“Thank You For Your Interest”: ABC Responds To Charges Of State-Control
Related: Obama Seizes Control Of ABC News
Mr. Ken McKay
Chief of Staff
Republican National Committee
310 First Street SE
Washington, D.C. 20003
Dear Mr. McKay:
I am in receipt of your letter of June 15, 2009 and wanted to respond to a number of false premises you raise regarding our ongoing and upcoming coverage of health care.
I hope we can all agree that a robust debate of health care issues and potential policies is in order.
To that end, ABC News announced plans to broadcast a primetime hour from the White House devoted to exploring and probing the President’s position and giving voice to questions and criticisms of that position. We hope that any American concerned about health care will find our efforts to be informative, fair and civil.
Second, ABC News prides itself on covering all sides of important issues and asking direct questions of all newsmakers — of all political persuasions — even when others have taken a more partisan approach and even in the face of criticism from extremes on both ends of the political spectrum. ABC News is looking for the most thoughtful and diverse voices on this issue. ABC News alone will select those who will be in the audience asking questions of the president. Like any programs we broadcast, ABC News will have complete editorial control. To suggest otherwise is quite unfair to both our journalists and our audience.
Third, there already has been extensive coverage of the upcoming health care debates, on ABC and elsewhere, and there will be much, much more. Indeed, we’ve already had many critics of the President’s health care proposals on the air – and that’s before a real plan has even been put before the country.
In the end, no one watching, listening to, or reading ABC News will lack for an understanding of all sides of these important questions.
Thank you for your interest.
Kerry Smith
Senior Vice President, ABC News
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Did we really expect anything different than this BS
“I am in receipt of your letter of June 15, 2009 and wanted to respond to a number of false premises you raise regarding our ongoing and upcoming coverage of health care.”
PLEASE… this entire letter is nothing but one huge false premise, aimed at making the uninformed think that ABC is non-partisan, and that they give a care whether any voice that disagrees with Obambi is ever heard…
Just more drivel for Obot consumption
W.H.O.R.E.S.
White House Orchestrated Rhetoric Empowering Socialism
ABC
Another Barack Cocksucker
This reply will be the first piece of evidence for the upcoming lawsuit against ABC.
“ABC News alone will select those who will be in the audience asking questions of the president. Like any programs we broadcast, ABC News will have complete editorial control. ” (like any government aparachik)
Yeah, that’s what we were afraid of …
“Second, ABC News prides itself on covering all sides of important issues and asking direct questions of all newsmakers — of all political persuasions — even when others have taken a more partisan approach and even in the face of criticism from extremes on both ends of the political spectrum.”
WHAT. UTTER. BULLSHIT.
These asshats must really belevie “If I say it enough times it must make it true”
Unbeleiveable!!!
Ladies and gentlemen I present to you the next step of several more to follow, that you will be wittnessing in the near future that will complete the creation of the USSA the United Socialist States of America
Government run automobile manufacturing, Government run financial institutions, Government run healthcare and now Government run media.
This ploy by ABC NEWS is nothing more than the Obama White House, using ABC NEWS as their mouth piece, to convince us to drink the Obama Kool-aid and adhere to the conversion of the Socialist / Communists / Marxist way of life.
Welcome, welcome Comrades. Welcome to the USSA. We hope you like your stay. If you don’t, tough. You will learn to like it or you will be forced to like, the choice is yours.
Here in the USSA, it is our goal to control your every day way of life, your every day way of thinking, your every thought, your every move. We will control you from womb to tomb. Any questions? Good, you aren’t allowed any questions!
Doesn’t ABC also make money from their corporate sponsors, i.e. Big pharma, hospitals and Doctors who oppose this idea? If so, then advertising revenues will surely come to a screeching halt.
I have a very large pile of Rocks I think its time to start throwing some of them!
From the Cloward Piven Strategy of Orchestrated Crisis…..
Their article called for “cadres of aggressive organizers” to use “demonstrations to create a climate of militancy.” Intimidated by threats of black violence, politicians would appeal to the federal government for help. Carefully orchestrated media campaigns, carried out by friendly, leftwing journalists, would float the idea of “a federal program of income redistribution,” in the form of a guaranteed living income for all — working and non-working people alike. Local officials would clutch at this idea like drowning men to a lifeline.
What utter bullshit! We saw just this past weekend how much the Maggot Media cares for dissemination of opposing viewpoints; indeed had it not been for Twitter and Citizen Reporters most of the Iran debacle would never have been seen. The problem with the microscope they claim to use is that they are fixated on the healthy part of the view while missing the entire cancerous growth around it! Take the damn blinders off!!
“Thank you for your interest”
Translation: Fv<k Off!
Propaganda, total propaganda.
They want to pass the bill and figure out how to pay for it later. Of course it will mean tax increases later.
Spend, waste then tax.
Here is ABC’s response to my boycott email. I had to put my shoes on to save my feet from their encroaching bullshit.
Thank you for your feedback and questions regarding the ABC News Special, “Questions for the President: Prescription for America” which will air on the ABC TV network on June 24, 2009 at
10 PM ET.
For more information you can use the links below or:
Go to ABCNews.com
Go to the top and click on POLITICS
Go down the screen to “Top Stories”
Click on “ABC News Responds to RNC Letter”
“ABC Responds to RNC Letter”
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/06/abc-news-responds-to-rnc-letter.html
ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: With the Republican National Committee complaining to ABC News about plans to broadcast a health care “conversation” from the White House next week, ABC today has responded to the complaint.
The letter — to RNC Chief of Staff Ken McKay, from ABC News Senior Vice President Kerry Smith — points out that ABC “will have complete editorial control” over the broadcasts, and says that “no one watching, listening to, or reading ABC News will lack for an understanding of all sides of these important questions.” Read the full response HERE.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/pressroom/2009/06/abc-news-responds-to-rnc-letter-.html