Loosely Affiliated

Jim Geraghty at The Kerry Spot has posted some of the responses that his readers are getting from CBS affiliates. It seems as if many of them are doing everything they can to distance themselves from CBS News and Dan Rather in particular.

John from Colorado shares his response from KCNC in Denver:

Firstly, I would like to take a moment to thank you for your letter. Please know that your comments are being read and shared with our partners at the network. As you may know, our newsroom here in Denver operates independently from the network newsroom in New York. As the former news director here at KCNC, I can tell you that credibility, fairness, balance and accuracy are more than words to us. They are guideposts to how our news team does its job each day. It's that commitment to you that we hope gives you reliable coverage here in Denver. We will continue to do that for you. As I wrote, this is certainly a matter of continual discussion between CBS News and News4. Your comments will be added to those from our other news viewers who also feel passionately about this issue and about the integrity of news broadcasts.

I'm still waiting to hear back on this matter from our local CBS affiliate in the Twin Cities (WCCO-TV, Mr. Trey Fabacher-Station Manager tfabacher@wcco.cbs.com if anyone is interested).

Here is the list of general managers of CBS affiliates in the United States again. (NOTE: The KCBS station manager in LA is actually Patrick McClenahan. Which would make his e-mail address: pmcclenahan@cbs.com )

If you're looking for a good template to contact affiliates, check out this letter by Dave at No Illusions.

We mentioned that some people were cutting up their Citibank credit cards. Bill from Minneapolis e-mails to with more on that:

Maybe you addressed this today, but another thing to keep in mind with Citibank is that they administer (own? are a front for?) other companies' credit cards.

For instance, I have credit cards from Office Max and BP/Amoco that are issued by Citibank. I think my Target card is this way also, but I haven't found any documentation as such. If you look at the back of a credit card statement, it generally shows the bank that issued the card.

Here are contact lists for CBS advertisers and Viacom shareholders.