Don't forget the CBS newsroom fax number from which they faxed the documents to the White House:
212-975-1998

Or CBS's sponsors

http://www.fraterslibertas.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109519276998409451

I sent my local affiliate this one yesterday. WUSA

60 Minutes and Dan Rather are either the victims of or the perpetrators of a hoax. There is no way the Killian memos were produced on equipment that could have been found or would have been used in an ordinary office environment. You could do them yourself in MS Word in 10 minutes, Beyond all doubt the documents are forgeries.
You are required by your FCC license to provide "honest" news reporting. Providing air time for forged documents prvoided by political operatives to slander a sitting president and influence an election should clearly be an issue in your next license renewal.

In the meantime, I am refusing to watch your station and encouraging all of my friends to do the same. ABC has provided some honest coverage of this issue and will get our business until your license review.

You can turn this situation around by:

1. Providing honest local news coverage on the Fraud presented on your airwaves by 60 minutes without your consent.

2. Urging CBS Network to retire Dan Rather and fire Mary Mapes

In 70 hours your network has managed to flush 70 years of hard-won credibility. Only the most extreme effort will save this sinking ship.

Good e-mail.

Bill, Could also post the mailing addresses for the CBA contacts you listed. Physical letters carry much more weight than emails or phone calls. I've got a bunch of stamps I'm willing to use for the cause.

I think you got the e-mail address wrong for Mr. Heyward.

ajh@cbsNEWS.com seems to have worked.

thanks.

there are 3 posible points of attack.

1. advertisers
2. affiliates
3. network

I think that affiliates are the best entry point. They can access Network management in ways that we'll never be able to reach. I seriously doubt that the real executives will ever read anything sent to those CBS addresses you posted above. Right now, the best you can expect is some admin type is counting emails into FOR and FIRE tallies. So the words to Network won't arrive with any meaning.

Kerry Spot: "And this bit of news tells us that CBS was not "duped" onto this, that they weren't "fooled," but that they knew the documents were probably fake and ran with it anyway."

Let's bring it to these losers... you got nuthin'... sorry ya'll, but try not to let it sting too bad -- you just got served!

Hewitt has a nice post from Congressman Cox asking for an investigation. My favorite snip is:

"Despite the growing abundance of the evidence that CBS News has aided and abetted fraud, the network has declined to reveal the source of the disputed documents. USA Today possesses the same documents, obtained independently from a person representing them to be authentic, and likewise is refusing to disclose his identity."

http://www.hughhewitt.com/#postid893

The CBS Paid experts who warned in advance that the documents were fake sure would seem to establish the "malice" requirement for a slander case. Too bad that nobody with standing can afford to sue them.

Letters are a good start. Boycotting CBS is another good step - especially if it could know 60 Minutes out of the top 20 in the ratings. But with all the news I am afraid that too many new people are tuning in to see what happening that they are offsetting many boycotters.

I think a coordinated effort to make some low-rated show #1 for one week would get someone's attention. My idea? Scrubs! Sept. 21.

http://www.dudemasicus.com/2004/09/scrub-rather-09212004.html

Here is a good link for all CBS Affiliate contact information:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/31/utility/main517034.shtml

Another link for list of Sponsors with contact links:

http://s91935771.onlinehome.us

how do we find the affiliates? i would like to write to my local affiliate. i just read the highlights of the abc report, experts hired by cbs and who would not authenticate the memos, and this thing needs to be corrected. let's win this one for the lost concept of accountability.

Bill:

I just emailed you the list of affiliates, including the contact info of the general managers for all CBS stations. Please keep an eye out for this email. I will also send to anyone else interested. Please use responsibly.

Thanks, Ryan

There is an alternative course that may happen.

Remember the movie "Network?"

Plot Summary:
"A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958/

Done, short sweet and to the point.

The local CBS affiliate's manager is an old friend and former co-worker. I talked to him on the phone tonight, he's on the horn to the affiliates rep. tomorrow.

I made some phone calls and when I got a human, they told me the office was closed and hung up on me. I made it a point to sound very neutral when I said hello. Apparently that is how they are handling phone calls at CBS. I did get a voice mail and 60II.

I called the Les Moonves number and got hold of a very nice person who passed me on to a automated voicemail. From what she said it sounded like they've been getting a lot of calls (Me: "I'd like to make a complaint about a CBS News story"; Her: "Dan Rather?")

So, keep it polite (even on your recorded message) and make sure you call!!!

(Just to emphasis Bill's point, remember we're the good guys... if you're offensive you just sound like a DUmber!

DirecTV subscribers: We pay a monthly fee for each local network affiliate we choose to receive and a percent of it winds up back in their pocket. How about an email to the CBS affiliate you get via DirecTV stating you will cancel unless Rather resigns. WCBS(NY)and KCBS(LA)are both CBS/Viacom owned. Can't hurt!

You gotta hit the shareholders too.
MONEY TALKS GUYS. Viacom will not tolerate a whole division of their company going down in flames. Let the shareholders know:

http://estes.redstate.org/

So Dan Rather is indignant that some "unsophisticated" bloggers did a job on him! hip, hip, hurray Danny boy! get use to it, conservatives are not going to take it anymore...God bless the bloggers for uncovering the partisan media.

Professional pride and ethics is important to most professionals. Only a few mainstream journalists seem to really care about protecting the profession's integrity, let alone the publics regard for it. Other professional communities would not tolerate their trade being discredited so blatantly by misrepresentations and outright forgery.
In light of this, does anyone have an email addy for a professional society of Forensic Examiners? I'm sure they care more for their reputation than CBS et al cares for theirs.

After several days of flipping between fox news, cnn, msnbc, and the network news, i had to turn it to something else...JAY LENO...and i must say his opening statement hit the nail on the head.
"i'm sure you've heard about the flap at
C (PAUSE) BS.

toni

We should not forget that THIS IS IMPORTANT. Our troops are fighting and dying to protect our rights to a free press and free elections. When CBS abuses one right to pervert another, the LEAST we can do is take a few minutes of our time to send an email, make a phone call, or otherwise make our opinion heard.

How about an email we can cut and paste to affiliates?

Yup. It's way past time for us to take action against CBS/Viacom..
Most of you are most likely familiar with the numerous media fronts operating under the Viacom umbrella..

For those who need a refresher, HERE IT IS

More boycott info here:

http://stop60minutes.com/boycott.htm

OK Sgt here is the email I sent to WUSA

To: WUSA

It is my considered opinion that the Bush Guard memos portrayed as authentic on 60 Minutes II, are in fact forgeries. CBS has either been the victim of a hoax or has pushed a fraud onto their viewers.

I am gravely concerned about the effect of the corruption of one of the pillars of our nation. CBS' conduct over the past 4 days worries me. From accusations to flimsy justifications that barely have a leg to stand on; this is not the conduct of a responsible organization.

I understand that as an affliate you do not control the content of 60 Minutes II, but I can no longer, in good conscience, watch your station until this situation is rectified.

It has broken out of the MSM and onto eBay!

Modern Forge

Excellent post.

That CBS continues to deny, lie, and disparage indicates how cornered they are.

All this thanks to the Blogosphere!

Bill,

Don't you think it's also a good idea for us to contact our local ABC affiliates, praise them and ABC for covering the story honestly, and encourage them to keep the pressure on?

Here's the letter I sent to the station manager of WCCO in Minneapolis. (Thanks to the Drill Sgt above for the last paragraph, which I pretty much stole.)

Dear Mr. Fabacher:

CBS, CBS News, 60 Minutes II, and Dan Rather are continuing to present obviously fraudulent documents---the alleged "Killian memos"---as authentic. News organizations, including the New York Post, ABC News, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post are publishing mounting evidence that the documents are fake, and not only that, that CBS was advised that the documents are fake and ran with the story anyway. What is perhaps most damning is that the average American with any experience using Microsoft Word can see the documents' origin with his or her own eyes. The truth will come out.

Regardless of political preference, we must agree that journalism requires accuracy and a willingness to correct mistakes promptly. As a CBS affiliate, your station has the power to help turn this situation around. I urge you to pressure CBS to correct its error, to admit its mistakes, and to identify the "source" who provided CBS with the fraudulent documents. The stakes are high enough that to regain credibility, CBS may have no choice but to demand that Mr. Rather resign. Furthermore, I urge you to provide honest local coverage of the events. Twin Cities television stations are uniquely positioned to do so, because attorneys John Hinderaker and Scott Johnson, who first broke the story on the Internet, live in the Twin Cities. They can be reached at feedback@powerlineblog.com .

In the meantime, I am refusing to watch WCCO-TV and I am encouraging my friends to do the same. ABC has provided honest coverage of this issue, and I will watch KSTP-TV until your license review.

Regards,

This is excellent.

I've attempted to post more contact info--for petitions, FEC appeals, CBS sponsors, members of the House Committee on Telecommunications & Internet, etc., over at http://theologica.blogspot.com/2004/09/rather-resignation-what-can-you-do_15.html.

Keep up the great work!

I sent this letter (snail, like the last one) to the station manager of my ABC affiliate.

Dear Mr. Hubbard,

This letter is to praise your station, and by extension ABC News, for aggressively pursuing the most significant story to come out of this year's presidential campaigns: CBS News and 60 Minutes II's propagation of fraudulent documents, namely the alleged "Killian Memos," in the face of overwhelming evidence that the memos are fakes. Because of it, I have switched from getting my local news from WCCO-TV to watching KSTP-TV and viewing its website. Regardless of political preference, we can agree that journalism requires accuracy and a willingness to correct errors. The best investigative journalism uncovers these errors so the public can make informed decisions.

I urge you, as an ABC affiliate station, to provide the best local coverage of CBS's apparently deliberate attempt to perpetrate an obvious fraud. Twin Cities television stations are uniquely positioned to do so. This is because attorneys John Hinderaker and Scott Johnson, who broke the story on the Internet, live in the Twin Cities. They can be reached at feedback@powerlineblog.com . Also, Mr. Hinderaker can be reached by phone at
(612)766-8430, and Mr. Johnson can be reached at (612) 661-8879.

In the interest of speed, I have sent the above information to KSTP-TV by e-mail as a news tip, via the "Contact Us" link on the website. But I felt that as an ABC affiliate, you deserved a personal note as well.

Thank you for providing quality programming and for airing ABC News.

Regards,

Here is what I sent, I wrote my local affiliate and cc'd the news president.

To: Mr. Larry Audas
President & General Manager KTHV-TV
Little Rock, Arkansas
CC: Mr. Andrew Heyward
CBS News President

I am writing to express my severe displeasure at the
shoddy sourcing and reporting done by CBS's reporter,
Dan Rather on 60 Minutes II last Wednesday. It is
clear at this point, that the documents shown on this
news program were most likely fraudulent. It is also
clear that CBS's own experts informed producers that
the documents could not be verified and that there
were several problems with both the documents and the
signatures. These documents can be perfectly
reproduced on Microsoft Word using the default
settings. There is no way that a typewritten memo in
1972 would look exactly like a document produced using
default settings in word in 2004. There are other
problems as well, which you can read about in the
Washington Post and other reputable newspapers.

Despite concerns expressed by CBS's own experts, CBS
ran with this story. In doing so, they violated the
public trust in a severe way. Making a mistake can be
forgiven, as CBS previous mistakes (1999) were
forgiven. Attempting to get a big scoop and influence
an election by running with fraudulent documents is
not forgivable. If heads do not roll for this, I will
not have one shred of trust for CBS news left. I am 26
years old and have alot of news viewing time left on
my clock.

I do not want to stop watching CBS. I have been very
happy with the recent addition of Joan of Arcadia to
your lineup, I think it is one of the best shows on
television. I am fond of Craig O'Neill and the local
team. However, your national news department needs
serious work before I will trust it again. This cannot
help but hurt local afiliates. Please do not turn CBS
into Pravda, where every report must be read between
the lines. Please ask the national news team to take
serious action, admit their mistakes and fire those
responsible.

I thank you for your time.

MY NAME
North Little Rock, AR

That may have been a little long, but I got in a plug for Joan of Arcadia while I was at it, plus proving I actually watch something on CBS. We'll see if they ever release a statement, I meant to say something about that.

I added to contact info to the boycott list started over at Fraters http://www.fraterslibertas.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109519276998409451

Cbs Evening News Advertisers

Pillsbury
1-800-775-4777
General Mills, Inc.,
Number One General Mills Blvd.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426,
Attn: Consumer Services.
http://www.pillsbury.com/Contact/contact_pillsbury.asp

Capital One
Phone: 1-800-689-1789 (619) 232-5660
Capital One Auto Finance
401 West A Street, Suite 1000
San Diego, CA 92101
Fax: (888) 412-7543
E-mail: comment@capitaloneauto.com

Windex
1-800-494-4855
SC Johnson
1525 Howe Street
Racine, Wisconsin 53403-5011
http://www.scjbrands.com/contact/SA

Nexium
1-800-236-9933
http://www.astrazeneca.com/node/emailtriage.aspx

Zocor
Phone: 908-423-1000
Merck & Co., Inc.
One Merck Drive
P.O. Box 100
Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-0100 USA

Shuteye.com
212-551-4325
Sanofi-Synthelabo Inc.
90 Park AvenueNew York, NY 10016Tel: 212.551.4000
Press Relations
Corporate Communications
http://www.sanofi-synthelabo.us/live/us/en/layout.jsp?scat=4371A2CE-C7AB-4433-AA14-D8D57C808E2C

First Alert
630-851-7330
BRK Brands, Inc.
3901 Liberty Street Road
Aurora, Illinois 60504

Maalox
Phone: 212-307-1122
Fax: 212-246-0185
Novartis Corporation
608 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10020
http://www.novartis.com/contact/en/contact.shtml

Quaker Oats
1-800-367-6287
The Quaker Oats Company
P.O. Box 049003
Chicago, IL 60604-9003
1-800-367-6287
http://www.quakeroats.com/oatmail/

Singulair
908-423-1000
Merck & Co., Inc.
One Merck Drive
P.O. Box 100
Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-0100 USA
908-423-1000

Febreze
phone: 513-983-7653
fax: 513-983-7668
johnson.md@pg.com

Wal-Mart
1-800-WALMART
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Attn: Customer Service
702 S.W. 8th Street
Bentonville, AR 72716
http://www.walmartstores.com/wmstore/wmstores/HomePage.jsp?template=OnlineForm.jsp

Thank you, Eric, thank you. I'm emailing my local affiliate of my intention to boycott the products advertised on the See BS news, and forward that letter to each sponsor.