The Mainstream Media has been on the sidelines watching others do their job this election season, and in some cases hoping no one else would do that job, lest it showcase for all to see just how little value they bring.
They have neglected serious and responsible investigative journalism on the background of candidate Barack Obama. Maybe he is the Messiah, but never in our history could a presidential candidate go without scrutiny of a relationship with someone (Bill Ayers) who perpetrated arguably one of the top 10 domestic terrorist acts in our nation's history. Nor a candidate who donated $800,000 to a group being investigated for voter fraud in 5 key states. Nor a candidate who was given a $300K discounted land deal through the efforts of a fundraiser (Tony Rezko) who is now convicted for inflence peddling. A $300K discount in the middle of the hottest real estate market in 30 years!
I don't blame Obama, and if you agree with his ideology, do your thing, but I'm completely disgusted with the Mainstream Media for ignoring their stated role in society. If they had done their job even a little bit at the start of the elections, Hillary would have easily won the democratic nomination. Everyone knew Obama was running a year in advance of the primaries, Oprah was doing tours with him, but the media just fell all over themselves trying not to check his background. It was left to bloggers, with no real resources, to start sharing with the American people some of who the man is. John McCain's campaign, in the final month, has been blasted for pointing out some of the information about Obama that nobody heard in January of 2008. But I would imagine his campaign was completely hung out to dry, assuming that journalists would do what they've loved doing for a century, finding the dirt, checking the backgrounds, etc. They did nothing, and it is affecting our country's future.
Here's a recent study of media bias this election season.
If you feel that the media has been negligent or incompetent on any front this election season, I implore you to let them know about it through the contacts below. I do believe they will listen if enough people are upset about it.
Mainstream Media Contact List
Network/Cable Television
ABC News
77 W. 66 St., New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-456-7777
General
e-mail: netaudr@abc.com
Nightline: nightline@abcnews.com
20/20: 2020@abc.com
CBS News
Phone:
212-975-4321
Fax: 212-975-1893
Email forms for all CBS news programs
CBS Evening News:
evening@cbsnews.com
The Early Show:
earlyshow@cbs.com
60 Minutes II:
60minutes@cbsnews.com
48 Hours:
48hours@cbsnews.com
Face The Nation:
ftn@cbsnews.com
CNBC
900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Phone: (201) 735-2622
Fax: (201) 583-5453
Email:
info@cnbc.com
CNN
One CNN Center, Box 105366, Atlanta, GA 30303-5366
Phone: 404-827-1500
Fax: 404-827-1784
Email forms for all CNN news programs
Fox News Channel
1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 301-3000
Fax: (212) 301-4229
comments@foxnews.com
List of Email addresses for all Fox News Channel programs
Special
Report with Brit Hume:
Special@foxnews.com
FOX Report with Shepard Smith:
Foxreport@foxnews.com
The O'Reilly Factor:
Oreilly@foxnews.com
Hannity & Colmes:
Hannity@foxnews.com,
Colmes@foxnews.com
On the Record with Greta:
Ontherecord@foxnews.com
MSNBC/NBC
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112
Phone: (212) 664-4444
Fax: (212) 664-4426
List of Email addresses for all MSNBC/NBC news programs
Dateline
NBC: dateline@nbc.com
Hardball
with Chris Matthews: hardball@msnbc.com
MSNBC Reports with Joe Scarborough:
joe@msnbc.com
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams:
nightly@nbc.com
NBC News Today:
today@nbc.com
PBS
2100 Crystal Drive, Arlington VA 22202
Phone:
703-739-5000
Fax: 703-739-8458
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer:
newshour@pbs.org
National Radio Programs
National Public Radio
635 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20001-3753
Phone: 202-513-3232
Fax: 202-513-3329
E-mail: Jeffrey
A. Dvorkin, Ombudsman ombudsman@npr.org
List of Email addresses for all NPR news programs
National Newspapers
The Los Angeles
Times
202 West First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone:
800-528-4637 or 213-237-5000
Fax: 213-237-4712
L.A. Times Contact Information by Department
Letters to the Editor:
letters@latimes.com
Readers' Representative:
readers.rep@latimes.com
The New York Times
620
8th Ave., New York, NY 10018
Phone: 212-556-1234
D.C. Bureau
phone: 202-862-0300
Fax: 212-556-3690
Letters to the
Editor (for publication):
letters@nytimes.com
Write to the news editors:
news-tips@nytimes.com
Corrections:
senioreditor@nytimes.com
New York Times Contact Information by Department
How to
Contact New York Times Reporters and Editors
USA Today
7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22108
Phone:
703-854-3400
Fax: 703-854-2078
Letters to the Editor:
editor@usatoday.com
Give feedback to USA Today
The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty St., New York, NY 10281
Phone: 212-416-2000
Fax:
212-416-2658
Letters to the Editor:
wsj.ltrs@wsj.com
Comment on News Articles:
wsjcontact@dowjones.com
The Washington Post
1150
15th St., NW, Washington, DC 20071
Phone: 202-334-6000
Fax:
202-334-5269
Letters to the Editor:
letters@washpost.com
Ombudsman:
ombudsman@washpost.com
Contact Washington Post
Writers and Editors
Magazines
Newsweek
251 W
57th Street, New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-445-4000
Fax:
212-445-5068
Letters to the Editor:
letters@newsweek.com
Time
Time & Life Bldg.,
Rockefeller Center, 1271 6th Ave., New York, NY 10020
Phone:
212-522-1212
Fax: 212-522-0003
Letters to the Editor
letters@time.com
U.S. News & World Report
1050
Thomas Jefferson St., Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-955-2000
Fax: 202-955-2049
Letters to the Editor
letters@usnews.com
News Services / Wires
Associated
Press
450 West 33rd St., New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-621-1500
Fax: 212-621-7523
General Questions and Comments:
info@ap.org
Partial
Contact Information for the Associated Press by Department and Bureau
Reuters
Three Times Square, New York, NY 10036
Telephone:
646-223-4000
Reuters
Editorial Feedback
International
1133 19th Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 202-898-8000
FAX: 202-898-8048
Comments and Tips:
tips@upi.com
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