Tell Off Big Media

[TexasLawyer]

I've been very upset about the large networks refusing to release the raw exit poll data requested by John Conyers. Here's a letter that I sent to several people at each of the networks. Here are some e-mail addresses:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=178970

Here's the e-mail I sent. You're free to use it in whole or part. Keep up the good work.



CNN must release the raw exit poll election data collected on November 2, 2004 on behalf of CNN and the other major networks. We beg you to do so now.

There were serious and troubling discrepancies in the 2004 election results. Preliminary exit poll data showed Kerry winning Ohio by several points. But late in the election day, the networks started combining the actual vote tallies with the exit poll data-- thus tainting the end-of-the-day exit poll data that was eventually made public. The raw data, which for no good reason is being kept from the public, will be vital for any full understanding of the election results. If fraud was perpetrated in the election, it is the people's right to know.

In the Ukraine, a discrepancy between the exit poll data and the actual vote tally was cited by our own government as a strong indication of election fraud. It was on the front page of every newspaper and at the top of primetime news. In the United States, however, the same discrepancy is essentially being ignored. What in the world is going on here?

U.S. Representative John Conyers has asked the leaders of ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and Fox for this raw election data. Reportedly, the media companies are "still analyzing" the data and thus refuse to release it until they're done.

This is an incredibly flimsy excuse for withholding the data-- and for keeping it from a member of the U.S. Congress no less. Why is CNN purposefully keeping the information from Representative Conyers? For the good of our country and for the sake of a continued democracy, that data must be turned over now.

If your network does not turn over the data, it is an outrage that many people will not soon forget.

Thank you for your attention.

[movonne]

1. Stop watching all commercial and cable news...that is the only way

to hurt them..

[EFerrari]

2. The way in is through the print media because they all get

their material there.

Having said that, the print media gets 80% of their stuff from the compromised AP (aka, authorized propaganda) although they'd never admit it.

Having marked that, the NYT just sent out a mass mailing to all of us who have been at them/ cancelled our subscriptions due to their utter folly.

So, support alternative media and rock the public editor at the NYT:

[e-mail]

[TexasLawyer]

3. Will do n/t

[Pithy Cherub]

4. Wouldn't it also be prudent to cc their primary advertisers

to let them know they are becoming complicit in the thwarting of democracy? The advertisers don't want to be parts of coverups and this is exactly what withholding this critical information is doing.

Great letter! :)

[EFerrari]

5. Yes! This works, I've seen it work. But the message needs to be

"I won't buy your product if you comply with this action". Talking about abstractions (democracy) won't do it.

A recent example is Sinclair. They were about to run a dinging piece on Kerry but when the 527s mounted a citizen protest, they backed off like the smoothest of sheep. fwiw.

[shance]

6. Great letter TL*** Thanks.

Seems the FCC should be hearing from us as well(if not more so*), and how we feel about the networks denying us and our Congress the exit poll data, being they are the regulatory department responsible for overseeing the ethicality being honored (or not) by the media corporations themselves.

[FogerRox]

7. Mitofsky didnt they do the Ukrainian and USA exit polls - - -?

yeah the same company.

My Mission: TARGET CBS

Join the protest @ CBS in NYC If enough Peeps show @ CBS I will extend the efforts to other outlets, Like ABC & NBC.

Power to the People ! !! ! ! RIght On Brother KIP ! !! !

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[Beth in VT]

8. someone with subpoena power needs to request it.

[Liberty Belle]

9. Who are the biggest sponsors? We should complain to them.

If we found the top five corporate advertisers for the mainstream media and started a boycott against their products over mainstream media's bias, we could get their attention.

We'd need to zero in on a couple of key issues, such as airing issue ads for liberal as well as conservative groups, or covering voting fraud fairly.

How can we find out who the biggest advertisers are on network news?