ABC - The All Bin-Laden Channel

[Nbadan]

ABC is the only station not to carry Osama's - opps! Obama infomercial yesterday and now the Osama network is waiting for word from it's master on how to proceed...

Analysts: OBL Could Speak Out in an Effort to Prove His Relevance

Multiple senior government officials tell ABC News the intelligence community is anticipating a message from Osama bin Laden before or just after the presidential election.

As we race toward Election Day, sources say a number of intelligence analysts have concluded it is critical for al Qaeda's top leader to be seen or heard, if only for public relations purposes. Those analysts believe that if bin Laden is not heard from, he runs the risk of being considered irrelevant or impotent. The U.S. intelligence community has some indication that there is some confusion among Islamic radicals about their leadership.

According to sources, the full weight of the intelligence electronic eavesdropping and human sourcing is right now desperately looking for any hint of a bin Laden statement. So far there is only rumor, no hard evidence a message is coming, officials said.

Interestingly, the U.S. government may be the reason why bin Laden could have some problems getting a message out, officials suggested to ABC News.

The United States is engaged in an intensive effort to disrupt the use of the Internet by Islamic radicals. Message boards and Web sites have been targeted. Some officials believe that if bin Laden is not heard from, some will conclude he may be dead.

ABC News

Shouldn't they be looking to actually capture him instead of broadcasting his every word? ABC won't Air a Political Ad but Will Give Osama Bin Laden face time...

[ChumpDumper]

ABC is supposed to capture terrorists?

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Anyone But Coloreds

[Spurminator]

ABC finally offered Barack Obama's camp the 8 p.m. half-hour in its Wednesday lineup for his campaign-related program -- which will air at that time on the other major broadcast networks.

But, in an ironic twist, the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign passed on ABC's offer, saying it has allocated the funds elsewhere.

"We were in discussion with the Obama campaign and had offered them the half-hour, but at this point that's not happening and 'Pushing Daisies' will air in its regular time slot," an ABC spokesman told The TV Column yesterday. ABC already has begun airing ads telling viewers, "Wednesday you have a choice -- get political with the other networks or" watch a new episode of "Pushing Daisies" at 8 p.m.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...102702774.html

But I'm sure they waited until the last minute on purpose because they never intended to broadcast it anyway, right? That's a much easier and more sinister scenario.