[ale] OT: Win for the little guy

Jim Philips jcphil at mindspring.com
Fri Jun 28 14:06:08 EDT 2002


I'm one of the people who lambasted them by e-mail. I asked them how they 
thought they could alienate Atlanta's growing population of foreigners who 
have been hanging on every second of this competition. They sent me a reply 
later, saying they had changed their minds. I can't believe there is such a 
devoted audience out there for there so-so Sunday morning news show.

On Friday 28 June 2002 01:55 pm, Cade Thacker wrote:
> Just a little note of happiness. WSB-TV(ABC channel 2) here in ATL had
> decided not to show the World Cup Final on Sunday morning, instead showing
> news(give me a break). The world cup final is watch 3 Billion people world
> wide! Yes, Billion with a B!.  So anyway, once the AJC ran an article
> telling people this, the emails started flowing like beer. AND THEY
> RELENTED!!!! Needless to say, for once it is good to see a victory by the
> little guy over Corporate America that does not involve lawyers' fees, all
> it involved was them actually listening to what we, the consumers, want!
> wow, what a great concept. Anyway, I just thought this was pretty cool.
>
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> AJC coverage.
> http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/sports/worldcup/0602/0628cuptv.html
>
>
> --cade
>
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