horrified. My source said they've also been forbidden to talk about it even on their own time, and he was calling from somewhere else. He was trying to figure out how to get the real news out on vote fraud.

This is a person I've worked with off and on for nearly two years, and the voice was so somber it really bothered me."
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This was posted by Bev Harris on 11/07/04 here at DU.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2636130

[Niche]

21. F**k her and every other coward who works in the lie machine!

Ukraine anyone?