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Hello MJJC family,
This request is coming from MJTruthNow.com, thus I'm passing it on to everyone here at MJJC. We need your help in addressing the fact that Martin Bashir is still employed by MSNBC. We need everyone to express their concern. Please see below, the news letter from MJTruthNow.com: I tweaked the formatting to emphasize some important points.
Article on website:
http://mjtruthnow.com/2011/01/status-of-martin-bashirs-employment/
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Here's the latest MJTruthNow newsletter. Subject: Martin Bashir again. And again, and again, and again, until he is permanently off the air:
Status of Martin Bashir Employment January 2011
Greetings!
In March 2010, under the letterhead of Humane Media Initiative, we wrote to over 20 carefully selected executives at Disney/ABC to inform them that Martin Bashir is the subject of an effort to rid media of unscrupulous yellow journalists. In Bashir's case, we don't believe treachery and duplicity should be rewarded with a national speaking platform.
What may have been compelling about our entreaty is that we provided proof that Bashir is an especially bad actor on the stage of rapidly deteriorating journalism in America. HMI's letter packet contained comments from YouTube videos featuring Bashir, and from randomly selected blog articles about him, including his profile at ABC News. Thousands of comments were provided, virtually all of them negative. Bashir is pretty much universally despised.
To provide further food for thought, we included Matt Semino's poignant essay...
http://tinyurl.com/semino
...and a rant by Jeff Koopersmith...
http://tinyurl.com/koopersmith
By July 2010, Bashir was gone from ABC News, only to resurface a few months later at MSNBC where, it was reported, he is to occupy the 3:00 pm (Eastern) time slot.
The typical length of an employment contract at an on-air news source is four years. Bashir's tenure at ABC News was November 28, 2005--August 6, 2010. We don't know if the evidence we provided contributed to his departure, but going from a prime time network news program to a mid-afternoon cable news spot is definitely a demotion.
In mid-December 2010, HMI again sent the letter packet to 29 carefully vetted executives at Comcast, NBC Universal and MSNBC. As of the end of January, at least one media gossip blog is wondering where he is.
http://tinyurl.com/martinbashir
Thomas Roberts was recently given a full time position at MSNBC. He currently appears in the 3:00 pm time slot.
http://tinyurl.com/thomasroberts
If MSNBC wants to do the right thing, they'll leave Roberts in the 3:00 spot and kick Bashir to the curb. However, Keith Olbermann abruptly left MSNBC on Friday, January 21, thereby leaving a hole in MSNBC's line-up. We hope we've given MSNBC sufficient pause about Bashir and that he's not waiting in the wings, possibly to take Olbermann's place.
http://tinyurl.com/kolbermann
We feel it's critical to let MSNBC know that (a) Thomas Roberts is doing a fine job in the 3:00 spot and (b) Bashir is an unpopular and detrimental hire for MSNBC. We're especially concerned that, if given a berth at MSNBC, Bashir will disingenuously comment on the Conrad Murray trial.
We urgently request that you make your views known at the following contact emails. You can, of course, post the same comment at all three contacts.
letters@MSNBC.com
viewerservices@MSNBC.com
GeneralComments@feedback.msnbc.com
Commenting matters. Internet "buzz" is--or should be--important to television programmers. For example, if the programmer for the Discovery Channel had had his ear to the ground more astutely, she would have known that the Michael Jackson autopsy program would land them in hot water.
Nielsen BuzzMetrics Tries to Measure Buzz in Social Media
http://tinyurl.com/nielsenbuzz
As they say in Chicago politics, vote often. Don't forget the cardinal rules of effective blog commentary:
· No Michael Jackson avatars
· Use a gender neutral screen name, not a Michael Jackson fan screen name
· Remain respectful at all times and use spell check
· Avoid writing love letters about Michael
Thanks for all you do to protect Michael Jackson's personal legacy.
MJTruthNow.com
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Your response to this is most definitely appreciated. We need to keep trying until this person is no longer on the air.
Thank you,
MJJC Legacy Project Media Advocacy Email Alert Team
This request is coming from MJTruthNow.com, thus I'm passing it on to everyone here at MJJC. We need your help in addressing the fact that Martin Bashir is still employed by MSNBC. We need everyone to express their concern. Please see below, the news letter from MJTruthNow.com: I tweaked the formatting to emphasize some important points.
Article on website:
http://mjtruthnow.com/2011/01/status-of-martin-bashirs-employment/
****************************************************************************************
Here's the latest MJTruthNow newsletter. Subject: Martin Bashir again. And again, and again, and again, until he is permanently off the air:
Status of Martin Bashir Employment January 2011
Greetings!
In March 2010, under the letterhead of Humane Media Initiative, we wrote to over 20 carefully selected executives at Disney/ABC to inform them that Martin Bashir is the subject of an effort to rid media of unscrupulous yellow journalists. In Bashir's case, we don't believe treachery and duplicity should be rewarded with a national speaking platform.
What may have been compelling about our entreaty is that we provided proof that Bashir is an especially bad actor on the stage of rapidly deteriorating journalism in America. HMI's letter packet contained comments from YouTube videos featuring Bashir, and from randomly selected blog articles about him, including his profile at ABC News. Thousands of comments were provided, virtually all of them negative. Bashir is pretty much universally despised.
To provide further food for thought, we included Matt Semino's poignant essay...
http://tinyurl.com/semino
...and a rant by Jeff Koopersmith...
http://tinyurl.com/koopersmith
By July 2010, Bashir was gone from ABC News, only to resurface a few months later at MSNBC where, it was reported, he is to occupy the 3:00 pm (Eastern) time slot.
The typical length of an employment contract at an on-air news source is four years. Bashir's tenure at ABC News was November 28, 2005--August 6, 2010. We don't know if the evidence we provided contributed to his departure, but going from a prime time network news program to a mid-afternoon cable news spot is definitely a demotion.
In mid-December 2010, HMI again sent the letter packet to 29 carefully vetted executives at Comcast, NBC Universal and MSNBC. As of the end of January, at least one media gossip blog is wondering where he is.
http://tinyurl.com/martinbashir
Thomas Roberts was recently given a full time position at MSNBC. He currently appears in the 3:00 pm time slot.
http://tinyurl.com/thomasroberts
If MSNBC wants to do the right thing, they'll leave Roberts in the 3:00 spot and kick Bashir to the curb. However, Keith Olbermann abruptly left MSNBC on Friday, January 21, thereby leaving a hole in MSNBC's line-up. We hope we've given MSNBC sufficient pause about Bashir and that he's not waiting in the wings, possibly to take Olbermann's place.
http://tinyurl.com/kolbermann
We feel it's critical to let MSNBC know that (a) Thomas Roberts is doing a fine job in the 3:00 spot and (b) Bashir is an unpopular and detrimental hire for MSNBC. We're especially concerned that, if given a berth at MSNBC, Bashir will disingenuously comment on the Conrad Murray trial.
We urgently request that you make your views known at the following contact emails. You can, of course, post the same comment at all three contacts.
letters@MSNBC.com
viewerservices@MSNBC.com
GeneralComments@feedback.msnbc.com
Commenting matters. Internet "buzz" is--or should be--important to television programmers. For example, if the programmer for the Discovery Channel had had his ear to the ground more astutely, she would have known that the Michael Jackson autopsy program would land them in hot water.
Nielsen BuzzMetrics Tries to Measure Buzz in Social Media
http://tinyurl.com/nielsenbuzz
As they say in Chicago politics, vote often. Don't forget the cardinal rules of effective blog commentary:
· No Michael Jackson avatars
· Use a gender neutral screen name, not a Michael Jackson fan screen name
· Remain respectful at all times and use spell check
· Avoid writing love letters about Michael
Thanks for all you do to protect Michael Jackson's personal legacy.
MJTruthNow.com
****************************************************************************************
Your response to this is most definitely appreciated. We need to keep trying until this person is no longer on the air.
Thank you,
MJJC Legacy Project Media Advocacy Email Alert Team
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