WHNT's '60 Minutes' Blackout Raises Questions
WHNT Huntsville’s 12-minute blank screen during a segment of 60 Minutes reporting on possible political dirty tricks involving a former Alabama governor has raised some questions, reports the NY Times.
But station chief executive Stan Pylant insists the blackout was merely an ill-timed signal receiver breakdown. "We know what our license means to us," Pylant told Bill Carter of the Times. "There was no political motives in this."
The station has made the 60 Minutes segment, about possible skulduggery involving Karl Rove in the conviction of a former Democratic governor, available on its Website and in its local newscasts.
WHNT is a former New York Times Company station that Oak Hill Capital purchased and Local TV manages.
Saleh commented:
This is a disaster far gretear than we have ever encountered. Once again the people are kept in the dark and treated like the corporate slaves we are. What I'm hearing EXTREME ALERT Gulf Coast Evacuation Contingency Plans Soon to Go Operational,10 s of millions to be evacuated from east and gulf coast. EPA readings for Hydrogen Sulfide, Benzene, Methylene Chloride, and other toxic gases off the charts. Toxic air being ingested by the lemmings, just shut up and take a deep breath.To late to wake
invitedmedia commented:
bet it was fixed just in time for the all-important andy rooney segment.