Thursday, September 09, 2004
60 Minutes Blacked Out in Scranton
Those nasty glitches:
As long as they didn't show Janet Jackson's nipple ring all will be well.
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Those nasty glitches:
A CBS affiliate in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania stopped broadcasting around the time ‘60 Minutes’ was supposed to be broadcast, leading thousands to question whether the network dropped the show because its content was critical of President Bush.
A news director confirmed that the program was not carried, saying, “Our transmitted busted.”
“I can tell you that it was not part of a vast right wing conspiracy,” he added.
One viewer, who asked not to be named, wrote to RAW STORY outraged that WYOU would pull the program.
“When the CBS affiliate goes off air at 8:00 PM, and promptly resumes coverage at 9:00 PM, and no other stations had technical problems – it’s a clear case of censorship,” the viewer wrote. Folks have been calling WYOU non-stop about this since last night, and station officials are extremely
defensive and hostile.”
“They refuse to re-broadcast the 60 Minutes episode,” the letter continued, “telling callers to “get a life” and “take it up with CBS” if they’ve got a problem.”
The reader also noted that because CBS and NBC are part of the same duopoly, both stations likely would have been affected, but NBC carried programming as usual...
As long as they didn't show Janet Jackson's nipple ring all will be well.
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