911 -Call and Write to C-SPAN, NOW

YOU MUST COVER THIS: "9-11 and the Public Safety" at NPC, 6/10/02

I was anticipating watching this important event on C-SPAN and I am writing to protest C-SPAN's decision not to cover it. I am referring to the important press conference "9-11 and the Public Safety: Seeking Answers and Accountability" which will occur at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Monday, June 10th from 2-5 pm.

Not covering this is a serious mistake with potential grave consequences for our country. There is no good enough excuse for not showing this vital press event, which will cover key questions and information that have not been addressed by our national leaders or by the mainstream media in this country. Your website claims that you strive for balance. Your website says that you cover National Press Club events as a matter of course. This event matches all of the criteria outlined on your website, and it is of supreme importance. In the name of "balance", you cannot ignore these critical issues which have not been covered adequately elsewhere.

Please consider that this event will include family members of people who died in the WTC and Pentagon on 9-11. In the name of justice and democracy, we and they deserve to have this call for open investigations and real answers shown on C-SPAN.

Please do not fail the American people. Please reconsider your decision and send over a team to the National Press Club to videotape the conference to be sure that substantive 9/11 issues, new information, and important questions are fully addressed to help build a case for a full and independent investigation.


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Fwd: A public plea re C-SPAN action tomorrow

>Forwarded with Compliments of GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
>IN EXILE: Coping with the Fourth Reich's Occupation of North America.
>
>
>>From: "Find Truth" <findtruth200i [at] hotmail.com>
>>To: findtruth200i [at] hotmail.com
>>Subject: This may be your "last" 9-11 Action Alert -- We need to hear
>>from you.
>>Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 18:41:38 +0000
>>
>>
>>If we don't hear from you on this . . . this may be the last 9-11 Action
>>Alert you will get.
>>
>>The Bush Admin. has cleverly turned the potentially damaging revelations
>>into tools they can use. Without sustained public pressure, in the form
>>of working to educate millions via the internet about the "real" stories
>>behind the corporate media planted ones . . . Bush/Ashcroft/Rumsfield's
>>world war plans, and repressive designs for us at home . . . ARE A
>>CERTAINTY.
>>
>>Although some of you have worked long and hard to do what you can, many
>>have looked at the enormous collection of resources we worked to provide
>>so you could make a difference . . . and deleted them.
>>
>>Below is an URGENT action on C-SPAN. C-SPAN was really our last hope to
>>get truth to the mainstream, and they have betrayed us. They refuse to
>>air the families of the 9-11 victims outraged over the apparent complicity
>>of Bush Admin and U.S. intelligence operatives in the 9-11 tragedy.
>>
>>If this is outrageous to you, and you want to act, read the below action
>>report with C-SPAN contact info at the bottom and contact them tomorrow,
>>Monday. And urge others to, spreading this appeal out far and wide.
>>Lastly, drop us a line with a brief note of what you did with this info.
>>
>>Like you, we are tired. We haven't given up yet, but are near that point,
>>unless we hear a groundswell of support for the tireless work we've put
>>in. I'm sure the people of conscience in pre-war Germany got very tired
>>too . . . but not nearly as tired as they got after they let it happen. I
>>bet they wish they'd bucked up and gotten their 2nd wind before allowing
>>the 3rd Reich to solidify. (If you think this analogy is a stretch, think
>>of 9-11 as the Burning of the Reichstag, Cheney's 50 nation hit list,
>>Bush's new "strike first" foriegn policy, the attempted coup in Venezuala,
>>the continual attack on civil rights, and this new massive institution of
>>Homeland Security modeled after East Germany's terrible homeland security
>>force).
>>
>>Below is the Action Alert.
>>
>>
>>
>>9-11 action alert (perhaps the last one):
>>CITIZEN ALERT:
>>C-SPAN denies public TV access to 9-11 victims' families and 9-11 panel
>>seeking answers and accountability.
>>
>>**A public plea to citizens interested in fair and balanced media
>>coverage -- please forward as appropriate**
>>
>>Since mid-May, organizers of the 9-11 and the Public Safety press event,
>>June 10th, at the National Press Club (NPC) in Washington, D.C, have
>>been campaigning for media coverage. This past week, co-chair, Tom
>>Flocco has solicited C-SPAN for coverage hoping for a live TV broadcast,
>>or at minimum a taped and delayed broadcast.
>>
>>C-SPANs web site says: "Certain events, like speeches at the NPC and
>>news conferences by Congressional leaders, automatically receive
>>coverage." The site also details pre-conditions that an event must meet
>>to be selected for coverage:
>>
>>1) The event should be of a public affairs nature.
>>2) The subject should be an issue of national importance.
>>3) Event should be selected to show balance between different sides of a
>>particular issue.
>>4) Speakers participating should be closely related to the topic under
>>discussion.
>>
>>Initial reaction was positive; "this is very interesting, something we
>>want to consider" said Rob Harleston, Assignment Editor, a sentiment
>>echoed by Karen Gaither, another assignment editor. They requested that
>>we keep them updated on any new developments and confirmations.
>>
>>Friday was D-Day. The editorial/camera shoot committee met Friday
>>afternoon after a few last minute calls to Tom requesting updates as to
>>panelists and other media coverage, still expressing enthusiasm. Tom and
>>co-chair Kyle F. Hence expeditiously dispatched confirmation updates and
>>a detailed minute by minute agenda and timeline of presentation --
>>clearly indicating that positive momentum and significant interest was
>>building for the event.
>>
>>We were particularly pleased that representatives from the group
>>organizing the June 11th Rally on Capital Hill (Families of September
>>11th) were planning on attending our conference and offering their own
>>questions to our 9/11 investigative panel.
>>
>>We now felt the people and the press were eager to hear the unaddressed
>>issues and unanswered questions to be raised at our Monday event. And
>>we felt somewhat confident based on their expressed interest that they
>>would at the very least tape the show for a later broadcast given our
>>focus on key issues with regard to the pubic safety.
>>
>>But we were wrong!
>>
>>Tom called C-SPAN at 5:30 pm to inquire about their TV coverage
>>decision. He learned they had decided NOT to cover Monday's Unanswered
>>Questions press event. They have instead scheduled detailed coverage of
>>Bush Administration officials (VP Cheney, Homeland Security Director Tom
>>Ridge) and others promoting President Bush's new plan to centralize
>>major national and domestic security and border agencies under the
>>auspices of one government official -- administration events all
>>afternoon.
>>
>>Tom offered this response to his contact Ms. Gaither. He said, "C-SPAN
>>has fallen for the Administration's 'damage control' and their effort to
>>keep the FBI whistleblowers and the real, unanswered questions totally
>>off the radar screen." "We are standing by our decision to cover Bush
>>Administration events," Ms. Gaithor said, adding "I could not persuade
>>the other editors to cover your program."
>>
>>C-SPAN's bias toward airing the Homeland Defense restructuring issue is
>>part of an ongoing diversion and reticence to address gross government
>>failures and negligence surrounding 9-11, without responding to the
>>general public call for full accountability.
>>
>>WHAT YOU CAN DO:
>>
>>If you feel that the American people, and especially the family members
>>who lost loved ones, deserve real answers, open investigations, and
>>access to secret government documents; we are urging you to do the
>>following:
>>
>>1) Between 8AM and 2PM on Monday take a half hour to an hour to phone
>>(most important), fax and email C-SPAN asking them why they are refusing
>>any coverage or taping of such critically important subject matter. (If
>>the phone is continually busy, that means others share your outrage and
>>concern.)
>>
>>2) Send an email and a fax if you have access to a fax machine. Please
>>be courteous and concise in expressing your views.
>>
>>KEY POINTS TO CONSIDER IN EXPRESSING YOUR VIEWS:
>>
>>C-SPAN's website says that their editorial staff strives for balance.
>>Why are they ignoring a press event at the easily accessible and
>>prestigious National Press Club -- one that will cover key questions and
>>critical information thus far not addressed by our national leaders?
>>These issues include air defense and airport security failures, profits
>>from pre-attack insider trading, anthrax attacks, encroachment on
>>guaranteed constitutional rights, and the withholding of secret
>>document, etc.
>>
>>C-SPAN is refusing any coverage or taping of the press event on these
>>9-11 issues even though two of the three C-SPAN channels became open
>>with no required congressional programming since the House of
>>Representatives is not even in session on Monday afternoon.
>>
>>Please urge C-SPAN to reconsider their decision and send a team to
>>videotape the conference to be sure that substantive 9/11 issues, new
>>information important questions are fully addressed that help build a
>>case for a full and independent investigation.
>>
>>
>>KEY CONTACTS AND EDITORIAL STAFF MEMBERS:
>>
>>Main number: 202-737-3220
>>Assignment editor: 202-626-7965 (Rob Harleston)
>>Assignment editor: 202-626-7965 (Ellen Schweiger)
>>Fax number: 202-737-6226
>>Viewer services: 765-464-3080
>>dceditor [at] c-span.org (Rob Harleston, Assignment Editor)
>>congress [at] c-span.org (Karen Gaither, Assignment Editor)
>>journal [at] c-span.org (producers of Washington Journal, shown daily)
>>viewer [at] c-span.org
>>events [at] c-span.org (C-SPAN established venue to suggest a public event -
>>polling email address)
>>radio [at] c-span.org (C-SPAN radio)
>>
>>We are disappointed that C-SPAN has chosen not to cover unanswered
>>questions, un-addressed issues, and hidden information pertinent to
>>public safety and national security. However, we are hoping that the
>>response of many Americans willing to phone, fax and email C-SPAN will
>>convince them to reconsider their position and cover our event so many
>>others will have the benefit of evaluating previously un-addressed
>>issues.
>>
>>The goal of our event is to raise glaringly obvious and disturbing
>>questions that remain unanswered in the wake of 9/11. In its prejudiced
>>decision not to cover this important event, C-SPAN is in effect taking
>>our money (taxpayer cable-funded fees) and using it against us to deny
>>public access to legitimate and credible inquiry regarding issues of
>>paramount importance to the public safety and national security.
>>
>>If we should fail in our attempt to have C-SPAN reconsider, we will call
>>on concerned citizens and victim families to take the initiative to
>>research civil procedure regarding
>>C-SPAN‘s actions. While UnansweredQuestions can play a minor role in
>>this effort, it will remain true to its primary goal of galvanizing the
>>public's call for answers and full accountability with regard to the
>>events and issues surrounding September 11th.
>>
>>C-SPAN IS TOO IMPORTANT A NATIONAL TREASURE AND MEDIA ASSET FOR US TO
>>IGNORE THIS UNFAIRLY BIASED EDITORIAL DECISION.
>>
>>Look for audio archive and transcript at our site
>>(http://www.unansweredquestions.org) by the end of the week.
>>
>>Thank you for your interest and support,
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>Tom Flocco: tomflocco [at] cs.com
>>Kyle F. Hence: kylehence [at] earthlink.net
>>Catherine Austin Fitts: catherine [at] solari.com
>>
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