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Defend Reagan Committee Fights Showtime Smear of Reagan
Defend Reagan Committee - www.DefendReagan.org ^ | 11/20/2003 | Howard Kaloogian - Defend Reagan Committee

Posted on 11/20/2003 5:16:33 PM PST by Impeach98

Viacom & Showtime
Shut Down E-Mail Systems !!

TO: Supporters of the Defend Reagan Committee
FROM: Howard Kaloogian
Chairman, Defend Reagan Committee
www.DefendReagan.org

November 20, 2003 – 5:35 P.M. PST

Thank you very much to the thousands of you who joined in our latest efforts to protest Viacom-Showtime’s attack on President Reagan with their upcoming broadcast of the hitpiece, “The Reagans.”

So many of you wrote to Viacom and Showtime to complain that they shut down their email systems. Apparently Viacom and Showtime want everyone to hear what they have to say about President Reagan (even though much of it is totally untrue and baseless) but they don’t want to hear what the American people think of this.

I first made a call to arms for supporters of President Reagan to rise up and protest the airing of the miniseries because this shameful movie is an attempt by crass liberals to concoct lies and false representations of Ronald Reagan – and then profit from it.

I find that abhorrent. Especially when you consider that this vicious attack on President Reagan is coming at a time when he is 92 and bravely fighting the ravages of Alzheimers.

If you are a subscriber to Showtime and have not already done so, I urge you to call your cable operator and cancel your subscription to the pay channel. Be sure to tell the cable operator why you are terminating your Showtime subscription.

But we must do more to ensure that Viacom and Showtime do not profit from the smearing of President Reagan, his family and his administration.

When we were trying to make our message heard by CBS, we went straight to where CBS makes its money from – their advertisers. We explained to them (by the hundreds of thousands) that we would not do business with those who would spew hate and lies toward one of America’s greatest presidents.

[Note: The producers of “The Reagans” have complained that our actions amount to censorship. This is preposterous. Censorship would be having federal or state governments intervening to prohibit the airing of a movie or show. Instead what we are doing is making it clear that in our free enterprise system we will utilize the strength of our consumer dollars and the voice this gives us to tell companies like Viacom that we will not allow them to profit by attacking our values and those who have served America with dignity and greatness.]

Now, as we face the prospect of Showtime airing “The Reagans” beginning on November 30th (and likely repeated several times thereafter) we must voice our outrage to those who Showtime depends on for financial success: the cable operators that make the decision about whether to offer Showtime to their customers.

I have assembled a list of contacts for some of the largest cable operators in the nation. I urge every one of you reading this email to please make a phone call and write an email to as many of the cable operator representatives listed below.

We have them on the run – but let’s not stop here.

*Please – We need these cable companies to hear from as many Americans as possible in a very short amount of time. Forward this email to every Reagan supporter you know. Post this on any websites you host or message boards/discussion boards that you visit.

P.S. In my next email I will include a copy of the “Ronald Reagan – American Hero” newspaper ad that we are producing. This ad will set the record straight on the accomplishments and achievements of President Reagan in his lifetime. I am still collecting contributions to pay for the running of this ad in as many newspapers as possible. Each ad in a major daily newspaper will run between $10,000 and $25,000. An ad in USA Today will run us about $75,000. I still need several thousand more of you to make a contribution of $25, $50, $100, $500 or $1,000 to help us refute the lies of Viacom and Showtime and ensure that all Americans are reminded of the great achievements of President Reagan.

To make a contribution to these ads CLICK HERE right now.

Now, please, contact these cable operators listed below and respectfully ask them to drop Showtime from their channels offered unless Showtime agrees not to air “The Reagans.”

Kathryn Falk
Vice President, Government Affairs
Cox Communications
PHONE: 703-480-5248
E-MAIL: Kathryn.Falk@cox.com
Also E-Mail: bobby.amirshahi@cox.com
Also E-Mail: lacey.lewis@cox.com

LEE A. PERRON
Senior Vice President
Adelphia Communications
PHONE: 818-867-8014
E-MAIL: lee.perron@adelphia.com
Also E-Mail: mediarelations@adelphia.com

DON SCHENA
Regional Senior Vice President
Comcast Cable
PHONE: 925-606-2210
E-MAIL: don_Schena@cable.comcast.com
Also E-Mail: paul_chiamulera@cable.comcast.com
Also E-Mail: Joe_Fischer@cable.comcast.com

ROGER KEATING
President, Time Warner Cable
PHONE: 714-430-5552
E-MAIL: roger.keating@twcable.com
Also E-Mail: scharleston@twcsd.com

JOHN ADAMS
Vice President Operations
Charter Communications
PHONE: 916-648-9545
E-MAIL: jadams@chartercom.com
Also E-Mail: investor@chartercom.com
Also E-Mail: ceure@chartercom.com

SCOTT PRILL
Insight Communications
PHONE: 765-453-2217 x3035
E-MAIL: Prill.s@insight-com.com
Also E-Mail: wilner.m@insight-com.com
Also E-Mail: kelly.k@insight-com.com

TAD DIESEL
Cablevision
Sr. Director - Governmental Affairs
E-MAIL: tdiesel@cablevision.com
Also E-Mail: jarato@cablevision.com

RUSS YOUNG
Cable One
E-MAIL: russ.young@cableone.net
Also E-Mail: dean.jones@cableone.net
Also E-Mail: tami.rostad@cableone.net

DAVE WITTMAN
Cable America
Director of Marketing
E-MAIL: info@zoominternet.net
Also E-Mail: kstone@agoc.com



TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boycott; cbs; defend; defendreaganorg; kaloogian; moonves; president; reagan; ronald; showtime; viacom

1 posted on 11/20/2003 5:16:34 PM PST by Impeach98
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To: Impeach98
This email contains contact information for some of the leading cable operators in America.

Since Showtime and Viacom rely upon cable operators for including Showtime in their channel offerings this represents their greatest liability... that consumers would say "I don't like Showtime for what they are doing to Reagan, give me another alternative"

Please join us in contacting as many of these cable operators listed above as you can.

Also please PING and BUMP this list. We are determined to make sure that CBS-Viacom-Showtime do not profit from their liberal and vitriolic and hateful attack on President Reagan.

We need all the help and visibility we can get in this fight. Helping make sure your fellow FReepers see this is important.

--Thank You!

2 posted on 11/20/2003 5:19:41 PM PST by Impeach98
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To: Impeach98
Gulp!

No PINGs or BUMPs so far :(

3 posted on 11/20/2003 5:44:08 PM PST by Impeach98
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To: Impeach98
It must be working. I am getting undeliverable messages.
Either that or they have slammed the door just like CBS.
SM
4 posted on 11/20/2003 5:49:08 PM PST by Senormechanico ("Face piles of trials with smiles...it riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave.)
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To: Impeach98
Emailed and bumped. :-)
5 posted on 11/20/2003 5:50:32 PM PST by spookycc (Never forgive! Never forget!)
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To: Senormechanico
Same with me. We just have to keep pounding them so they see the same wisdom that CBS did.
6 posted on 11/20/2003 5:54:06 PM PST by RWGuy
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To: RWGuy
Try this:
Go to www.viacom.com
Go to the jobs section and follow the careers link
Give 'em hell !

I did.

SM
7 posted on 11/20/2003 6:08:48 PM PST by Senormechanico ("Face piles of trials with smiles...it riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave.)
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To: Senormechanico
bump
8 posted on 11/20/2003 6:30:17 PM PST by God luvs America
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To: All
Let's keep it up! We can't allow Showtime to enrich their pockets from this political assault - complete with lies and mistruths - against President Reagan and his accomplishments.
9 posted on 11/20/2003 10:19:17 PM PST by Impeach98
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To: Impeach98
There was a quick clip (about 30 seconds or so) for the Reagan movie on Fox & Friends this morning.

They have Nancy and Ronnie having dinner. Nancy is talking about her background and she says her father, Loyal Davis, is a famous brain surgeon and she then holds up her hands and brags that she got her hands from her father.

Here is a snippet from her biography:

“When the future First Lady was six, her mother, Edith--a stage actress--married Dr. Loyal Davis, a neurosurgeon. Dr. Davis adopted Nancy, and she grew up in Chicago.”

All the Reagan writers had to do is read her biography and know that Nancy would never have said she “got her hands” from her stepfather.

After they showed this snippet, Fox& Friends had a spokesman from Showtime telling us how accurate the movie is on the portrayal of the Reagans.

Who did the research for this movie, Barbra Streisand?

I’m also surprised no one at Fox & Friends caught this inaccuracy.

10 posted on 11/26/2003 6:17:30 AM PST by FR_addict
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