Re: ABC rejects AAP request

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YAY!! good for ABC.Well Grisham has got a lot of mileage out of this kind of "fiction."Peace,Kathy EickwortOn Jan 29, 2008, at 4:41 AM, Barry wrote:ABC Entertainment rejected the request in a statement Monday, reminding viewers that the show is fictional: "The story line plays on topical issues for dramatic effect, but its purpose is to entertain."

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Hey , just curious, is this something that Autism Speaks got

involved in?

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> The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling on ABC to cancel the

show, saying in a

> statement that it leaves audiences " with the destructive idea that

vaccines do cause

> autism. "

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> ABC Entertainment rejected the request in a statement Monday,

reminding viewers that the

> show is fictional: " The story line plays on topical issues for

dramatic effect, but its purpose

> is to entertain. "

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> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-01-28-eli-stone-side_N.htm

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All I know is ABC is loving all this free promotion.

Wonder if anyone pulled their ad.

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Re: ABC rejects AAP request

Hey , just curious, is this something that Autism Speaks got

involved in?

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> The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling on ABC to cancel the

show, saying in a

> statement that it leaves audiences " with the destructive idea that

vaccines do cause

> autism. "

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> ABC Entertainment rejected the request in a statement Monday,

reminding viewers that the

> show is fictional: " The story line plays on topical issues for

dramatic effect, but its purpose

> is to entertain. "

>

> http://www.usatoday

<http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-01-28-eli-stone-side_N.htm>

..com/news/health/2008-01-28-eli-stone-side_N.htm

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I wouldn't call it " rejecting. " The story I read said they're gonna

give a citation at the end to check the CDC for more info. What ever.

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My guess is one of the ABC execs has a vaccine injured child/grandchild. S.Kathleen Eickwort <Kathleen_E@...> wrote: YAY!! good for ABC. Well Grisham has got a lot of mileage out of this kind of "fiction." Peace, Kathy Eickwort On Jan 29, 2008, at 4:41 AM, Barry wrote: ABC Entertainment rejected the request in a statement Monday, reminding viewers that the show is fictional: "The story line plays on topical issues for dramatic effect, but its purpose is to entertain."

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My guess is that there is a writer’s strike with very few non-reality shows being introduced this time of year. All they care about is ratings and money. If they cared about anything else they would put information about autism at the beginning of the show, along with the CDC or AAP website. Or donate money from the episode to some autism school.

I researched the two guys who wrote the episode- no connection to autism publicly. They even said in an article that they support vaccinations. I think maybe they were just looking for something controversial.

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On 1/29/08 1:32 PM, " Sophia " <sophya_lauren@...> wrote:

My guess is one of the ABC execs has a vaccine injured child/grandchild.

S.

Kathleen Eickwort <Kathleen_E@...> wrote:

YAY!! good for ABC.

Well Grisham has got a lot of mileage out of this kind of " fiction. "

Peace,

Kathy Eickwort

On Jan 29, 2008, at 4:41 AM, Barry wrote:

ABC Entertainment rejected the request in a statement Monday, reminding viewers that the

show is fictional: " The story line plays on topical issues for dramatic effect, but its purpose

is to entertain. "

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They expected the backlash, so I think you're right and I'd imagine

that more than than a few people on the staff and the higher-ups have

effected kids or relatives. They're standing firmer on this than they

have on most things. Pretty surprising.

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reminding viewers that the

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dramatic effect, but its purpose

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ABC has a history of canceling high quality shows. They don’t care about ASD families.

The problem is this is the pilot and they can’t edit the vaccine part out. They HAVE to show this first episode. If they don’t- then the WHOLE series goes down the drain- which is a loss of millions of dollars (and maybe some jobs too).

Networks are used to people complained about their TV shows. It’s all part of the game. If they lose ads- now THAT will get some attention. The rest of this chatter is only helping their ratings and making them happy.

On 1/29/08 1:52 PM, " anacat_11 " <anacat_11@...> wrote:

They expected the backlash, so I think you're right and I'd imagine

that more than than a few people on the staff and the higher-ups have

effected kids or relatives. They're standing firmer on this than they

have on most things. Pretty surprising.

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> ABC Entertainment rejected the request in a statement Monday,

reminding viewers that the

> show is fictional: " The story line plays on topical issues for

dramatic effect, but its purpose

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I'm as cynical as anyone about big media, but never as cynical as

THEY are. They knew that advertisers would pull out, they knew the

first episode couldn't be cut. This smells like a coup for content

control in general. The show's ratings will go through the roof and I

imagine they think the advertisers will come crawling back begging

for spots once they see what they're missing out on.

If they cave, I'll eat my hat and concede wishful thinking. I might

start baking some cookie-dough hats just in case. It should be

interesting watching what happens.

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I just heard an advertisement for The View tomorrow, in which they advertised the guest being the star of the new "provocative" series "Eli Stone". Provocative sparks interest. ABC is using the controversy to their advantage, for sure.

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I'm as cynical as anyone about big media, but never as cynical as THEY are. They knew that advertisers would pull out, they knew the first episode couldn't be cut. This smells like a coup for content control in general. The show's ratings will go through the roof and I imagine they think the advertisers will come crawling back begging for spots once they see what they're missing out on. If they cave, I'll eat my hat and concede wishful thinking. I might start baking some cookie-dough hats just in case. It should be interesting watching what happens. > >> > > >> > ABC Entertainment rejected the request in a statement Monday,> > reminding viewers that the> >> > show is fictional: "The story line plays on topical issues for> > dram

atic effect, but its purpose> >> > is to entertain."> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ---------------------------------> >> > Never miss a thing. Make your homepage.> >> >> > > > > >>

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Maybe some really large Vitamin Co.s could take up the advertising slack...wishful thinking on my part...n

Re: ABC rejects AAP request

I'm as cynical as anyone about big media, but never as cynical as THEY are. They knew that advertisers would pull out, they knew the first episode couldn't be cut. This smells like a coup for content control in general. The show's ratings will go through the roof and I imagine they think the advertisers will come crawling back begging for spots once they see what they're missing out on. If they cave, I'll eat my hat and concede wishful thinking. I might start baking some cookie-dough hats just in case. It should be interesting watching what happens. > >> > > >> > ABC Entertainment rejected the request in a statement Monday,> > reminding viewers that the> >> > show is fictional: "The story line plays on topical issues for> > dramatic effect, but its purpose> >> > is to entertain."> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ---------------------------------> >> > Never miss a thing. Make your homepage.> >> >> > > > > >>

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I wouldn't be surprised if the topic was chosen purposely knowing that

it would generate alot of attention and would be watched and Tivo'd in

high numbers!

They knew what they were in for when the show was written.

As small part of me is bothered that they are using the story of our

kids to make a profit. Unless they do it well and it get's people

talking and creates more awareness. Guess I'll have to wait and see.

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I don't know if Autism Speaks became involved in any way (I doubt

it). My consultancy with them ended as of July 2007, shortly after

Autism Speaks <insert verb here> .

There is a link to the controversy on the AS website. I'm glad they

are not ignoring it. http://www.autismspeaks.org/inthenews/aitn.php

There is also some discussion of Eli Stone on the moderated echo

chamber AS message boards. (for those itching to know Autism Diva's

take, http://www.autismspeaks.org/community/forums/showthread.php?

t=4495)

How Autism Speaks became a home for Autism Diva and not for

is a question for the ages. Diva has 1544 posts at AS over

the past 8 months - that's 193/month, or about 6/day.

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> > The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling on ABC to cancel the

> show, saying in a

> > statement that it leaves audiences " with the destructive idea that

> vaccines do cause

> > autism. "

> >

> > ABC Entertainment rejected the request in a statement Monday,

> reminding viewers that the

> > show is fictional: " The story line plays on topical issues for

> dramatic effect, but its purpose

> > is to entertain. "

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> > http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-01-28-eli-stone-

side_N.htm

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