60 Minutes II preemption--my e-mail

[alonso_quijano]

Our local CBS affiliate is WISH-TV in Indianapolis; according to Kos at www.dailykos.com, they are one of the stations not showing the 60 Minutes II featuring Barnes and the champagne unit/AWOL allegations.

I sent them the following e-mail. Keeping it nice, I think, might get a better response.

Any other Hoosiers out there--keep up the pressure! And try to keep it professional. ;-)


Hello,

I was looking forward to viewing "60 Minutes II" tonight, as I have heard that there was going to be an interesting investigation regarding President Bush's re-election campaign. Now I have heard that WISH-TV will be preempting tonight's broadcast.

First, is it true that WISH-TV will be preempting tonight's (9/8) broadcast of "60 Minutes II"?

Second, if so, why? Are you responding to outside political pressure, or do you have other reasons for suppressing important information during a political campaign?

I hope that, if you have to preempt this episode tonight for valid reasons, you will broadcast it soon, in some other prime-time slot. Indiana's voters deserve no less.

Thank you for your attention.

[NMDemDist2]

1. good job n/t

[cardlaw]

2. DailyKos

now says it will air at 9pm

[alonso_quijano]

4. Ah, good.

Now I can watch it after "Amish in the City" :silly:

[Lancer]

3. I hope you will get to see it

and I would suggest your letter be used as a model for others to follow when making similar complaints. (I tend to be shrill on such matters myself.)

Good job.

[arwalden]

5. A Typical Autoresponder Message

Dear Sir or Madam:

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Due to the volume of email messages we receive, we regret that we cannot respond to them all. But you can rest assured that your message is important to us.

Chris Gonzalez
WISH-TV Mailroom