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BobcatJH Donating Member (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 11:58 AM
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Bigotry is good business for ABC
It's apparently now smart business to hire a bigot for your network morning show:
CNN Headline News personality Glenn Beck is joining ABC's Good Morning America as an occasional on-air contributor. The news is expected to be announced today at the Television Critics Association gathering in Pasadena, Calif.

Beck, host of HLN's Glenn Beck, has appeared on GMA twice in the past two months to discuss the so-called "War on Christmas" and the threat of radical Islam, a frequent target of his commentaries. The inclusion of Beck, an outspoken conservative whose provocative remarks and sense of humor routinely draw the ire of liberal media watchdogs, comes as the No. 2 GMA strives to close the longstanding gap with the top-rated Today show on NBC.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:02 PM
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1. Beck is also the ass who demanded that Keith Ellison...
prove he wasn't a terrorist supporter simply because he's a Muslim.
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:02 PM
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2. ABC just moved up on my list
You know, the list of networks that I refuse to watch.

Bake
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:05 PM
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3. I haven't watched ABC since The Path to 9/11 aired.
No Desperate Housewives, which is a show I used to enjoy watching. I also wrote to the producers and told them they would not have me as a viewer until the show aired on another non-ABC/Disney network.

I will not support a corporation who attempts to change public opinion with lies, and further the actions of a dangerous political party. (The Republicans.)
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uberotto Donating Member (589 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:40 PM
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7. Don't boycott, TiVo...
That's what my wife does. She doesn't boycott by not watching the show, she boycotts by watching the show, but refusing to watch any commercials aired by ABC.

That's the letter you really should send to the producers, "I'll watch your show, but I'm boycotting your revenue stream."

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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:10 PM
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4. I think all the corporations (media) are loading up on these really
crazy right-winger, hate filled, nutties...this is because the Dems are in and this is their way of keeping the Dems in their place and giving the corporations all they want..
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:13 PM
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5. Well, if it's ratings and entertainment they're really looking for
why don't they hire one of those irate media watchdogs, too?

:headbang:
rocknation
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:24 PM
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6. Yup, ABC On My List Too
of t.v. NOT to watch:mad:
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