Well, all Hell broke loose among North Alabama Democrats and Progressives last night when our local CBS affiliate - WHNT - went on the fritz. Yes, we know that every station has problems at some point, but the timing seemed just a little too convenient given the subject matter....
The Case Against Don Siegelman. Need background? Check out the Left in Alabama archives.... There's probably an official archive, but I can't get to it. Enter "Siegelman" in the search box & you'll be rewarded with riches!
Anyway, it seemed suspicious to many of us - me included - that somehow some undefined "technical difficulty" would kick in right as the story aired. We have, after all, been waiting for it since last fall.
In a recommended diary from today, AgressiveProgressive described how the screen went black, then showed a security camera view of the parking lot for 2/3's of the story, then the station aired the last 5 minutes or so.
We vilified the station then, but they're making good as much as they can.
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