60 Minutes. The Siegelman Preview

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Just saw it on the Big Eye network.

Surprised they found the kahonis to actually air it.

Why didn't they ask the question:
"Why didn't Rove and other WH employees answer the Congressional subpoenas?"

Oh what a fascist state we live in.:door:

(Doing a stack of paper work here, and just had to chime in about this story. Malloy readied his fans for tonight's "60 Mins." Thanx Mike.)

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Parts of "60 Minutes" Broadcast Blocked in Alabama... ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

Posted February 24, 2008 | 09:02 PM (EST)
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Soviet America
Now, let me tell you what has been going on. As 60 Minutes was putting its show together, the White House put pressure on CBS -- the parent company -- to kill the show. Over the last few days, as word got out that the 60 Minutes show would air tonight, Karl Rove's associates began planting defamatory stories about journalists working on this story (see example here ([Only registered and activated users can see links])) and attacking the whistle-blower who came forward, Dana Jill Simpson. If you recall, Ms. Simpson testified, under oath, to Congress about Karl Rove's involvement in politicizing the DOJ. What you may not know, however, is that her house mysteriously caught fire and she was run off the road in the weeks leading up to her testimony.
What you may also not know is that Governor Siegelman's house was broken into twice during his trial as was his attorney's office.

Yesterday, the attacks on Simpson and journalists increased with a series of emails from the Alabama GOP. See Here ([Only registered and activated users can see links]).

Tonight was something truly unseen in US history. During the 60 Minutes broadcast and ONLY during the Don Siegelman portion -- the screen went black for Huntsville residents and Mobile residents. There are other reports of other locations, but I have not yet confirmed those. In Florida, a series of strange ads were running about the FISA bill and how Democrats are not tough on terrorism, apparently during the 60 Minutes hour and also right before 60 Minutes, but not after (still trying to confirm when the ads stopped running).

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Update:
We are now being told that it was a technical issue with CBS in New York:
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We apologize that you missed the first segment of 60 Minutes tonight featuring "The Prosecution of Don Siegelman."
It was a techincal(sic) problem with CBS out of New York. We are working with them right now to see if we can re-broadcast the segment.
Please be patient with us during this time. We are doing our best to correct the problem.
Excuse me? Are they trying to tell us that a glitch in New York ONLY happened in Alabama -- which is the topic of the 60 Minutes broadcast -- and ONLY during the Don Siegelman segment? Are you kidding me? We have selective prosecution and now we have selective news delivery?

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similar thing occured back in 2004 when 60 minutes ran the bush-awol story. In my neck of the woods and elsewhere in the country - stations either suddenly had transmission problems and went off the air, or they substituted 60 minutes for some other show..