My email to CBS

I will be watching the "Eye on America" piece tonight about security at
small airports.

If the tone of the piece is remotely like the promotions I have seen, it
will be the end of a decades long belief that CBS News is the best network
source for fair and accurate reporting. It will also be the beginning of
avoiding any watching of CBS.

It is not just that I am a private pilot and concerned about aviation. That
pales compared to the questions just the language of the promo raises about
being an American and the freedoms we are promising to the oppressed around
the world.

How about this as a promo for your next piece?

You can load anything you want into a truck in the driveway of your home!
You can then drive that truck anywhere you want!
You can park it on any public street in front of 99% of the buildings in the
nation!
You can park in tunnels and let the air out of the tires!
You can park it under bridges!
You could put a bomb in that truck!

The questioning of our most basic freedoms and the atmosphere of fear that
just the promo panders to in the most irresponsible and vile way already
fills me with disgust for your network.

I expect to be tuning CBS in for the last time this evening.

--
Roger Long