The disreputable Drudge is headlining this w/ a blind quote from a rival network exec (most likely Fox)
An executive at a rival network mocked, "We look forward to ABC holding the next town hall meeting with President Bush, hosted by Karl Rove!"
How Blind is ABC that they did not see this? Or do they not even care?
Most important part of this diary here:
I am calling on all Indiana kossacks to get a group together and balance out the voters in Townhall. If ABCNews attempts to stack the room with only Clinton supporters we'll know the true nature of this network.
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Is this legal? Politico is reporting that "This Week" on ABC will hold a Hillary Townhall on Sunday with questions from voters in North Carolina and Indiana.
I'm not up on the election laws but previously Hillary paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for her townhalls broadcasts on obscure cable channels. Now ABC is handing her free airtime on their national network 2 days before the primary in Indiana and North Carolina.
This just proves that the Corporate Media will go through untold lengths to prop up the fading Clinton Campaign. I call for ABC to open up their network to all the other candidates.
http://www.politico.com/...
I wonder who the Disney Corp. has donated their $$ to? The traditional media is slapping us in the face with their favoritism. It's time to write Georgie and know that his career in journalism is OVER!
george.stephanopoulos@abc.com
ABC Switchboard: 212 456-7777
I know we had all kinds of ABC emails and phone #'s. Please help me locate them and I'll add it to the diary. We need a legal mind to let us know if this violates any laws. But it just seems insane to me that holding a campaign townhall on national TV before a critical primary doesn't violate some rules.
More ABC Honchos to contact:
jonathan.m.newman@abc.com
peter.salinger@abc.com
I think a fair remedy would be to give all Obama voters in IN/NC free tickets to Disneyworld. Or I propose that he be given a townhall forum on GMA on Monday. It's been noted in the comments that Hillary did this early in the campaign season. The Obama campaign needs to be all over this. We have to fight back on this.
More emails and #'s
ABC NEW YORK NEWSROOM: (212) 456-5100 newsradio@abc.com Newsroom Fax Machine 212.456.5150�Cristi LandesManager, Programming 212.456.5107 cristi.d.landes@abc.com�Wayne Fisk Director, Programming 212.456.5327 wayne.fisk@abc.com�Jeff Fitzgerald Executive Director, Operations 212.456.5554 jeffrey.t.fitzgerald@abc.com�Heidi Oringer Executive Director, Entertainment 212.456.5541 heidi.b.oringer@abc.com�Jon Newman News Coverage 212.456.5100 jonathan.m.newman@abc.com�Joyce Alcantara Assignment Manager 212.456.5106 joyce.a.alcantara@abc.com�Jim Kane Deputy D.C. Bureau Chief 212.222. 6604 james.f.kane@abc.com�Andrew Kalb Executive Director, Programming3 05.567.2269 andrew.l.kalb@abc.com�Robert Garcia Executive Director, News & Sports 212.456.5103 robert.garcia@abc.com�Peter Salinger (THE MAN IN CHARGE OF ELECTION COVERAGE) Director, Special Events & Sports 212.456.5105 peter.salinger@abc.com�Steve Jones Vice President ABC NEWS RADIO 212-456-5101steve.jones@abc.com
In the end, I think it's just time for OPRAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So some feel this diary is "childish and paranoid", that's an opinion. Some are willing to give ABCNews despite their record the benefit of the doubt and believe this will be a balanced forum. So let's prove them right
I am calling on all Indiana kossacks to get a group together and balance out the voters in Townhall. If ABCNews attempts to stack the room with only Clinton supporters we'll know the true nature of this network. Questions that should be asked:
- Is is right to threaten to "obliterate 70 million Iranians?
- Why is she peddling a gas tax gimmick that is bad for the environment?
- Does she regret her Iraq War vote?
- Why did she change her stance on Nafta for this primary election? Can we really trust her words now?
- Does she reject and denounce Doug Coe who has praised Hitler?
I'm sure you all can come up with more. Please Indiana Kossacks, get into this TOWNHALL!!! It's the only way to provide a fair and balanced forum.
Finally please call Obama HQ and press them to respond agressively to this forum. One thing that I don't like is that Obama has continued to look defensive in posture and Sunday will only highlight this fact again. While Hillary is exchanging pleasantries with Georgie, Obama will get a grillin' from Timmeh. Will it make him look tough? Yes, but Obama does better when he's on offensive, creating the news and not responding to it.