Blogfest 2005 - Apr 7, 2005 - Printable Version
- America to Dateline: Tell the Truth Now!
by Mark Faulk It's time to put the pressure on. I've had a number of emails from our activists suggesting ways to voice our displeasure with GE, Dateline, and NBC over the postponement of the Stockgate scandal segment originally scheduled for this Sunday, April 10, and then cancelled by the "powers that be". Judging from producer Sharon Hoffman's statement to Dave Patch that the "revised schedule is in the hands of her superiors", I firmly believe that this is a corporate decision. This is politics as usual, plain and simple.
This clearly doesn't have a thing to do with the death of the Pope, Terry Schiavo, or Prince Ranier, in my opinion, and the fact that they would use the deaths of three individuals as an excuse for failing to do their moral duty is reprehensible. If it WAS about the so-called "very busy news cycle" of the past week, then why air a fluff piece (an interview with "American Idol" Ruben Studdard) instead of a hard news story with international repercussions?
According to the synopsis of their ten-year anniversary show "A Decade of Dateline", the reason Dateline has been so successful is because "Dateline's format gives it the flexibility to air hour-long interviews and in-depth examinations of individual subjects, multi-part investigations and follow-ups that stretch over weeks or months". This is exactly what I suggested to them last June: run the stock market scandal story, and then give us "multi-part investigations and follow-ups that stretch over weeks or months". Now, I'd be happy if they would just give us the truth!
This is a four-tiered attack on GE, Dateline, and NBC:
1) Bombard all three entities with emails voicing your opinion (and flood NBC with phone calls at 212-664-4444, ask to be connected to Dateline), put it in YOUR WORDS, but feel free to include links to any of our articles. I have no problem with taking the heat from wherever it might come. Let them know that you will boycott NBC, Dateline, AND General Electric if they do not respond to our concerns and re-schedule the cancelled Dateline Stockgate segment immediately!
Here are people who need to know how they've abandoned Americans everywhere:
Dateline@NBC.com
Bob.Wright@nbc.com
Kathy.Bayer@nbc.com
Jay.ireland@nbc.com
Anna.Perez@nbc.com
Sonia.Small@nbc.com
Randy.Falco@nbc.com
Jeff.Zucker@nbc.com
Jeffrey.Immelt@corporate.ge.com
Kathleen.Lorenz@corporate.ge.com
Sharon.Hoffman@nbc.com
2) Post this information EVERYWHERE, on stock message boards, chat rooms, emailouts, and always add: PASS IT ON! There is power in the internet, it's time to use it.
3) Boycott Dateline NOW, until they re-schedule the Stockgate segment!
4) Flood your local NBC affiliates with phone calls and emails as soon as Dateline begins on Sunday at 7 pm ET, ridiculing them for airing a fluff interview with American Idol Ruben Studdard instead of a news story about the financial terrorism of tens of millions of people.
They have dropped the ball on this one, and it's time to make them pay. Time to get busy, and let them know who they truly represent. And that's the Faulking Truth. PASS IT ON!
Here are four articles to link to message boards, add to emails, and send to everyone you know:
"Dateline, NBC, and GE: LET THE BOYCOTT BEGIN!"
http://www.faulkingtruth.com/Articles/LettersToEditor/1011.html
"America to Dateline: Tell the Truth Now!"
http://www.faulkingtruth.com/Articles/BlogFest/1034.html
"Dateline Stockgate Update: POSTPONED YET AGAIN!"
http://www.faulkingtruth.com/Articles/Investing101/1023.html
"Time to Boycott GE, Dateline, and NBC?"
http://www.faulkingtruth.com/Articles/CommentaryToo/1028.html
Add your name to our "Stockgate activist list" at info@faulkingtruth.com. We will email you only when we have new articles or information dealing with this issue. Please link the articles everywhere you can, post them on stock message boards, and send them to the appropriate public entities. To enact positive change requires positive action.
(Editor's note: This is an entry from The Faulking Truth blog, ingeniously entitled "Blogfest 2005". If you'd like to waste more of your valuable time blogging, go to www.faulkingtruth.com/blog/ )
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Blogfest 2005 Archives:
Keep on Blogging in The Free World (Mark Faulk, Sep 21, 2004)
"It's the Issues, Stupid" (Mark Faulk, Sep 21, 2004)
The Trust Factor......mmmmmm, donuts (Mark Faulk, Sep 30, 2004)
The Vice-Presidential Debate Primer (Mark Faulk, Oct 5, 2004)
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Kids! Time to come in and get dressed for war (Mark Faulk, Nov 1, 2004)
"I Think We're all Bozos on this Bus" and "Dude, Where's My Bong?" (Mark Faulk, Nov 5, 2004)
"We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore!" and "The Ministry of Truth Strikes Again" (Mark Faulk, Nov 9, 2004)
Vacation....Had to get away (Mark Faulk, Nov 11, 2004)
A 'Tribute' to Steve Martin (Mark Faulk, Nov 14, 2004)
How Long Can You Tread Water? (Mark Faulk, Nov 17, 2004)
"Give the People What They Want" (Mark Faulk, Nov 22, 2004)
Home on the Range..... (Mark Faulk, Nov 27, 2004)
Coping With Loss: How to Deal With the 2004 Election (Mark Faulk, Dec 7, 2004)
Peace Kills (Mark Faulk, Dec 21, 2004)
A Tale of Two Psychos (Mark Faulk, Dec 27, 2004)
Hurtling Headlong Through the Blogosphere (Mark Faulk, Jan 4, 2005)
The Faulking Truth Gone Wild (Mark Faulk, Jan 6, 2005)
Palestinians Elect Abba by Wide Margin (Mark Faulk, Jan 9, 2005)
"Look everybody, we've found WMDRPAs!" and "Supporting the Inauguration Day Boycott.....Sort of" (Mark Faulk, Jan 12, 2005)
Confessions of.....a Christian (Mark Faulk, Jan 18, 2005)
Seven Degrees of George W. Bush (Mark Faulk, Jan 20, 2005)
Dear IRS...... (Mark Faulk, Jan 25, 2005)
What Democracy Means to Me (Johnny Carson, Feb 5, 2005)
"I love you...no, really, I do...." and "Have a Crappy... I Mean... Happy Valentine's Day" (Mark Faulk and Kelsey Renee Faulk, Feb 14, 2005)
"THE END OF BLOCKBUSTER!" (Mark Faulk, Feb 19, 2005)
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A Fall From Grace - How Bush is Alienating Mainstream America (Mark Faulk, Mar 26, 2005)
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Pope Dies of old Age (Mark Faulk, Apr 4, 2005)
America to Dateline: Tell the Truth Now! (Mark Faulk, Apr 7, 2005)
How I Spent my Weekend (Russell Tharp, Apr 18, 2005)
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Four Dead in Ohio (Mark Faulk, May 4, 2005)
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The Man on the Crane (Mark Faulk, May 28, 2005)
NOW Do You Feel Secure on the Internet? (Mark Faulk, Jun 1, 2005)
Taking the Faulking Truth to the Airwaves (Mark Faulk, Jun 17, 2005)
Wall Street: Destroying the Evidence (Mark Faulk, Jun 21, 2005)
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Help Wanted- President Seeks New Brain (Mark Faulk, Jul 11, 2005)
Bush Picks "French Fry Judge" for Supreme Court (Mark Faulk, Jul 19, 2005)
Praying for a Miracle (Mark Faulk, Jul 23, 2005)
Send in the Clowns (Mark Faulk, Jul 28, 2005)
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Pat Robertson's Case for the Assassination of President Bush.....I mean, Hugo Chavez (Mark Faulk, Aug 23, 2005)
The Faulking Truth...in (Black) and (White) (Mark Faulk, Aug 25, 2005)
They're Trying to Wash Us Away.... (Mark Faulk, Aug 31, 2005)
"Not Acceptable" (Mark Faulk, Sep 2, 2005)
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Faulking Truth to Senator Shelby: PUT THE DAMN FIRE OUT! (Mark Faulk, Sep 21, 2005)
George Talks to God..... (Mark Faulk, Oct 8, 2005)
For the Greater Good..... (Mark Faulk, Oct 27, 2005)
Coalition....What Coalition? (Mark Faulk, Nov 21, 2005)
Confessions of a White Gentile (Mark Faulk, Dec 4, 2005)
The World Just Got A Little Less Funny (Mark Faulk, Dec 10, 2005)
MySpace is the Devil (Mark Faulk, Dec 18, 2005)
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Taking it to the Streets (Mark Faulk, Jan 14, 2006)
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Congress Uses "C Word" (Mark Faulk, Mar 13, 2006)
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Confessions of Part Time Hit Man (Mark Faulk, Jun 5, 2006)
“The Anatomy of a Rumor” or “I’ll Take the Kool-aid” (Mark Faulk, Jun 17, 2006)
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Life WIth Father (Mark Faulk, Dec 15, 2006)
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so simple in the moonlight.... (Mark Faulk, Feb 20, 2007)
Promises, Promises….Take a Letter!!! (Mark Faulk, March Mar 19, 2007)
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John McSame’s Campaign to Nowhere (Mark Faulk, Sep 12, 2008)
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