LEAKED NETWORK MEMO REVEALS: Obama Controls Your Television Set

Breitbart ^ | October 15, 2009 | John Nolte

[myknowledge]

On September 10th of this year the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) posted a press release informing the world that “from October 19-25, more than 60 network TV shows [will] spotlight the power and personal benefits of service,” and that this “unprecedented block of TV programming is the first wave of a multi-year ‘I Participate’ campaign.”

On its face this all sounds rather benign in that silly, liberal do-gooder kind of way. The networks have launched these kinds of campaigns before and other than some clunky exposition awkwardly inserted into your favorite show to meet the mandate — no harm, no foul.

But this year there are a couple new strangers in town: “Volunteerism” and “Service.” You’ve heard of them. Their names have been bandied everywhere since President Obama took office, and this internal memo from the EIF to network showrunners obtained by Big Hollywood shows that the entertainment industry is well acquainted and eager to introduce both to as vast an audience as possible:

[myknowledge]

Who can hijack your TV set at will?

Barack Hussein Obama.

[TurtleUp]

Not my TV. I have an off button, and the noisy box stays off except when I’m watching one of the very rare good shows that interests me - no cable, no “situation comedy”, and not much else either.

[sionnsar]

Obama Controls Your Television Set

No he doesn't. I keep the d*mned thing switched off.

[The Wizard]

but the great thing is we are still free thinkers, and it would take generations to stop that, and these assholes who are helping the bomb now, will desert him once he turns on them, which all meglomainiacs do eventually...

And besides

NO ONE WATCHES these shows that will do anything off the couch.

[The Wizard]

these folks are as self centered as the bomb, they ain’t going to do much.....they have to go fishing and shopping ans stuff...

[MagnoliaB]

You forgot to add: mmmmmmmmmm,mmmmmmmmmmm,mmmmmmmmmmm

[beefree]

NBC did this kind of thing last year with ‘green week’

[mikey_hates_everything]

Partial list of shows:

ABC
All My Children, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Brothers and Sisters, Castle, Cougar Town, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Flash Forward, General Hospital, Good Morning America, Grey’s Anatomy, Hank, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Modern Family, One Life To Live, Private Practice, The Forgotten, The Middle, The View, Ugly Betty

CBS
Cold Case, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Gary Unmarried, Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs

FOX
America’s Most Wanted, Bones, Brothers, COPS, So You Think You Can Dance, Til Death

NBC
30 Rock, Access Hollywood, Community, Days of Our Lives, Heroes, Parks and Recreation, The Biggest Loser, The Office, Today Show

If it doesn’t involve getting something for nothing with almost all of the people who watch these shows, forget about it...good luck getting them off the couch with a message from a TV show.

[Always Right]

SNL was pushing health care last night.

[keats5]

After reading the five volunteerism points to be emphasized in the memo I see that my personal favorite is missing: advancing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There’s not even a mention of the more benign “faith based works.”

I wonder why the Obama administration left that one out?

[Need4Truth]

I didn’t see HGTV showing Americans buying homes in other countries on the list either.

[Cloverfarm]

I’m already volunteering. No one has to tell me about it. The Chicago mob sure comes across as a bunch of rubes.

[Bryanw92]

Because he considers Jesus to be “the competition” for the hearts and minds of America.

[MaxMax]

White Americans are not allowed to use the middle MMMMMMM word.
The "H" word is banned so be careful or the FBI, CIA, ABC, NBC, PBS, CNN,
and CBS will come after you!

Damn you commoners!

[Tallguy]

I haven’t watched network TV in years.

[Vendome]

I hate to do this but, I am deleting the scheduled programs for watching this week on my TIVO. Might even chuck the whole idea of watching TV. I don't want to hear from the government. They need to just get to work and now that I think of it:

It is Barry TV.  24 hour fricking hours a day.  Hell, I can't go to the gym and work out without seein' him on TV. 

 

He is everywhere boredcast in Barack-O-Vision

 

This guy has had more than 240 speeches in what?   About 296 days!!  Amazing!

 

Major speeches in the last month? This a-hole needs his own channel.

 

He is on TV damn near every day and sometimes twice as day.

 

He started his own sitcom back when he invented the “Office of the President Elect”.

 

Oh! And great news. He having another Telethon Tonight!

 

Yeahhhh!

 

Yeah, because now all broadcast are now improved and enhanced “Barack-O-Color”

 

[Vermont Lt]

Does NBC still have a network. I havent watched those channels in years.

[OldBlondBabe]

I used to LOVE SNL...I don’t think hubby or I have tuned in now for over 7 years.

[Vendome]

Okay, so now that I look at this some more it appears I don't even watch the shows where this will be boredcast. However, if they expand it to other shows, you can bet I will surely turn the TV off. That includes FOX.

Network shows that will feature volunteerism in some way during the week of Oct 19th include:

ABC
All My Children, America's Funniest Home Videos, Brothers and Sisters, Castle, Cougar Town, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Flash Forward, General Hospital, Good Morning America, Grey's Anatomy, Hank, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Modern Family, One Life To Live, Private Practice, The Forgotten, The Middle, The View, Ugly Betty

CBS
Cold Case, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Gary Unmarried, Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs

FOX
America's Most Wanted, Bones, Brothers, COPS, So You Think You Can Dance, Til Death

NBC
30 Rock, Access Hollywood, Community, Days of Our Lives, Heroes, Parks and Recreation, The Biggest Loser, The Office, Today Show