Thread: ABC turns programming over to Obama, news anchor. from WH

Developing story...saw on Drudge Report.



ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA; NEWS TO BE ANCHORED FROM INSIDE WHITE HOUSE
Tue Jun 16 2009 08:45:10 ET

On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care -- a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm!

Highlights on the agenda:

ABCNEWS anchor Charlie Gibson will deliver WORLD NEWS from the Blue Room of the White House.

The network plans a primetime special -- 'Prescription for America' -- originating from the East Room, exclude opposing voices on the debate.

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Late Monday night, Republican National Committee Chief of Staff Ken McKay fired off a complaint to the head of ABCNEWS:

Dear Mr. Westin:

As the national debate on health care reform intensifies, I am deeply concerned and disappointed with ABC's astonishing decision to exclude opposing voices on this critical issue on June 24, 2009. Next Wednesday, ABC News will air a primetime health care reform “town hallâ€

If this doesn't upset America then America is NOT paying attention. First one station then all stations Unbridled censorship. We need to contact ABC and the WH to voice our displeasure. Government Broadcasting Inc.

it won't affect us much we can't get channel 7 since our digital conversion. we hear in the chicago land area, most people are having trouble with channel 7... not all bad.

And in return for free advertising General Electric, 80% owner of NBC, gets a $138BB no-bid contract to manage Obama's health-care program. It's a payoff for devoting NBC and MSNBC to electing Obama and providing positive press for Obama since he has been elected.

They are now just like Orwell's "Ministry of Truth".

ABC Ministry of Truth.

More on this:

Looks like it's shaping up to be a two day long event?



Gibson, Sawyer Hosting Special 'Primetime' On Obama's Health Care Reform

Questions for the President: Prescription for America will air on ABC June 24 at 10 p.m.

By Marisa Guthrie -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/15/2009 3:32:21 PM MT

ABC News Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer will co-anchor a special edition of newsmagazine Primetime that let's viewers pose the questions about President Obama's health care reform proposals.

Questions for the President: Prescription for America will air June 24 at 10 p.m. The program will be taped earlier in the evening. ABC News is taking viewer questions on the topic at ABCNews.com/Politics beginning June 16. Gibson and Sawyer will pose the most popular online questions according to social networking news aggregator Digg.com.

ABC News also invited users to weigh in with questions when Gibson interviewed vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin last year.

The primetime special will originate from the East Room of the White House where an audience selected by ABC News will also be invited to pose questions in person. ABC News medical editor Dr. Timothy Johnson will also be on hand to take part in the discussion.

The network's political Webcast Top Line will focus on health care reform throughout next week. Rick Klein, who writes the network's political blog The Note, will live-blog with users during the forum, full coverage of which will stream online.

The conversation with President Obama will continue on the June 24 edition of Nightline.

Additionally, Good Morning America will originate from the South Lawn of the White House on June 25 when Obama will sit down for a one-on-one with Sawyer.

Gibson will anchor World News from the Blue Room of the White House on June 24.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... Reform.php

It always seems when Obama is trying to pull yet another scam on the American people he starts showing up on Prime time television. If the programs gave equal time and presentations of both sides of the issue that would be one thing, but they do not. The media allows only Obama's point of view to be expressed to the viewing audience. They ( Journalist and programs) are a disgrace to the profession of Journalism as well as to the American people.


PS
"Anyone that is not part of the Solution becomes part of the Problem".

-Author Un-known

so now ABC news is going to censor what is said on its airways.
im so glad there is a damn ball game on so i dont have to sit back
and watch this crapola

Top: "With the contributing spirit of the health care worker..."

Bottom: "…make full use of the superior socialist health care system!"


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North Korean Propaganda Studio

Do we really want to end up like North Korea?

Dixie

ABC News Teams Up With Obama White House to Present President's Health Care Plan
ABC News will host an hour-long special on health care reform in the U.S. next Wednesday from the White House East Room -- a move that ABC is defending but critics are calling a surrender to the Obama administration's effort to control the debate.

FOXNews.com

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

by Baynote
ABC News will host an hour-long special on health care reform in the U.S. next Wednesday from the White House East Room -- a move that ABC is defending but critics are calling a surrender to the Obama administration's effort to control the debate.

The prime time special -- called "Questions for the President: Prescription for America" by ABC News -- will be a nationally televised event during which President Obama will answer questions presented by audience members selected by ABC News.

Participants will present a broad range of "divergent opinions in this historic debate," according to the press release announcing the event. Viewers will also be able to submit questions via ABCNews.com.

But critics of Obama's health care reform are asking that they be allowed to voice their side of the national debate.

"In the absence of opposition, I am concerned this event will become a glorified infomercial to promote the Democrat agenda. If that is the case, this prime time infomercial should be paid for out of the DNC coffers. President Obama does not hold a monopoly on health care reform ideas or on free airtime," Ken McKay, Chief of Staff for the Republican National Committee, wrote in a letter to ABC News President David Westin.

"The president has stated time and time again that he wants a bipartisan debate. Therefore, the Republican Party should be included in this prime time event," McKay wrote.

ABC News Senior Vice President Kerry Smith returned volley to McKay in her own letter released Tuesday. She said any viewer who watches will be sure to find the network's coverage is "informative, fair and civil."

"Like any programs we broadcast, ABC News will have complete editorial control. To suggest otherwise is quite unfair to both our journalists and our audience," Smith wrote.

Rich Noyes, research director at the Media Research Center, said the amount of time being dedicated exclusively to Obama's platform presents a problem for those claiming fairness.

"Will the opponents of President Obama's health care plan get an equal shot at the debate on the airwaves? This is an awful lot of time that ABC is giving over to one side of the debate," Noyes said. "This is an issue of such importance, the public really requires a balanced debate."

But Jane Hall, a journalism professor at American University and FOX News contributor, said the special isn't removing opposing voices from the debate.

"This is not unprecedented. Every president has tried to use the bully pulpit to spread their message. I hope President Obama does have a range of questions, ranging from people who want a single-payer system to those who want the government to do less."

She added that it's in ABC News' interest to present a range of opinions.

"ABC News is going to have a balanced program, they do not want to be criticized, they don't want to look like they're simply cheerleading for the president and his plan."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06 ... care-plan/

We all know Obama's team won't allow any hard hitting questions, ABC will see this when their rating take a dive.

Plenty of other channels to watch instead of this freak show.