****CorpoMedia Watch**** Please post ANY mention of Conyers

[bvar22]

I'm monitoring CBS...So far nothing on the Conyers Hearing.

[linazelle]

1. Excellent. Keep it kicked. nt

[linazelle]

2. .

[linazelle]

3. Fucking Campbell Brown leads with Durbin and Zimbabwe. n/t

[linazelle]

4. .

[linazelle]

5. .

[NewJeffCT]

6. My local radio CBS affiliate mentioned it

It's a 50,000 watt station in Hartford - WTIC AM 1080. They had it on their 6:00 news.

[linazelle]

7. Good to hear. nt

[linazelle]

8. .

[cthrumatrix]

9. Nothing on CBS evening news (they did do earthquake) 6:40 est

[bvar22]

10. CBS Nothing so far.

No DSM
No Conyers heaing in the Basement
No Conyers hand delivering a letter to bush* with over 1/2 MILLION signatures.

[Gabi Hayes]

not one word on ABC, NBC, but PBS had Ray McGovern on

see thread on Nightly News Coverage (non coverage, that is)

[Coexist]

18. me too - CNN has had a good piece on their loop

[jim3775]

14. I was going back and forth between ABC and NBC, no mention. n/t

[MelissaB]

11. I've been flipping between ABC, CBS, and NBC...nothing...

[faithnotgreed]

12. kevin blogged on pdamerica that 200 reporters followed conyers to wh

so someone better be reporting it on tv!

[cthrumatrix]

16. this is CIA controlled media - no reporting "unfiltered" news

[deacon]

13. 122 house members have signed on--if they don't consider this news

then i don't consider them credible news outlets.

[linazelle]

22. 560k signatures IS news...and they know it. n/t

[Jacobin]

15. NPR was giggling about it

The 'three year old memo' issue 'kept alive by liberal bloggers'.

Completely dissed it, 'all about the past', 'Bush looking forward not backward',.....all the Rove Talking Points repeated word for fucking word.

disgusting

[linazelle]

17. It's letter writing time. Key point, this is NOT old news. n/t

[faithnotgreed]

21. i would like to hear them say that to cindy sheehan and all other parents

who had children killed
for no good reason

justice will prevail. all the people in that room today (and all those watching) feel strongly this is worth investigating

[otohara]

24. Kept Alive By Liberal Bloggers for 1 Month

because it was released. Gawd, fuck NPR

[LizW]

19. ABC pointedly ignored it

Nothing.

[depakid]

20. These lying sacks of garbage will downplay it at best

Just turn them off- and avoid ANY products that you know are advertised on their networks.

[cthrumatrix]

23. they didn't cover Sibel Edmonds either.... what an embarassment

[linazelle]

25. SUBTOPIC: What ARE they covering? List it here. I'll start...

NBC news covers Durbin, truck safety, Zimbabwe.

None of this is more important than the hearings and 560,000 signatures. I'll add more later as I watch and prepare a letter to them.

Coverage of feel good story about female soldier, 23 year old Leanne Hester who earns a silver star for killing insurgents.

[LizW]

27. ABC's lead story was the Republican who is now questioning the war

Apparently only Republicans are newsworthy.

[linazelle]

28. Local news (Wisconsin) leads with purchase of illegal fireworks

:eyes: nt

[bvar22]

29. CBS

Rebuilding efforts in SE Asia from the tsunami (feel good)

Heart medication that TARGETS Blacks (Blacks grateful. Whites feel good)

Feel sorry for the poor Republicans . Only 30 some odd percent are supportive (No mention that Republicans OWN Congress) I was waiting for the Democratic obstructionists, but Scheiffer only implied it

Story about heroic man keping his wife's body alive to save the life of his unborn child. (hidden agenda?)

A commercial for Wal-Mart

1 minute left....I HATE THESE FUCKS!!!!
By their silence, they are complicit in the useless deaths of 1800 Americans and over 100,000 Iraqis. CBS has BLOOD on their hands, and I will write a LETTER to them tonight with that accusation!

[linazelle]

26. .

[linazelle]

30. .

[Viva_La_Revolution]

31. Whoo hoo! KATU news - Portland - Web alert

June 16, 2005
Senior Democrat calls for inquiry over Downing memo


By PETE YOST
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Congress should conduct an official inquiry to determine whether President Bush intentionally misled the nation about the reasons for toppling Saddam Hussein, a senior House Democrat suggested Thursday.

New York Rep. Charles Rangel was among Democratic House members who participated in a forum to air demands that the White House provide more information about what led to the decision to go to war in Iraq.

more - http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=77839

[Nothing Without Hope]

32. Knight-Ridder /Washington online site - it's getting top billing!

A big article right at the top of the page:

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/11902946.htm
Posted on Wed, Jun. 15, 2005

House Democrat's forum to examine Downing Street memo

By Ruby L. Bailey

Knight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON - The secret British memo of 2002 that reported that President Bush was determined to go to war against Iraq months earlier than he publicly acknowledged will get its first official hearing on Thursday - sort of.

In the closest version so far to a congressional hearing on the Downing Street memo, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., will head a forum examining the document. That will be followed by an Internet-organized rally in front of the White House. Conyers plans to deliver the signatures of 105 congressional Democrats and more than 500,000 citizens on petitions demanding a detailed response from the Bush administration to the memo's allegations.

(snip)

Conyers, the senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, will hold his forum without the full authority and resources normally involved in a congressional hearing. The Republican-run Judiciary Committee doesn't recognize Conyers' forum as official.

Initially, Republicans denied Conyers access to a room in the Capitol complex for his forum, but on Wednesday he was granted use of a small room. Because he lacks the committee's consent, Conyers has no subpoena powers, investigative staff or funds to conduct his inquiry.

(snip)

The story includes this great Conyers photo. Credit: GABRIEL B. TAIT, Detroit Free Press (A Knight-Ridder newspaper). (May take a few seconds to load - worth the wait)

http://www.realcities.com.nyud.net:8090/images/realcities/krwashington/11903/141682229307.jpg

[Nothing Without Hope]

33. MSNBC - they're STILL talking about the Runaway Bride and the Aruba woman

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3032092/?ta=y

TOP NEWS STORIES
• GI charged in alleged Iraq ‘fragging’
• ‘Key’ Iraq insurgent reported nabbed
• Quake shakes Southern California
.
ALSO IN THE NEWS
• ‘Runaway bride’ to sell life story
• Aruba teen suspect’s home searched
• New Prince Harry security scare

[Nothing Without Hope]

34. Big AP article on Conyers forum in top news list at CNN.com:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/16/downingst.memo.ap/index.html

Democratic forum focuses on 'Downing Street memo'

Thursday, June 16, 2005 Posted: 6:41 PM EDT (2241 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress should conduct an official inquiry to determine whether President Bush intentionally misled the nation about the reasons for toppling Saddam Hussein, a senior House Democrat suggested Thursday.

New York Rep. Charles Rangel was among Democratic House members who participated in a forum to air demands that the White House provide more information about what led to the decision to go to war in Iraq.

"Quite frankly, evidence that appears to be building up points to whether or not the president has deliberately misled Congress to make the most important decision a president has to make, going to war," said Rangel, senior Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee.

Rep. John Conyers and other Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee organized the forum to investigate implications in a British document known as the "Downing Street memo."

(snip)

[Tsiyu]

35. Nothing on any of the big three.

They droned on and one about some other meeting between Repugs and Dems about setting up a timeline for exiting Iraq, and showed Condasleaza's request for patience and understanding, or some bullshit like that. :puke:

[Nothing Without Hope]

36. 258 related stories, TOP story at Google News

Here's the page with the 258 related stories:

http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&gl=us&ncl=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ff%3D/n/a/2005/06/16/national/w153112D91.DTL

Here are the first ten in the list:

Democrat Urges Inquiry on Bush, Iraq
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 37 minutes ago
By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer. Congress should conduct an official inquiry to determine whether President Bush intentionally ...

The Latest Downing Street Memos
Yahoo News - 48 minutes ago
New "Downing Street" memos keep popping up. In recent days, several confidential memos written by senior officials in. Tony Blair's ...

Democrats Question US Pre-War Actions
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 2 hours ago
By PETE YOST. WASHINGTON (AP) - Some congressional Democrats are insisting that the White House provide more information about what ...

Slate's War Stories: Reading the 'Downing St. Memo'
NPR (audio), D.C. - 3 hours ago
Description: The so-called "Downing Street Memo" -- a secret British pre-Iraq war memo that some critics believe proves Bush administration officials "fixed ...

Congress discusses secret Downing St memos
Times Online, UK - 5 hours ago
By Jenny Booth, Times Online. Members of the US Congress were this afternoon hearing evidence about two secret Downing St memos written ...

Democrats Question US Pre-War Actions
Washington Post, DC - 6 hours ago
By PETE YOST. WASHINGTON -- Some congressional Democrats, brandishing a document known as the "Downing Street Memo," are insisting ...

Bloggers' 'victory' over Iraq war memos
BBC News, UK - 6 hours ago
By Kevin Anderson. Since early May, left-leaning blogs have been trying to get mainstream media to pay attention to one - and now ...

What's the Deal With the Downing Street Memo?
Village Voice, NY - 7 hours ago
by Patrick Mulvaney. Today on Capitol Hill, Democratic representatives Shirley Jackson-Lee of Texas and John Conyers of Michigan ...

News Media Give Overlooked Memo on Iraq Second Glance
Washington Post, DC - 9 hours ago
By Howard Kurtz. For many liberals already frustrated with the media's coverage of President Bush, it has become a rallying cry over ...

Democrats Investigate Downing Street Memo
NPR (audio), D.C. - 9 hours ago
Description: Democrats on Capitol Hill hold a hearing today on the so-called Downing Street Memo. The memo for British Prime Minister ...

[bvar22]

38. NO Domestic TV or Cable Outlets.

Kinda makes you go "Hmmmmmm!"

Protest should begin to focus on CorpoMedia Outlets.

If 100,000 people showed up in the Lobby of CBS, would they cover it?

[Nothing Without Hope]

39. Knight-Ridder newspapers and wire service and foreign press are about it

(except for the big CNN story I linked to above. But who knows if that will be televised.) Even the staid Times of London notes how the US media have ignored the DSMs:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1657381,00.html
June 16, 2005

Congress discusses secret Downing St memos

By Jenny Booth, Times Online

Members of the US Congress were this afternoon hearing evidence about two secret Downing St memos written before the invasion of Iraq which seem to imply that President Bush systematically misled the American people.

The first of the two memos were leaked to the Sunday Times in May, but the potential scandal was ignored by the mainstream US media.

The memos were however forced onto the political agenda by bloggers, who have refused to let the scandal die down. Today their efforts were due to bear fruit, when anti-war Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee will hold an informal meeting to hear evidence on the top secret minutes as part of a hearing on intelligence issues before the Iraq war.

After the hearing, Congressman John Conyers Jr was due personally to deliver a letter to President Bush asking for answer about America's path to war. The petition has been signed by over 100 members of Congress and half a million ordinary US citizens.

(snip)

[DoYouEverWonder]

37. Well at least the foreign press is covering the story

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4101420.stm

Congressmen probe Iraq war memo

Thursday, 16 June, 2005

A group of US congressmen is holding a hearing into a leaked UK memo which suggests President Bush had decided on war with Iraq eight months in advance.

More than 100 Democrats will take part in the public forum, calling for a White House explanation of the memo.

The BBC's James Coomarasamy, in Washington, says although the hearing is unofficial, it coincides with waning public support for US efforts in Iraq.

Mr Bush denies he had made up his mind at the time to attack Saddam Hussein.

The British Sunday Times newspaper published the so-called Downing Street memo, dated 23 July 2002, on 1 May, after it was leaked by a former UK foreign policy aide.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4101420.stm