Sunday, December 3, 2023

Alabama and The Debate

Email to WVTM13, CBS42, WBRC, ABC3340 and WVUA inquiring about debate programming
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>To: comments@abc3340.com <comments@abc3340.com>; programming@abc3340.com <programming@abc3340.com>; newstip@abc3340.com <newstip@abc3340.com>; Susana.Schuler@hearst.com <susana.schuler@hearst.com>; wcromwell@cbs42.com <wcromwell@cbs42.com>; rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; jason.mathews@gray.tv <jason.mathews@gray.tv>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>
Cc: newsdesk@thecrimsonwhite.com <newsdesk@thecrimsonwhite.com>; news@theplainsman.com <news@theplainsman.com>; emmaowen@uab.edu <emmaowen@uab.edu>; Crimson@samford.edu <crimson@samford.edu>; hkoplowitz@al.com <hkoplowitz@al.com>; bbritt@alreporter.com <bbritt@alreporter.com>; jmoon@alreporter.com <jmoon@alreporter.com>; todd@aldailynews.com <todd@aldailynews.com>; andrew@wbhm.org <andrew@wbhm.org>; jsharp@al.com <jsharp@al.com>; blyman@alabamareflector.com <blyman@alabamareflector.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 04:21:30 PM CST
Subject: "NewsNation announces Republican presidential primary debate programming in Alabama"
Next week NewsNation will be in Tuscaloosa for three days doing special programming Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in connection with the Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/newsnation-announces-republican-presidential-primary-debate-programming-in-alabama/ar-AA1kGenG
What special debate programming will WVTM13, CBS42, WBRC, ABC3340 and WVUA do? https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html

Email to other Alabama TV stations asking how they will do against NewsNation and CBS42
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: jama.killingsworth@waff.com <jama.killingsworth@waff.com>; julie@waff.com <julie@waff.com>; paul.caron@whnt.com <paul.caron@whnt.com>; eric.duncan@fox10tv.com <eric.duncan@fox10tv.com>; Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com <randy.merrow@fox10tv.com>; news@mynbc15.com <news@mynbc15.com>; dsingleton@mynbc15.com <dsingleton@mynbc15.com>; PAlbrecht@wkrg.com <palbrecht@wkrg.com>; clombard@wkrg.com <clombard@wkrg.com>; robby.thomas@wtvy.com <robby.thomas@wtvy.com>; stephen.crews@wtvy.com <stephen.crews@wtvy.com>; TCole@wdhn.com <tcole@wdhn.com>; RWare@wdhn.com <rware@wdhn.com>; mbunting@wsfa.com <mbunting@wsfa.com>; sduff@wsfa.com <sduff@wsfa.com>; ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net <ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net>; jrainey@alabamanews.net <jrainey@alabamanews.net>
Sent: Monday, December 4, 2023 at 07:41:45 AM CST
Subject: How will you do against NewsNation and CBS42 in covering The Debate this week?
https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-and-debate.html
What GOP Debate experts do UAB, Samford and Auburn hold out?
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: Cathleen Erwin <coe0001@auburn.edu>; Amcewan@samford.edu <amcewan@samford.edu>; mwithers@samford.edu <mwithers@samford.edu>; jcobia@samford.edu <jcobia@samford.edu>; dburch1@samford.edu <dburch1@samford.edu>; Christopher Jones <jonesc1@uab.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 4, 2023 at 09:34:39 AM CST
Subject: What GOP Debate experts do UAB, Samford and Auburn hold out?
[For filing in https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-and-debate.html]
Email to "UA Experts Available to Discuss Topics Around GOP Debate"
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: jbramlett@ua.edu <jbramlett@ua.edu>; cpeacock@ua.edu <cpeacock@ua.edu>; jjohl@ua.edu <jjohl@ua.edu>; jlmaddox@ua.edu <jlmaddox@ua.edu>; rcfording@as.ua.edu <rcfording@as.ua.edu>; rlwagner1@ua.edu <rlwagner1@ua.edu>; aelinken@ua.edu <aelinken@ua.edu>
Cc: lane.mclelland@ua.edu <lane.mclelland@ua.edu>; alex.house@ua.edu <alex.house@ua.edu>; stinsley@al-ba.com <stinsley@al-ba.com>; bsbutler@ua.edu <bsbutler@ua.edu>; terri.lovell@alabar.org <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; bill.ide@akerman.com <bill.ide@akerman.com>; emyang@wstrongllc.com <emyang@wstrongllc.com>; marty@mitchellmeadows.com <marty@mitchellmeadows.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 10:21:59 AM CST
Subject: For addressee "UA Experts Available to Discuss Topics Around GOP Debate"
Dear Professors Bramlett, Peacock, Ohl, Maddox, Fording, Wagner and Linken:
The webpage https://news.ua.edu/2023/11/ua-experts-available-to-discuss-topics-around-gop-debate/ identifies you as University of Alabama experts available to discuss topics around next week's GOP Presidential debate in Tuscaloosa.
I greatly wish for your expert knowledge relative to next week's GOP Presidential debate and the political landscape to be communicated to the Alabama public.
Earlier this month, I solicited Ms. Lane McLelland, the Executive Director of the University of Alabama's Crossroads Civic Engagement Center, that the Dec. 6th GOP debate should be availed of for the holding of public conversation events that would wrap together the debate and its political landscape with the American Bar Association's Task Force for American Democracy mission statement that is set out. at https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/american-democracy/overview/ (For more information about this solicitation, please read https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/11/presidential-debate-in-tuscaloosa-aba.html.)
I thought, in the words of the mission statement, the conversation events would be for the expression of "concerns, experiences, and suggestions for restoring and preserving our democracy rule of law." Further I think your aforesaid advertised knowledge would make you excellent contributors in such conversation events if they were held.
Another way for your expert knowledge to be communicated to the Alabama public is through the medium of Alabama television and radio broadcasters. I have called this to the attention of the Alabama Broadcasters Association per the below email I sent to its President Ms. Sharon Tinsley.
Time is running out for Alabamians to benefit from your expert knowledge being communicated to them in connection with GOP debate next Wednesday.
As to Alabama television and radio broadcasters, previously Ms. Tinsley has declined to forward to her Association's broadcaster members communications that I have sent to her. I have directly contacted some of the Alabama TV stations about the public conversations I am trying to promote. I expect to contact more of them during the next few days.
While I have endeavored to draw in the Alabama State Bar to undertake supportive activities in Alabama relative to the ABA's Task Force for American Democracy, including in connection with the debate, I am not aware of the Alabama State Bar doing anything. For what it is worth, I am copying on this email my contact at the Alabama State Bar if this may prompt anything on the Bar's part.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook 
Email to communications and journalism professors
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: saa0056@auburn.edu <saa0056@auburn.edu>; brunnbr@auburn.edu <brunnbr@auburn.edu>; all0093@auburn.edu <all0093@auburn.edu>; ney0002@auburn.edu <ney0002@auburn.edu>; bcd0039@auburn.edu <bcd0039@auburn.edu>; fairlln@auburn.edu <fairlln@auburn.edu>; fillise@auburn.edu <fillise@auburn.edu>; mnelson@ua.edu <mnelson@ua.edu>; alfranks@uab.edu <alfranks@uab.edu>; jzb0124@auburn.edu <jzb0124@auburn.edu>; mcarey@samford.edu <mcarey@samford.edu>; cofieldj@montevallo.edu <cofieldj@montevallo.edu>; jtbailey@ua.edu <jtbailey@ua.edu>; kbissell@ua.edu <kbissell@ua.edu>; mdbruce@ua.edu <mdbruce@ua.edu>; wevans@ua.edu <wevans@ua.edu>; djgriffin1@ua.edu <djgriffin1@ua.edu>; sahartley1@ua.edu <sahartley1@ua.edu>; dmwaymer@ua.edu <dmwaymer@ua.edu>; laurie.wright@ua.edu <laurie.wright@ua.edu>; bsbutler@ua.edu <bsbutler@ua.edu>; ajbauer2@ua.edu <ajbauer2@ua.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 03:41:48 PM CST
Subject: Assessing the performance of AL TV stations this week in connection with tonight's debate in Tuscaloosa
Please hone your judgments about how well former students of yours, and others, who are at Alabama TV stations have done and will do this week in connection with tonight's debate in Tuscaloosa.
I will endeavor during the next week to compile an evaluation, and I hope you will participate with me. https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2023/12/alabama-and-debate.html
Thank you very much.

Email reply from UA Department of Communications Studies Chair Prof. Griffin
From: Darrin Griffin <djgriffin1@ua.edu>
To: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 05:01:04 PM CST
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Assessing the performance of AL TV stations this week in connection with tonight's debate in Tuscaloosa
Hello,
Please kindly remove me from your mailing list if you will. 


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