Censorship--or Bullsh*t (Bushit?) Redux

From a newsgroup to which I subscribe, I've come across more information regarding WAFB "television"'s snuffing out of Bush criticism.

Apparently, they decided last night to air the St. Jude's telethon at 7 o'clock, thereby engaging in a little preemptive action of their own. When asked initially, the response (including someone writing under the name of News Director Nick Simonette) apologized, claiming that the telethon had been scheduled months in advance. CBS supposedly told the station that 60 Minutes was to be a rerun...

So, some of the newsgroup's members contacted St. Jude (I couldn't glean from the messages just how high up the chain of command they made it, but apparently they got ahold of someone familiar with the telethon). Apparently, St. Jude does NOT specify run dates with television stations. Now, I'm surmising here, but I guess that the organization either pays a minimal fee, or no fee for the airing (which amounts essentially to charity), but, under the circumstances, they take what they get as far as times/dates.

As Ricky Prado (and some in the newsgroup) noticed, the channel guide made no mention of this special broadcast--which, under the circumstances, begins to smell just a bit. A taped program such as this would provide plenty of time for the guide to insert the appropriate program name.

So--if it looks like a duck...well, it's certainly not a prairie dog. But Channel 9 most certainly dogged it on this one, and their lame excuses were no match for a number of dedicated people who called them on this ridiculous attempt to hide the truth about one George W. Bush, who's actions as Chickenhawk in Chief become a lot easier to understand in light of his formative years, where apparently drugs, booze, and lord knows what were more important to a young rich kid than serving even a minimal amount of time in a Champagne Brigade of weekend warriors. If young George hadn't been a Bush, life would have been a hell of a lot more difficult.

Now, I have a letter to write and a phone call to make--to WAFB at (225) 383-9999.