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Nets warned of terrorist threat to Convention

#1 Postby yoda » Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:10 am

Thought I would just post this here, since we are heading into the election season... :wink:

The FBI (news - web sites) began warning the U.S. news networks and divisions Thursday night of a "credible" terrorist threat targeting media vehicles during the Democratic National Convention in Boston next week.



Feds stressed that the threat comes from a domestic group -- not Al Qaeda or any other foreign terrorist group.

Also in Boston on Thursday, reps for Arab satcaster Al-Jazeera met with Democratic convention officials regarding the removal Wednesday of its skybox banner in the Fleet Center.


It's the first time Al-Jazeera, which also will have a skybox in Madison Square Garden during the Republican convention, is covering the U.S. political conventions.


News execs on scene at the Fleet Center said it was unclear whether the removal was targeted at Al-Jazeera, or whether other media orgs also were asked to take down their signs to make way for more John Kerry (news - web sites) banners.


One net exec noted that Al-Arabiya also was asked to take its skybox banner down.


There are roughly 15,000 members of the press descending on Boston to cover the four-day confab.


The FBI's joint terrorism task force in Boston, which is investigating the terrorist threat against the media, is expected to release a formal threat advisory.


News orgs -- well aware of the security concerns surrounding both conventions -- had likely taken certain precautions already but declined to discuss any specifics.


The ongoing war in Iraq (news - web sites) has led both cable news nets and broadcast news divisions to work much more closely with outside security firms on an ongoing basis, although whether they have done so for the political conventions is unclear.


Authorities believe it was a domestic terrorist who sent anthrax to the broadcast news nets shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001.


FBI warning came the same day that ABC News named its tiny new 24/7 digital news channel ABC News Now. Alphabet anchor Peter Jennings and Sunday morning political host George Stephanopoulos will launch the affiliated service at noon Monday from Boston.


Jennings will continue to anchor convention coverage for the fledgling venture. ABC News' other top names also will put in time.


ABC News Now -- which isn't likely to reach more than a few million people via television -- will operate through the November presidential election.


ABC News prexy David Westin stressed during a conference call that ABC News Now is a multiplatform service, meaning it will also be available to 35 million broadband customers. That includes customers of Comcast, which struck a broadband content deal earlier this week with Disney.


Westin announced that ABC News senior VP Paul Mason, who oversees "Nightline" and "This Week," will oversee the launch, while ABC News One exec producer Mike Clemente is in charge of programming.


Westin declined to say what the new venture is costing.


All 10 ABC owned-and-operated stations have agreed to broadcast the digital news channel on secondary channels. No affil has signed on so far.
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#2 Postby Josephine96 » Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:57 am

Hopefully domestic or not.. Nothing will happen at the conventions...
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#3 Postby Wnghs2007 » Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:59 am

This was already posted by NEWeatherguy. But like I said there, I hope they dont do anything so stupid like that. BUT.....If they do have to do it then why the heck vans? Why not go after Al Gore or Hillary Clinton? LOL J/k :P :D :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#4 Postby GalvestonDuck » Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:01 am

As much as I like to knock the dems, I am seriously praying that nothing tragic happens during their convention.
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#5 Postby Josephine96 » Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:03 am

True Duck.. and by the way KC.. There is nothing wrong with Al or Hillary :wink:
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#6 Postby GalvestonDuck » Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:05 am

Hillary's kinda scary, but I wouldn't want to see her die...nor do I want to see her run for president. :eek:
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#7 Postby wxfixer » Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:07 am

Wnghs2007 wrote:This was already posted by NEWeatherguy. But like I said there, I hope they dont do anything so stupid like that. BUT.....If they do have to do it then why the heck vans? Why not go after Al Gore or Hillary Clinton? LOL J/k :P :D :lol: :lol: :lol:


That's hilarious.
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#8 Postby Brent » Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:27 am

Wnghs2007 wrote:This was already posted by NEWeatherguy.


Wrong. I POSTED IT last night. :wink: :) :grrr:
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#9 Postby Wnghs2007 » Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:29 am

Brent wrote:
Wnghs2007 wrote:This was already posted by NEWeatherguy.


Wrong. I POSTED IT last night. :wink: :) :grrr:



Opppss. Sorry Brent. LOL :oops: :wink: :grrr:
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#10 Postby Guest » Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:13 pm

Also in Boston on Thursday, reps for Arab satcaster Al-Jazeera met with Democratic convention officials regarding the removal Wednesday of its skybox banner in the Fleet Center.

It's the first time Al-Jazeera, which also will have a skybox in Madison Square Garden during the Republican convention, is covering the U.S. political conventions.


Give them skybox seats? Am I reading that correctly? Maybe I'm confusing them with someone else, but isn't Al-Jazeera the Arab television network that airs those threatening messages and clips of the beheadings and so forth?
...Jennifer...
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#11 Postby BEER980 » Fri Jul 23, 2004 8:01 pm

mrschad that is the same network that portrays the US in a negative light every chance they get. I don't have a good feeling about this. Some behind the scene's stuff is starting to connect.
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#12 Postby Josephine96 » Fri Jul 23, 2004 8:53 pm

Before we start getting too nervous.. Lets' just wait and see what happens..
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