Preventive maintenance for Smackdown - 8/23/2001

* Ford Motor Company
American readers can call (800) 392-3673/(800) 232-5952 (TDD) from 8:00 am-11:00 pm ET (Monday-Friday) or 8:00 am-6:00 pm ET (Saturdays); or can write them at: Ford Motor Company, Customer Relationship Center, P.O. Box 6248, Dearborn, MI 48126

Canadian readers can call (800) 565-3673 from 8:00 am-8:00 pm ET (Monday-Friday) or 9:00 am-6:00 pm ET (Saturdays); or can write them at: Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, Customer Relationship Centre, P.O. Box 2000, Oakville, Ontario, L6J 5E4

UK readers can call Ford Motor Company at: 08457 111 888 or write them at: Ford Information Service, P.O. Box 25149, Glasgow, G2 4XF

* NVE Pharmaceuticals (Stacker 2)
33 Newton-Sparta Road
Newton, NJ 07860
Phone: (973) 383-5444 or (800) 526-4387, fax at (973) 383-8379

* Paramount Pictures
E-mail at motionpictures@pde.paramount.com

* Universal Pictures
E-mail through this link.

* Nintendo
E-mail at nintendo@noa.nintendo.com

* Lugz
Contact at info@lugz.com

* www.whatsyourantidrug.com
Contact them at through the feedback page.

* Nabisco Consumer Affairs (Corn Nuts)
100 DeForest Avenue
P.O. Box 1911
East Hanover, NJ 07936-1911
Call 1-800-8NABNET Monday through Friday between 10:00 am-5:00 pm ET.

* Foot Locker
Call 1-800-991-6815, or e-mail at customer_service@footlocker.com

* Southland Corporation (Seven-Eleven)
Call at (800) 255-0711, or contact them at through the feedback page

* MGM/United Artists
Contact through the feedback page.

* Miramax/ Dimension Films
E-mail at MMX_Webmaster_D@Miramax.com

* Sony Pictures Entertainment/Columbia Pictures
10202 W. Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
Call Jerry Giaquinta at (310) 244-3400
E-mail at jerry_giaquinta@spe.sony.com

* Nabisco Consumer Affairs (Corn Nuts)
100 DeForest Avenue
P.O. Box 1911
East Hanover, NJ 07936-1911
Call 1-800-8NABNET Monday through Friday between 10:00 am-5:00 pm ET.

* Nike
Contact through the feedback page.

* Clearasil
Contact through the feedback page.

* Finish Line
3308 North Mitthoeffer Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46235
Call (317) 899-1022

* Trendmasters Toys
Call (800)771-1810, or e-mail at customerservice@trendmasters.com

* Skechers
Customer Service Department
P.O. Box 51483
Ontario, CA 91761
Call at (800) 746-3411, fax at (888) 566-5746 or e-mail at info@skechers.com

* Lions Gate Films
4553 Glencoe Avenue, Suite 200
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Call (310) 314-2000 or fax (310) 392-0252

* Quaker State
Contact at Inet-QSSiteInformation@pzlqs.com

* Touchstone Pictures
Contact them at through the feedback page. Indicate Movies when prompted to do so.

* www.whatsyourantidrug.com
Contact them at through the feedback page.

* Blockbuster Video
McKinney Headquarters
Customer Service
3000 Redbud Boulevard
McKinney, Texas 75069
E-mail at customer.service@blockbuster.com

* Adidas America
P.O. Box 4015
Beaverton, OR 97076
Call (503) 972-2300, fax at (503) 972-2450, or go to to the Adidas page., click "help", then "contact ad"

* Konami
E-mail at support@konami.com

* Artisan Entertainment
Call Paul Pflug, Executive Vice President, National Publicity & Corporate Communications at (310) 255-3855

Major advertiser censors content of CBS programming

The following story from E Online.com should scare readers of these updates.

CBS, a member of the Viacom family of networks, which broadcasts WWF programming on TNN and MTV; apparently gave in to advertiser objections about the theme of an episode of "Family Law" and pulled the episode, when advertiser Proctor and Gamble threatened to withdraw advertising.

"...CBS Tidies Up for Advertiser

Marcus Errico, E! Online.com

Procter & Gamble makes the world a shinier, happier place. Now, thanks to the maker of Tide, Cascade and Head & Shoulders, CBS is cleaning up its act.

CBS pulled a rerun of Family Law Monday after Procter & Gamble deemed the episode too controversial for its family-friendly image and decided not to advertise on the drama.

The network--mired in an industry-wide advertising slump and desperate for ad dollars--decided to bump the episode (in which a young child uses his mother's handgun to kill a sibling) and replace it with a less controversial show (about spousal abuse) that Procter & Gamble approved of.

For its part, CBS denies the advertiser had any undue influence on the network. 'This was an ordinary, internal decision in the process of scheduling summer reruns,' says CBS spokesman Gil Schwartz. 'If you only plan to repeat a few episodes of a series, it is common business sense to rebroadcast the episodes with the most sales potential.'

According to The New York Times, more than half the 24 episodes of Family Law from last season failed to make the summer schedule--many of which deal with such hot-button topics as the death penalty, abortion and interfaith marriage.

The Times also reports CBS could not name another show that had been pre-empted due to advertiser objection..."

It should be noted that Proctor and Gamble are listed by the Parents Television Council as refusing to run advertising on WWF programming; yet routinely advertises on daytime dramatic programming featuring adult themes airing during hours when children can easily view it. They also produce three daytime dramas, the Young And The Restless, As The World Turns, and Guiding Light.

If you'd like to offer your opinion to Proctor and Gamble on this matter, you can do so by snail mail/telephone at:

A. G. Lafley, President and CEO
Procter & Gamble Company
One Procter and Gamble Plaza
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 983-1100

You can also contact them online at this URL

You can contact Viacom by snail mail/telephone at:

Sumner Redstone, CEO
Viacom
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
(212) 258-6000

You can also do so via e-mail at info@viacom.com.

Media Counterstrike: Contact the media about what the PTC really is about

With all the mainstream press the PTC has received recently, we need to contact the same mainstream media sources, and let them know that there is more than one viewpoint on this subject.

Here is a list of mainstream media outlets for WFAC members and readers to contact regarding what the PTC really stands for, particularly their real track record of corporate terrorism, ties to the Unification Church, and outright libel, slander, defamation, and outright lying:

Newsweek
251 West 57th St.
New York, NY 10019
E-mail: letters@newsweek.com

Arizona Republic
200 E. Van Buren Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004
E-mail: http://www.arizonarepublic.com/opinions/sendaletter.html

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
72 Marietta Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
E-mail: conedit@ajc.com

The Boston Globe
P.O. Box 2378
Boston, MA 02107
E-mail: letter@globe.com
news@globe.com

Chicago Sun-Times
401 N. Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
E-mail: letters@suntimes.com

Dallas News
The Dallas Morning News
Box 655237
Dallas, Texas 75265
Call (214) 977-8222, fax (972) 263-0456, send letters via this URL or e-mail wrestling writer Cody Monk at cmonk@dallasnews.com

Los Angeles Times
Times Mirror Square
Los Angeles, CA 90053
E-mail: letters@latimes.com

Miami Herald
1 Herald Plaza
Miami, FL 33101
E-mail: HeraldEd@herald.com

The Herald's Jim Varsallone has been very supportive of the efforts of the anti-PTC movement.

The New York Times
229 West 43rd Street
New York, New York 10036
E-mail: letters@nytimes.com

The Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia Daily News
400 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19101
E-mail: Inquirer.Opinion@phillynews.com, DailyNews.Opinion@phillynews.com and michaeltearson@yahoo.com (Michael Tearson, Daily News wrestling writer)

USA Today
1000 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22229
E-mail: editor@usatoday.com

The Washington Post
1150 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20071
E-mail: Letterstoed@washpost.com

ABC News
77 West 66th Street
New York, New York 10023

CBS News
524 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019

UPN
Mr. Dean Valentine, President & CEO
United Paramount Network
11800 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
UPN general number: (310) 575-7000

Cable News Network
P.O. Box 105366
One CNN Center
Atlanta, Georgia 30348
E-mail: feedback@cnn.com
cnn.onair@cnn.com

Fox News/Fox News Channel
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
E-mail: comments@foxnews.com

MSNBC and CNBC
2200 Fletcher Avenue
Ft. Lee, NJ 07024
E-mail: hardball@cnbc.com
letters@msnbc.com
opinion@msnbc.com
TheNews@msnbc.com

NBC News
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
E-mail: dateline@news.nbc.com
nightly@news.nbc.com
today@news.nbc.com

If the PTC won't remove certain companies from their "Good Guy" list, let's help them out...

Since the seven major companies falsely listed as "no longer advertising on WWF programming" (see stories below) haven't taken definite steps to mandate the removal of their corporate names from the so-called "Good Guys" list on the PTC website; it's time for us to demand that they do it ourselves.

The PTC can be reached via e-mail at editor@parentstv.org or at ptcmembers@parentstv.org

It can be reached via snail mail at:

Parents Television Council
325 South Patrick Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

Via telephone at (800) 882-6868 or via L. Brent Bozell's assistant Deborah Thomas at (703) 684-1699.

In each of these cases, please be sure to write, e-mail, or call only once in a polite and literate manner, using no profanity.

Make clear that the stated information regarding ConAgra, M&M/Mars, 1-800-CALL-ATT, 1-800-COLLECT, Pep Boys, Burger King, Ford Motor Company, Wrigley Gums, and the US Armed Forces is intentionally in error, and should be removed from their website immediately to avoid possible additional legal sanctions from the companies in question; or citation in the WWFE-PTC lawsuit.

You may also wish to contact the companies themselves and remind them that the PTC is using their corporate trademark, corporate logos, and other intellectual properties to publicize the PTC cause without permission from their company to do so.

Further, it's time to contact the webhost for the PTC, Special Systems.Net, and make them aware of the nature of the potentially defamatory comments on the PTC's website.

Ask Special Systems.Net whether or not these actions of the PTC constitute a TOS (Term of Service) violation. Point out the WWFE lawsuit against the PTC and Media Research Center to them...and that their company might possibly bear a legal responsibility if they knowingly carry libelous, slanderous or defamatory material on their servers.

You can contact:

Mark Schultz
Special Systems, Inc.
5033 Huntwood Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
Call at (703) 383-3900, by fax at (703) 383-9898, or e-mail at solutions@specialsystems.com.

In writing to Special Systems, Inc. as well, please be sure to write, e-mail, or call only once in a polite and literate manner, using no profanity.

Please forward any non-auto replies that you receive to WFAC.

PTC "Good Guy" Advertising Scoreboard...

To the shock of absolutely no one, the PTC has continued its campaign of lies about the status of WWF advertisers; now including Ford Motor Company.

Here's the scoreboard for episodes of RAW or Smackdown episodes that have featured advertisements by so-called PTC "Good Guys", from January 1, 2001 to the present:

ConAgra
RAW 30/Smackdown 20/Heat 20
Sponsor of SummerSlam 2001

1 800 CALL ATT
RAW 24/Smackdown 3/Heat 6

M&M/Mars
RAW 29/Smackdown 4/Heat 18
Sponsor of Wrestlemania 2001 and King of the Ring 2001

Burger King
RAW 21/Smackdown 1/Heat 1

US Army/other military agencies
RAW 6/Smackdown 12

Pep Boys
RAW 11

1-800-COLLECT (MCI World.com)
RAW 24/Smackdown 3/Heat 4

Ford Motor Company
RAW 4/Smackdown 5

Wrigley
Heat 1

Readers may wish to send a note to the WWF sponsors above falsely listed as having withdrawn advertising from WWFE programming. Thank them for their sponsorship; and remind them again that their names are again being falsely used by the PTC as part of their propaganda campaign.

Suggest that the company (or their legal representative) sends a cease and desist letter to the PTC immediately, demanding their company's name be removed from any and all sections of the PTC website, and that a retraction be sent out in the next PTC E-Alert.

Here is their contact information:

Canadian readers can call (800) 565-3673 from 8:00 am-8:00 pm ET (Monday-Friday) or 9:00 am-6:00 pm ET (Saturdays); or can write them at:
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, Customer Relationship Centre,
P.O. Box 2000, Oakville, Ontario, L6J 5E4

UK readers can call Ford Motor Company at: 08457 111 888 or write them at: Ford Information Service, P.O. Box 25149, Glasgow, G2 4XF

Please visit Wrestling Fans Against Censorship and PWBTS 2000 for your wrestling news and opinions.

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