Minnesota DUers! URGENT Flash Protest ABC - KSTP

[dpbrown]

TODAY (12/12) 4:45 PM - KSTP TV - 3415 University - BE THERE!

Let ABC know the people elect presidents, not corporate!

ISSUE

“The day after Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich took ABC debate moderator Ted Koppel to task for avoiding questions that would be useful to voters in favor of questions about endorsements, money, and polls, ABC pulled its fulltime ‘embedded’ reporter from the Kucinich campaign, a reporter who had been given no warning that such a move was coming and who had discussed at length yesterday with the Kucinich campaign staff her plans and her needs for the coming months...”

ACTION

Flash Protest
4:45 today right before 5 PM news
KSTP TV - Channel 5 (ABC)
3415 University
Bring signs if you have them. Otherwise, just show up and be counted. Stand with us in solidarity. It's {{{cold}}}. Dress warm.

PASS IT ON

Ask your friends to join us. Post this message on appropriate listservs. This issue is not about Dennis Kucinich. It is about the foundation of our democracy.

CALL or WRITE KSPT

KSTP TV - Channel 5 (ABC)
3415 University Ave
St. Paul, MN 55114
General phone: [phone]
General fax: [phone]
Newsroom phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
www.kstp.com

[wheresthemind]

1. GO GO DENNIS!

We would welcome ALL canidates supporters who were upset by ABC to come on out and show some Democratic unity, imagine Dennis, Clark, Dean, and Kerry supporters all comming out to protest this act against Democracy!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. I found out too late

How did it go?

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

3. Darn it... too late

for me. Argh!! I hope there was a good turnout!

[dpbrown]

4. Report on Flash Protest

Great turnout. On short notice, we had about 15 people show up at the KSTP offices on University Ave. at about 4:30. Two of us went inside to see if we could get someone to come out and talk with us. They sent a middle-level manager to talk with us, who was sympathetic to our complaint against national ABC's decision.

We were told that no news team or writer was available because of our proximity to the 5:00 news and that they were still "writing" the 6:00 news.

We got the manager to come out on the sidewalk with us, where cars were honking at our signs in solidarity. The manager wanted to know if there were also Sharpton and Moseley-Braun supporters and we told him they were all invited to join us, but that we were all Kucinich people.

The manager suggested giving the station a heads-up ahead of time, or finding another venue at which to attract news attention in order to try to get on the news.

After about an hour we disbanded.

Pictures here:

http://www.minnesotaforkucinich.com/Articles/ABCProtest/ABCProtest.html

Dan Brown
Saint Paul, Minnesota

[myrna minx]

5. Great job!

I've been away for awhile, so I'm sorry I dod not know about this sooner. Thanks for the photos.