Today's(22Jun) Media Targets from Downing Street Memo.com

[Douglas Carpenter]

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From:

http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/takeaction.html





Every weekday in June, in cooperation with other activists and bloggers, we will publicize contact information for three distinct media outlets. We ask that you:

• Write a brief letter requesting the journalists to report on the Downing Street Memos, stating succinctly why you believe the leaked document is significant for the US.

• Send that letter as an email to each of the day’s three contacts.

• Return the next day and contact the next three targets of our media campaign at this link:

http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/takeaction.html

TARGETS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2005

1. Las Vegas Review-Journal, Washington Correspondent Tony Batt
email: [email protected]
phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]

2. Tampa Tribune, Washington Correspondent Keith Epstein
email: [email protected]
phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]

3. Albuquerque Journal, Washington Correspondent Michael Coleman
email: [email protected]
phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]

It appears that none of the newpapers has yet printed a news story on DSM. The Tampa Tribune had an editorial on June 17th that was full of questions that the editors believe require answers from the Bush administration. Much of their assessment of the wording and possible interpretation of DSM is highly debatable , but at least they are trying to address the issue in Tampa.


After over a month of an almost total news blackout, the media are now beginning to report on this issue. It is up to us, their customers, to force this issue into the center of public discourse.

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Here is my own personal letter:

SUBJ: Coverage of the Downing Street Minutes and questionable use of intelligence

Dear Sir/Madam:

As you know, on May 1 of this year a document now commonly referred to as “The Downing Street Memo” was released into the British Press. These minutes of a British cabinet meeting and several other recently released documents raise serious questions about how the administration was handling intelligence related to Iraq. At the very least, this documentation suggests that the Bush Administration was being disingenuous with the U.S. Congress and the American public on several gravely important issues.

The documentation strongly suggests that the Bush administration was determined to “fix intelligence” around a predetermined policy of war.

It is most disturbing that there has been little mention of any of these minutes of meetings between several senior British officials in much of the American media. Even more disturbing is the minimum coverage or discussion regarding strong, credible and independent evidence that the Bush Administration intentionally misled the U.S. Congress, the media and the American people.

I do hope you will address this issue and provide more in-depth and serious investigative journalism into this matter.

Sincerely,

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1. News break on the radio this am, nothing but the boy scout

Yes it is great they found the boy scout who couldn't use his compass. But they spent 5 minutes talking about the rescue and not one mention of the DSM.
Same on TV

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Despite the memo’s disturbing and explosive revelations, there has been a virtual media blackout with some newspapers deliberately turning a blind eye to the Downing Street Memos. We hope you are already participating in the Awaken the Mainstreem Media campaign, and if you have time, contact other media outlets and ask them to do their job in reporting and investigating the information in the memo. Write a letter to the editor, call in to radio shows. It's time for the media to address real news.

MediaBlaster (Democratic Underground)—Here is the link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/cu/cu.php?az=blaster

MediaGuide (Townhall.com)—Here is the link:

http://capwiz.com/townhall/dbq/media/

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