CBS Local Station Claims Equipment Failure For Blackout During Karl Rove Story

Blogger Larisa Alexandrovna wrote about the blackouts that occured during a 60 Minutes story on how Karl Rove had helped to put Alabama's democratic Governor in jail. Alexandrovna pointed out that CBS in New York first claimed responsibility for the blackout. Now it appears the onus is back on the local Alabama station.

The New York Times reports today:

In an attempt to clear up questions about how an Alabama television station lost its signal at the start of Sunday's edition of "60 Minutes" on CBS, the management of the station, WHNT-TV, issued a statement Thursday citing equipment failure.

The station, in Huntsville, said that after a review, it had concluded that the blackout was related to a similar interruption during a basketball game the day before.

Comments

[watchingthings]

.....real justice...­...a guy steals a third pizza in California and gets a life jail sentence. A guy helps lie his country into war.......­countless numbers of innocent people are killed and he is paid to keep lying. Something is not right here....

[bushmocker]

For all the crappy infomercials,reruns and reality shows on network TV that produce far less revenue than a rebroadcast of this would bring ,it makes one wonder.Ins­tead of fighting this,why don't they embrace it,put the story on the news everyday for a week while they sell commercial time for a rebroadcas­t.Running this piece a second time would bring in oodles of money from all markets as most people weren't aware of the story or it's importance­.This is the reason nobody believes them,if they're main purpose is to make money and deliver quality programming why are they fighting it and making excuses.We saw what happenned to Dan Rather,thrown under the bus,for a story that was factual but had a minor error that was played up until Dan got dumped.Who­'s making these decisions at the network and why?

[sherifffruitfly]

The commercial revenue they missed out on should be considered a republican campaign donation, and as such, investigated by the FEC.

[NoFactsJustTruth]

Unless CBS national and that local affiliate re-airs that 60 minutes show, and soon, it amounts to censorship for Alabama's citizens, regardless of the REAL reason it happened.


But, we have OUR suspicions­...

[dax49]

they have said every thing but the truth, i hope rove was worth their integrity

[cdhanks]

you are running an ad from a ringtone company that is one of the scammers that people are complaining about. You download this Bush ringtone, then next thing you know you are getting billed every month.

[Scytherius]

Once the Dems are in charge the FCC will go after them. just be patient. (Used to practice before the FCC). These stations better PRAY the Dems don't win in November.

[Passenger57]

(Hum-de-dum-de-dum) "Oh , geez , sorry guys, I just kicked the plug out..."
"That's OK, we don't want people to see this seg-"
" Oh, here it is , I found it!"
(Pause) "Uh...coul­d you keep kicking it for about twenty minutes?"

[knut]

Reminds me of Indonesian tv in the early '90s, under Suharto. They would run the most innocuous western sitcoms, but if a husband in the show approached his wife for a kiss the screen would go blank, then a picture of the presidential palace came up and the national anthem played.

This in a country where the first thing the driver showed me on the ride in from the airport was where to pick up the transvestite prostitutes.

[lagunabeach]

How has the Bush administration managed to sustain the conduct of their criminal operation for the last 8 years? With the help of the unethical, immoral media. The Bush administration and the cooperating media are all run by people who share the same valueless, self-serving. socio-pathic traits; hence, their target, a Democratic governor is in jail now because Karl Rove, Bush and their media comrades did the dirty tricks to get him there including pulling the plug on the CBS 60 Minutes report.

Where is the justice? Our democracy is in jeopardy. Eisenhower warned us and now his dire warnings have come to pass.

The Justice Department will not prosecute people who have ignored a supboena from the Congress of the United States of America. Our democracy is fastly becoming a meaningless epithet.

[ashabot]

...DIRTY..­.DIRTY...D­IRTY...DIR­TY...DIRTY­...

[Purple Girl]

Yeah right and just after I write a comment about the treasonous acts of the Telecom industry- I 'm kicked off the internet and unable to get back on for about 4 hours. Comcast, specifically Charter, are not only Monopolies which go against OUR FREE MARKET , they are now encouraged to be BIG BROTHER operatives.
Perhaps we should all take some time away from the Internet and Cable to read 1984, Futrue Shock, The Shock Doctine, The sppech by Truman who warned US about the Military Industrial Complex- over 60 yrs ago.
The "inventor' of the internet had no intentions of it being a 'For Profit' Commodity to mankind, but the Corps had to make money and dominate it, just like our Economy via the 'Federal Reserve'.
Our Public Servants over nearly 7 decades have been selling US and the constitutional Rights to INC's- Domestic and Forgeign(funded by oppressive regimes with the same goals in mind for their people- Bin laden is a Traitor to his own people- wonder which 'family member' has been keeping him for capture and Execution, a' Cousin', by blood or Association (In Cheney's man sized vaults, drinking Cognac and Smoking Cuban Cigars?)
The people of the Middle East and US have both been the slaves to Multi national Corps- they are the Terrorists, the oppressors, the Criminals who act against Mankind. they have used Relgious Doctrine to Insite the masses to their own benefit, they have done so here too. Self Righteousness is not a Divine attribute, certainly not virtuous. But it helps get the masses focused on a Stooge target with the rage they feel from institutionalized Slavery.
The FCC needs to be held accountable for Licensing these Corp regulated media Outlets. In fact instead of going directly for the Telecoms- lets' focus on the Public Servants who have helped in this consipracy agaisnt US, the STATE. Levy the highest Crimes against them- then just wait for the telecoms to start singing about the Organizations/ entities/ Corps who actually pull their strings.
The conspiracy is so obvious now we must at least demand these media ouytlets have their licensed pulled and taken out of the Mass communication business until the investigation into such matters is concluded and they , if not convicted and imprisoned, Red Flagged for closer scrutany to adhere to the basic Principle of FREE PRESS- no outside influence to investigating and reporting. Editorials CLEARLY DESIGNATED AS SUCH!
And Yet our 'Public Servants ' can't seem to even get that accomplished- Gee I wonder Why- Corporationists- TREASON!
But then again since the Media is one of their Whores, we will never hear even a discussion of this very obvious solution to blanant violations of Privacy, because Free Speech has been effective Gagged. Control What is Said and What is not said. 4th Horseman of the Human Apocalypse. gov't, Big Business, Religion and Mass communications.
Will we become the 5th Horseman by complacency?
I will not ride with them. I intend to bring these Brick & Mortars back to their foundations, As TOOLS for the Progress of not only the benefit of Mankid, but everything we are the 'Stewards' to. WE are the only species on the planet who benefit from the 'gifts', We are the only Species capable of passing on the 'gifts' (Of God or nature) and we are the only ones , that just ONE can change the world for better or worse. Just with a Kid who gets a puppy... it's not only their new playmate, but also their New responsiblity.
Go ahead Telecoms- keep listening, keep cnesoring, WE are gathering Evidence for Charges of High Crimes, starting with the CEO's and the Board members of your Corps (Murdock), right down to the Tech who wired the rooms. Your a Communications outlet- start Talking!

Cave Adsum
I Confido

[Checquoline]

It was no accident. Comcast runs the "test of the emergency broadcasting system" in Tennessee whenever they don't like the speaker. If the speaker is still on they run it again. I lived in that state four years and it happened all the time. I am sure it happens elsewhere.

[darker]

Corporate Media of the NANNY STATE FOR THE RICH & "corporate welfare queens" always assists Karl Rove every step of the way. Nothing the NANNY STATE for the RICH disapproves will be allowed in Media. Discussing this will NOT change anything. Because you are not in control. THEY are.

THEY allow Bush-Cheney's high crimes, unaccoutability, irresponsi­bility--on THEIR behalf.

Who cares about you, middle and working class Americans? Nobody, hahahaaa..­.nobody.
Get used to being screwed in the America of the NANNY STATE FOR THE RICH.

[imsosure]

Is that a nice way of saying Rove went batshit?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1656880303867390173

[ljsfolly]

Well for me it makes little sense for the "equipment failure" to occur JUST during the part about Rove. When I have had parts missing it wasn't a single portion of the show but a part that v=covered different segments. It hardly happens anymore unless there is a power problem or someone is digging cables up or has cut them down or a storm etc. Then it's for up to a couple of hours not one segment. While it is strange and all that it doesn't seem plausable that such singular areas got cut out and they said it was a washington problem. I do believe our MSM has at times controled with the assistance of the owners "helped" this administration control what MSM show/gives us.

[shadowgm]

Having some familiarity with how network programming is handled, I still smell a rat. Usually, your network programming is on a dedicated dish/transponder that doesn't change - primarily to avoid missing content as it comes out of New York. It would only be related to the loss of the basketball game if the game came in on the same satellite/receiver or shares some other common point through which the signal passes.