Parts of 60 Minutes broadcast blocked in Alabama...--Huffington Post

[Demagitator]

February 24, 2008

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larisa-alexandrovna/parts-of-60-minutes-broad_b_88218.html

If you do not yet know who Don Siegelman is or what has happened in this country, then let me ask you to please read the following articles and visit the following websites, before I tell you what the latest developments are:

Introduction

The Permanent Republican Majority Part I


Soviet America

Now, let me tell you what has been going on. As 60 Minutes was putting its show together, the White House put pressure on CBS - the parent company - to kill the show. Over the last few days, as word got out that the 60 Minutes show would air tonight, Karl Rove's associates began planting defamatory stories about journalists working on this story (see example here) and attacking the whistle-blower who came forward, Dana Jill Simpson. If you recall, Ms. Simpson testified, under oath, to Congress about Karl Rove's involvement in politicizing the DOJ. What you may not know, however, is that her house mysteriously caught fire and she was run off the road in the weeks leading up to her testimony.

[JPZenger]

1. Huntsville Station Owned by Loyal Bushies

Yes, there are many people reporting that the 60 Minutes expose on Siegelman came in loud and clear on every station - except the Huntsville station. Here's excerpts from posts on www.dailykos.com about the owners of the Huntsville station.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/24/193628/369/376/463386

owners of station:

www.oakhillcapital.com

"Robert Bass and his brothers are long-time buddies to George Bush, going way back to their Yale days."

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Bush_associates_consolidate_hold_on_US_1226.html

[EFerrari]

2. Welcome to Guatemala. n/t

[Junkdrawer]

3. Well, it's THREE HOURS later....

Still no word from WHNT-TV yet....

Must be a humdinger of a glitch...

[seafan]

4. These people are busted. And it's about damn time.

Republican lawyer says Rove pushed for evidence on Siegelman, Florida Times-Union, February 21, 2008


Alabama GOP disputes former campaign worker's claims on CBS show, February 24, 2008


Parts of 60 Minutes Broadcast Blocked in Alabama..., February 24, 2008


60 Minutes Programming Note (WHNT, Huntsville, Alabama), February 24, 2008


WHNT, Huntsville is owned by Oak Hill Capital.

WHNT-TV is the CBS television associate in northern Alabama, airing on UHF Channel 19. WHNT started its functioning on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1963. Late Charles Grisham, a local businessman, founded the station. Grisham sold WHNT to The New York Times Company in the year 1980.

The Times declared that it would put its whole broadcast group for sale, along with eight other stations affected in addition to WHNT. In January 2007, a declaration was made that an agreement had been made to sell the stations to Oak Hill Capital. The station officially exchanged hands at 12:01 a.m. on May 7, 2007. Oak Hill Capital operates WHNT as part of the Local TV LLC.

One of the Oak Hill Capital Partners is Robert M. Bass.


Robert M. Bass

...and his three brothers Lee, Ed, and Sid Bass all attended Yale University, where they solidified their moneyed and political connections. Ed Bass was a classmate and personal friend of George W. Bush, and the brothers, especially Lee Bass, helped Bush financially both before and throughout his political career.

.....

So, the loyal Bushies pulled the plug on tonight's 20-minute segment of the 60 Minutes broadcast, blacking out in parts of Alabama, the story of the political prosecution and imprisonment of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman by the corrupt GOP, and orchestrated by Karl Rove.


Is it torches and pitchforks time yet?



(Thanks to Daily Kos for the legwork on WHNT ownership.)

[Junkdrawer]

5. From the Comments:

BOfever:
Stop with the conspiracy theories, it is very possible that a CBS affiliate in any state can have a problem with the feed. It happens more than you think.


:rofl: