afterdowningstreet.org
CBS Censors Taking Over Public Parks?
By Anne Pritchett
As some of you know, last Friday the CBS Early Show was here in Kansas City and our group was not allowed to appear in their camera shots holding our signs against the war. As soon as we arrived, a CBS staffer came over and told us they had a permit to use the park and they had the right to decide who could come to their event and who could not come and she wanted us to leave. We asked to see the permit and the CBS lady left and returned with a cop who put us in a free speech zone and then later handcuffed a member of our group who took her OUT OF IRAQ NOW sign into the ‘forbidden’ area.
A local radio show host interviewed the woman who was handcuffed and then called CBS for a statement and their spokeswoman DENIED that we were not allowed to be on their show! She said CBS does not censure political signs. She then asked how we even knew that the woman who asked us to leave worked for CBS!!!
Well I saw her nametag that clearly said ‘CBS’!!! So we know for a fact that CBS asked us to leave a public park because of our political signs.
Signs they did allow on the air included
GO NAVY
SAVE A HORSE, RIDE A COWBOY
Here’s what I am asking. I want CBS DELUGED with letters shaming them for censoring us and our signs. YES, they did try to make us leave a public park and yes, one of us was threatened with arrest. And now they are denying this censorship even happened!!