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Viacom/VH1/Music Behind Bars/Christopher Bissey
The saga continues.
A couple of more e-mails on which I have been copied:
The first of many weekends to come was spent without watching VH1. If anyone watched the program and has a list of advertising sponsors of the program please forward the list to me so I may contact them.
It is not a question of one's right, it is a question of what is right. As
I mentioned in previous emails. Is there such a lull in music issues and
news today that the level of programming must move to prisons to discover
the cradle of tomorrows music. If an artist featured spent time in prison
and it part of his musical history fine! The very implication of the
program's title is glorifying the fact that these individuals are prisoners.
I guess it all depends on what the word "bars" "is". I hope I have not made
a terrible mistake, in that the program is about bands, in order to make
ends meet, are working second jobs as bartenders.
We are all able to find comfort in the solitude of our own justifications.
Shame, Shame, on you VH1 for your cowardice. You represent a demographic
which is categorized as having strong opinions and taking stands. It is too
bad you do not more accurately reflect their character.
And this one, to Bill O'Reilly:
Mr. O'Reilly,
Below you will find the lame response the I and many other have from
Viacom. Basically they are thumbing their noses at the general public
who voiced concerns.
The VH1 producer, Mr. Shapiro is also another very arrogant fool and
should be fired from his position immediately by Mr. Sumner.
If Mr. Shapiro thinks that our children and the families of the victims
should watch this program I would suggest that he first spend 24 hours a
day for 1 month in the prison getting to know first hand what kind of
animals he is promoting to my family.
Viacom does not deserve our investment in their corporation anymore.
They leave us no choice but to speak with our $$$'s. We should all agree
to do several things:
1) Boycott not only VH1 but Viacoms other stations such as;
CBS, UPN, TNN, TVLand, BET, MTV, MTV2, Nickelodeon, Nick at
Night, Noggin, Comedy Central, The Movie Channel, Flix, Sundance and
Showtime.
2) Boycott the sponsors who sign on to support such an appalling
program.
3) Sell any individual stocks in Viacom and also any mutual funds that
invest in Viacom's holdings
Bill, can you provide us with the list of sponsors of the Behind Bars
program? We all need to act swiftly before they air this program again.
Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Mon. 10/21/02 02:36:02 PM
Categorized as Media & Social/Cultural.
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