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FCC Probes Local Alabama Censorship of "60 Minutes" Don Siegelman Story [VIDEO]

Posted by Adam Howard, AlterNet at 6:21 AM on March 10, 2008.


Why did "60 Minutes'" expose of how Karl Rove destroyed Don Siegelman's career not appear in its entirety on local Alabama stations?
FCC Investigates Local Alabama Censorship of

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Last month, 60 Minutes exposed new details on how Karl Rove and the Bush administration may have unjustly targeted Siegelman for political reasons. However, viewers of CBS affiliate WHNT in northern Alabama saw nothing but a black screen during most of the segment. Democracy Now's Amy Goodman interviews Scott Horton about the case. Check out the video to your right for more.

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Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.


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Posted by: Lincolnfan on Mar 10, 2008 6:36 AM   
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The FCC Chair, Kevin Martin, is a deep-dyed Bush-Cheney loyalist. He'll sit on it, I'm afraid, until this incident is forgotten.

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