Last Sunday (2/24), a technical glitch at WHNT caused the first story aired on '60 Minutes' to be missed. Viewers missed all but the final 5 minutes of a much hyped story dealing with this state's former Governnor. At first we (WHNT) thought the problem was on CBS' end. We soon discovered it was on our end.
We apologized, aired the story at 10pm and again the next at 6pm. We also put it on our website.
Regardless... the ever-so-tolerant, good peace loving liberals came unglued. Yes, some employees here even took death threats!
Enjoy!
(jaela2@yahoo.com) Thank you for blacking out the Siegelman story. Your clumsy attempts at censorship will now bring much needed attention to this story. Even more than 60 Minutes could have done on its own.
(TKwow@aol.com) Your partisan censorship of "60 Minutes" on Sunday night sounds like something more likely to happen in the former Soviet Union. Good luck renewing your broadcast license once Siegelman is exonerated and a Democratic administration is in power. Go climb up Karl Rove's ass where you belong. Disgusting!!!!!!
(tgbeachbum@yahoo.com) YOU ARE SO TRANSPARENT...and disgusting.60 Minutes signal failure????What a joke, you're a bunch of NAZI's
(hwbliz@mac.com) Your claim that your equipment failed at the exact moment the Seigelman story came on the air, streaches the limits of credibility
(kwgrlup@ndsupernet.com) Although i am many miles from your station, i do have friends and relatives in your area. What your station did with the referenced segment of 60 Minutes, regarding Don Siegelman, was shameful to put it mildly! The reason our forefathers created an exception in our founding documents for the fourth estate was to be sure OUR government was held accountable, NOT so that the media, who uses OUR airwaves, reports infotainment and trash, but reports to us what we the people NEED to know for our own good. To do what you did was a treasonest act to the people of your area, state and our country. You should lose the priviledge of use of the airwaves. My friends and family WILL see that segment! i will make sure of it. i and many others will be filing a complaint with the proper agencies. How do any of you sleep at night?! And you call yourself a "news" station! HA!
(GeorgeP922@gmail.com) What you did IS a step towards Facism You should be ashamed of yourselves.The public will always see you guilty in your actions.American media is supposed to be without bias and free.You are NOT State owned media!This is America, not China, North Korea, Cuba, Saudi Arabia etc.Actually the producers there have at least one exuse, they will go to jail.I can't wait till Congress prosecutes you.I don't accept your apology, tell the truth and forgiveness can begin.Shame on you.So many americans have died for freedom that you just crushed.
(sirgent77@yahoo.com) Will you reair that 60m story about the Gov...If not why not..Alabama the little USSR state...
(bkohatl@hotmail.com) What liars you are. Now We know what evil is.Hitler censored German Radio; Stalin censored Russian Radio and TV. The Bass Brothers want to Turn America into Nazi Germany. You see a Reporter for WHNT be sure and say Sieg Heil and Segregation Today, Segregation Tomorrow and Segregation Forever. A language all evil people understand. Now you know how Bob Riley, Judge Fuller and Pryor Stole the 2002 Governor's Election. Treason at WHNT
(imarhfc@bellsouth.net) Congradulations! WHNT made "the worst" on Countdown on MSNBC
(erik.anderson@furman.edu) your recent censorship of 60 minutes ...... is absolutely despicable. Think of the company you now find yourselves in: Pakistan, Russian, North Korea, Iran ... . Here's a tip: after rereading your copy (if you have one) of the U.S. Constitution, go to your local library (if you have one) and check out John Stuart Mill's classic work, On Liberty. Then go somewhere and hang your head in shame.
(jack.griffith@pobox.com) You are a bunch of partisan whores. Who paid -off you suck-ups to censor 60 minutes? What a joke. This is very typical for a pack of redneck Republicans. I hope the FCC pulls your license (after Obama is elected!!).
(clay.harris@gmail.com) You really do embarrass yourself. Blacking out the nub of 60 Minutes, while mocking Ted Kennedy. Would you do that to a Republican? Try at least to pretend that there's some objectivity there.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
'Free' Money
If there is only ONE thing you can be sure of and bet your life on, it's this:
THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH.
That's right. EVERYTHING has a cost associated with it. Even stuff that is 'free' to you has a cost, even though you may not have had to pay anything for it.
If I buy you a newspaper, it still cost something. Namely, 50 cents out of my pocket.
If you're going to read it, it's going to cost you something as well. Namely, not watching the tv for the next 20 minutes.
THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH.
Moving on...
Just passed in Washington D.C. was the much-hyped 'Economic Stimulus' package. In an attempt to 'jump start' the 'slowing' economy, our lovely politicians have decided to send most people in this country 3oo or 600 dollars. Free and clear!
Except there's a problem: THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH.
Where does the government 'get' the money it's going to send you?
There are 3 ways that happens.
First, government could simply print more money! But that leads to inflation.
(Simple explanation)
Government can tax us. Of course, raising taxes means that the money comes from someone and then given to another. If your long, lost uncle left you and your brother each $50,000 dollars, it is ridiculous to think that your brother would actually only get $10,000 dollars more than you if it were divided 60/40.
Finally, the government can borrow the money. Going back to the long, lost uncle analogy, imagine the same uncle borrowing $600 dollars from the bank, giving it to you and then dying... leaving you to pay back the $600 (with interest) to the bank.
Don't get too excited about the 'free' money you'll get in May. Sure, it's nice. But it's far from free.
THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH.
That's right. EVERYTHING has a cost associated with it. Even stuff that is 'free' to you has a cost, even though you may not have had to pay anything for it.
If I buy you a newspaper, it still cost something. Namely, 50 cents out of my pocket.
If you're going to read it, it's going to cost you something as well. Namely, not watching the tv for the next 20 minutes.
THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH.
Moving on...
Just passed in Washington D.C. was the much-hyped 'Economic Stimulus' package. In an attempt to 'jump start' the 'slowing' economy, our lovely politicians have decided to send most people in this country 3oo or 600 dollars. Free and clear!
Except there's a problem: THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH.
Where does the government 'get' the money it's going to send you?
There are 3 ways that happens.
First, government could simply print more money! But that leads to inflation.
(Simple explanation)
Government can tax us. Of course, raising taxes means that the money comes from someone and then given to another. If your long, lost uncle left you and your brother each $50,000 dollars, it is ridiculous to think that your brother would actually only get $10,000 dollars more than you if it were divided 60/40.
Finally, the government can borrow the money. Going back to the long, lost uncle analogy, imagine the same uncle borrowing $600 dollars from the bank, giving it to you and then dying... leaving you to pay back the $600 (with interest) to the bank.
Don't get too excited about the 'free' money you'll get in May. Sure, it's nice. But it's far from free.
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