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Ted Turner on Iraq (was: More PBS Censorship?)
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 06:22:03 -0700
Begin forwarded message: From: Jay Fenello <Jay () Fenello com> Date: July 27, 2004 11:29:40 PM PDT To: dave () farber net, farber () cis upenn edu Cc: Gordon Cook <cook () cookreport com> Subject: Re: Ted Turner on Iraq (was: More PBS Censorship?) Hi Dave, Perhaps some IP'rs can shed some light on these continuing blackouts on PBS. Thanks, Jay. At 7/28/2004 02:20 AM, Jay Fenello wrote: Well, it happened again ... This time, Ted Turner was being interviewed on the Charlie Rose show (PBS), and right in the middle of a very interesting exchange on media control & ownership, the station went blank for around 5 minutes. This time, however, a technical screen popped up with these phone numbers: 718-985-2660 and 202-639-1400. So I called and spoke with a technician named Gregory Knox. He said that they had lost their feed from Verizon -- some kind of line break in the D.C. area. Anyway, they must have gotten many complaints, because they are now planning on rebroadcasting the interview in it's entirety next Monday. Those who tune in will hear some great quotes like: "We wasted 200 Billion Dollars of our money (in Iraq), 100 Billion to destroy the infrastructure of the country, then we had to pledge 100 Billion to build it back, to find one guy who was hiding in a fox hole." -- Ted Turner “History will look back at this debacle in Iraq as one of the greatest mistakes that any major country every made -- as big a bad deal as Time Warner merging with AOL. In one move, we set the United States back at least 30 years, as far as our International relations. I mean it's gonna take a *long* time and a lot of work to repair our standing in the world." -- Ted Turner "I said 'I felt as excited about signing the papers on the (AOL Time Warner) merger as I did about having sex for the first time' ... but I didn't really. I was just trying to make the shareholders happy." -- Ted Turner He also spoke of the environment, population, and the better world that is possible if we just decide to create it. (Eco would have been proud :-) Anyway, I recommend watching the next showing, fwiw. Jay. At 6/18/2004 12:34 AM, Jay Fenello wrote: Tonight, Tavis Smiley was interviewing James Garner, and just as the discussion turned to the current war, the signal blanked out, and at least 3 minutes from the show were deleted. This has happened before on PBS whenever the topics have turned interesting, often enough to be suspicious. I wonder if this is happening throughout the country, or only at the local station level? Jay. This message is from the "Aligning With Purpose Discussion" list. Copyright (c) 2004 AligningWithPurpose.org All Rights Reserved. +++ Jay Fenello, 678-585-9765 http://www.Fenello.com ... Startup Coaching http://www.YourWebPartner.com ... Web Site Support http://www.AligningWithPurpose.org ... For a Better World ---------------------------------------------------------- “History will look back at this debacle in Iraq as one of the greatest mistakes that any major country every made -- as big a bad deal as Time Warner merging with AOL. In one move, we set the United States back at least 30 years, as far as our International relations. I mean it's gonna take a *long* time and a lot of work to repair our standing in the world." -- Ted Turner
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