Uh-oh: CBS News to air anti-GA hit piece on Wed. 1/14

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:01:04 -0700, Tom Sixkiller wrote:

You sure? I thought it was a part of "60 Minutes".

Nope it was NBC for sure.

They all do it. ABC did the Food Lion deal where their undercover
reporters fabricated dirty working conditions for the food, then filmed
it, sold moldy food to their employees, actually filmed themselves selling
themselves moldy food several times to get a good take. Of course, they
lost the court battle when Food Lion sued them. They stupidly kept the
outtakes.

CBS decided to preempt all the other networks on the start of the Iraq war
and aired a live attack piece, problem was, there was no war at the time,
not for quite some time. They ended up saying it was a rehearsal for the
real thing. You had to see it to believe it, they actually sent out a
live feed to the affiliates and claimed all this stuff was happening right
there, right now, when it wasn't... Gotta give them an E for effort
though.

Of course there are many many other fabrications by the big 3, plus also
Fox and CNN have been caught in the game to boot. Do a google search and
you'll be amazed at the court battles lost by them, they're all nothing
more than a propaganda machine for somebody, though who nobody knows...

For those that think this is a new thing, it's not. This has been
happening for a long time, but there's very little coverage of it because
if they nail the other network, they themselves become fair game as well,
a no win for them, and so it continues unchecked.

"Matthew P. Cummings" wrote in message news
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:01:04 -0700, Tom Sixkiller wrote:

You sure? I thought it was a part of "60 Minutes".

Nope it was NBC for sure.

The saddle tank "simulation" was done for Dateline. A show that's
intended to be more entertainment than news.

"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
...
| "Geoffrey Barnes" wrote:
|
| I am writing, with no expectations of it having any effect, to express
my
| grave dissatisfaction with the promotional spots you are running for
this
| evening's newscasts. In these spots, you promise to reveal the grave
| security threat that general aviation airports pose to our country.
These
| spots - and presumably the report you intend to run this evening - are
| focused on a threat that is at best extremely remote.
|
|
| Don't they use GA themself? A helicopter? Whre is the pad? On the roof of
their
| building? Whre do they fly to without asking for permission to get all the
| "news"?
|

I think it is morally reprehensible to sell them fuel or maintenance.

"Ash Wyllie" wrote in message
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Tom Sixkiller opined



You could carry a lot more explosives in a 3/4 ton pickup or a 12 foot
U-Haul or fake UPS truck.

Very true, but you can easily get an airplane inside a stadium or past a
road
block or over a barbed wire fence or to the 30th floor of a building.

The Murrah Building says that's sorta irrelevant.

A semi tractor-trailer could take out the 30th floor by taking our floors 1
thru 29.


One should neither over nor under estimate a danger.

Exactly -- and what they're doing is failing to think outside the box
(airplane=delivery system)

"Al Gerharter" wrote in message
s.com...
Did anyone catch who the sponsors were? I don't think I would want my
company advertising on a program that was obviously Clueless, and
Uniformed.
Wouldn't that reflect poorly on my product? If "They" are ignorant, and I
hire them to represent me, am I not ignorant by association? By
demonstration?


Sponsors are usually lined up LONG before a segment is planned/runs.

Whatsmore, they probably figure rather like "we'll lose 50 customers, but
gain 100".

What was that Marx said about the capitalists lining up to sell the rope?

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
m...

"Matthew P. Cummings" wrote in message
news
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:01:04 -0700, Tom Sixkiller wrote:

You sure? I thought it was a part of "60 Minutes".

Nope it was NBC for sure.

The saddle tank "simulation" was done for Dateline. A show that's
intended to be more entertainment than news.

That one is intended...the others are de facto.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
...

"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
...
| "Geoffrey Barnes" wrote:
|
| I am writing, with no expectations of it having any effect, to express
my
| grave dissatisfaction with the promotional spots you are running for
this
| evening's newscasts. In these spots, you promise to reveal the grave
| security threat that general aviation airports pose to our country.
These
| spots - and presumably the report you intend to run this evening - are
| focused on a threat that is at best extremely remote.
|
|
| Don't they use GA themself? A helicopter? Whre is the pad? On the roof
of
their
| building? Whre do they fly to without asking for permission to get all
the
| "news"?
|

I think it is morally reprehensible to sell them fuel or maintenance.


Or helicopters.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:GvlNb.69275$na.40007@attbi_s04...
| Actually, tackling the media, beating the crap out of them and
destroying
| their equipment is just a good policy in general
|
| I know you're being facetious, but reading this kind of statement is still
| scary.
|
| If you think the TSA and other government agencies are acting heavy-handed
| now, imagine what they would be like without the media keeping them
honest.
|
| Think "North Korea."


What is the media doing to keep TSA honest? You are not scared nearly
enough.

Tom Sixkiller opined

"Ash Wyllie" wrote in message
...
Tom Sixkiller opined



You could carry a lot more explosives in a 3/4 ton pickup or a 12 foot
U-Haul or fake UPS truck.

Very true, but you can easily get an airplane inside a stadium or past a
road
block or over a barbed wire fence or to the 30th floor of a building.

The Murrah Building says that's sorta irrelevant.

A semi tractor-trailer could take out the 30th floor by taking our floors 1
thru 29.

sigh It is *much* easier to block a ground vehicle. /sigh


One should neither over nor under estimate a danger.

Exactly -- and what they're doing is failing to think outside the box
(airplane=delivery system)




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"Ash Wyllie" wrote in message ...
sigh It is *much* easier to block a ground vehicle. /sigh

It would be if you didn't mind paralyzing the city. Even DC is bristling at the
minimal restrictions in place around the White House and the Capitol. People
are just too entrenched in their car to tolerate the same sort of restrictions
heaped on aviation. Politicians are too smart to even try such.