ABC/ Disney Ban

[pooja]

So, is everyone still banning ABC or have you given up now?

[AX10]

1. I'm still boycotting.

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

2. um...your answers are backward from the title question.

I don't watch TV (Netflix only) so I'm essentially banning everything.

[ikojo]

3. True test for me will be on Oct 4.

when Lost premieres.

[Blue Diadem]

4. I'm boycotting too n/t

[Eric J in MN]

5. You should edit your question and answers to make it clearer

...what people who have "locked" ABC should vote for.

Maybe change the question to "Do you watch ABC?"

[pooja]

18. Sorry, Posting at work is often hazardous when you become

distracted 1/2 way thru.

[roody]

6. You ask two questions.

I boycott them always. I also boycott Coca cola. I do not buy Minute Maid products. Killer Coke, drink of the death squads.

[babylonsister]

7. I never claimed I would. I didn't and don't think it will matter.

Especially since Clinton apparently doesn't give a crap about that movie that started this.

[Bitwit1234]

8. ABC and Disney

I have programmed those two channels out of my remote. Like I did Fox a long time ago.

[City Lights]

11. That's what I did.

:hi:

[Robbien]

9. Why are you even putting forth the poll question? ABC who is that?

[Eric J in MN]

10. ABC television broadcast right-wing propaganda commercial-free

...for 5 hours recently. The drama is called "The Path to 9/11."

[Robbien]

15. Yes

I know

Appears I don't do sarcasm very well.

[Eric J in MN]

19. It helps if you put "(saracasm)" in parentheses. (NT)

NT

[Eric J in MN]

12. ABC is still "locked" on my TV. (NT)

NT

[Dinger]

13. ABC, Never Again, EVER, Unless . . .

Bill, Medeline, Sandy, and Richard take it over, or Willie Nelson.

[stillcool]

14. they be gone...

the list is getting longer, but I don't miss one of them. It's surprisingly easy for me to avoid supporting enablers to things I detest.

[Crunchy Frog]

16. Your poll wording is a little bit confusing.

I'm assuming that the last option means that you are boycotting ABC/Disney. (I am, until the media conglomerates are broken up.)

[Dogmudgeon]

17. It's a useless boycott

Not watching ABC is useless because only the Nielson subjects are counted. Boycotting Disney is useless because only a few people will do it, and most of Disney's "demand" comes from children, anyway.

If you want to "send a message", look at the list of advertisers. Find the one with the most RW agenda, which is also economically vulnerable. Hit that one hard. Yes, single it out, and rip a chunk out of it. That will send a real good message, and in a short time.

Remember, Cesar Chavez didn't ask us to boycott every damn vegetable raised in California -- just lettuce and grapes. And it worked.

If you want to hit ABC and Disney directly, there's a perfectly good way to do so -- demonstration. But boycotts are ineffective against entertainment conglomerates. The high-profile stuff is what works in those cases.

You may also want to consider that The Path To 9-11 is even in disrepute among most conservatives (i.e., most of them except for the Freepers an L-Dotters and other crazies). It is, and will remain, a major embarrassment for them. Building on that will have long-term value for us; we can cite it as right wing media bias any time the "libbrulmediabias" canard is flown.

So stop wasting your time -- fight smart! Watch what you want, but find a product we can boycott and a company we can hurt. And perhaps a few pickets at Disneyworld might be a good idea, too.

--p!