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<title>Slog - Comments on KOMO Television Baits and Switches on Marijuana Infomercial</title>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma</link>
<description>Local televisions stations have refused to run an infomercial about marijuana laws because, according to one executive, the infomercial promotes the use of marijuana. But one of those stations, KOMO TV, made thousands of dollars without even airing the show. “Smoking marijuana is illegal and we don’t promote things that are illegal on our television station,” says Jim Clayton, KOMO&apos;s vice president and general manager. “We don’t tell people to go rob banks, either.” He says he rejected the program because airing it would jeopardize the station’s license with the Federal Communications Commission. “It supported that people smoke marijuana,” Clayton...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:26:59 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by max solomon</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>surprised? didn't think so.</p>]]></description>
<author>max solomon</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096151</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:35:20 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by IQ</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Well James Clayton makes a very good comparison - discussing marijuana reform is a lot like ROBBING A BANK.</p>

<p>Thank god KOMO only airs high quality, law abiding programming, none of that crap tv show with dudes robbing banks.</p>

<p>Could he be a bigger retard?</p>]]></description>
<author>IQ</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096174</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:40:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Volumes</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>This speaks volumes about KOMO and all the garbage they spew about "commitment to the community" blah blah blah.</p>

<p>I've seen the program.  It's very informative.  Drug law reform is only a matter of time.</p>

<p>The robbing banks comparison is priceless.  I think that tells us all we need to know about the executive leadership at KOMO.  They can't even make a valid argument.  They're idiots.  What did you expect from a guy like Clayton who came to Seattle from FOX in NY.</p>

<p>Everyone reading this should call and complain:<br />
KOMO (206) 404-4000<br />
</p>]]></description>
<author>Volumes</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096200</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096200</guid>
<category>Media</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:45:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by jackie treehorn</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Time for KOMO to win a Schrammie. </p>]]></description>
<author>jackie treehorn</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096249</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096249</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:56:32 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by 420</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>So by James Clayton's logic, Comcast On Demand advocates robbing banks?</p>]]></description>
<author>420</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096253</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096253</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:57:30 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by local news sucks</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Too funny.  Try Googling this Clayton guy and learn about what a talented guy he is..</p>

<p></p>

<p><a href="http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/archives/115821.asp" rel="nofollow">http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/archives/115821.asp</a></p>

<p>Efforts to kick start KOMO's newscast began in September, when Clayton changed the newscast's music and moved in a sharper-looking set with bolder blue tones. KOMO's logo used to consist of unassuming lowercase call letters, but that was replaced by commanding capital letters standing at attention on a dark background. </p>

<p><br />
Lovin' the bolder blue tones dude... they're like.. trippy and shit.. psychedelic.</p>]]></description>
<author>local news sucks</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096282</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:03:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Vince</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>So now free speech must be government approved? Fuck that!</p>]]></description>
<author>Vince</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096312</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096312</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:11:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Will in Seattle</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>You can't have pudding if you don't finish your broccoli.</p>]]></description>
<author>Will in Seattle</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096378</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096378</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:23:45 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by burgin99</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>You see, it's all cause the man wants to keep the weed down so that he can continue to make tons of money from the pharmaceutical companies. It's just a plant, maaan! </p>

<p>420 smoke weed everyday.</p>]]></description>
<author>burgin99</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096387</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:25:17 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by michael strangeways</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>well, obviously Keck needs to open up his checkbook and buy a tv station for the Stranger kooks to run so they could should shows like this...it would be like SCTV for the new millenium.</p>

<p>But who on the Stranger staff is the Edith Prickly?</p>]]></description>
<author>michael strangeways</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096397</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096397</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:27:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Black Market</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>It's much more important that people learn the hard facts about Cannabis causing such a severe reduction in body size that users melt into the couch. KOMO likely rejected the show because it failed to mention this phenomenon or the fact that the brain when exposed to Cannabis morphs into a fried egg, that every person who smokes Cannabis lives in their mom's basement and can't get a job, that the most common cause of death for fourteen year old boys is their friend shooting them with their dad's gun after smoking Cannabis, or that every black kid who smokes Cannabis hangs out on their front porch all day. It likely misses the mark on the most current reason to support Cannabis prohibition: If Cannabis were legalized, the terrorists win, as everyone knows terrorists bomb buildings in support of Cannabis legalization and not that they exploit prohibition-induced black market pricing to fund their operations.<br />
In short, I applaud KOMO for its diligent efforts to air the facts and not expose the public to any blatant misinformation.</p>]]></description>
<author>Black Market</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096400</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096400</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:27:32 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by COMTE</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>I think Ari's got the right kind of glasses - not cat-eyes, but they do sort of jump out from the page.</p>

<p>Oh, and KOMO is actually trying to sell their broadcast HQ, so if Keck can scrape up the scratch to take over the whole building, he's got himself a broadcast studio (broadcast equipment extra, presumably).</p>]]></description>
<author>COMTE</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096416</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096416</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:31:41 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by ...</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Meat, @8.  You can't have your pudding if you don't eat your MEAT.</p>]]></description>
<author>...</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096437</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096437</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:37:37 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Joe M</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>KOMO's not the only offender. Did anybody last night see KING 5's breathless account of an "extreme pot raid" in Grant County?</p>]]></description>
<author>Joe M</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096452</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096452</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:42:37 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Karlheinz Arschbomber</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Why is it that Rick Steves, whom I've hated for years for his cloying Europe travel monologues [trashing many nice little places with moronic American zombies who travel with a Steves checklist], is doing such a fantastic job on this cause?</p>

<p>I still hate his travel show/books, but the man is fantastic, I'd love to shake his hand and express my appreciation.</p>

<p>Oh yeah, fuck KOMO.</p>]]></description>
<author>Karlheinz Arschbomber</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096456</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096456</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:43:32 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Will in Seattle</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Every day in the Bush White House is extreme pot day.</p>

<p>Every. single. day.</p>]]></description>
<author>Will in Seattle</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096630</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096630</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:56:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by bob</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Using the same logic they would have refused to run shows in the 1950s that questioned Jim Crow laws.  Or basically any program that advocates civil disobedience.</p>

<p>Laws aren't set in rock, they change and morph in time, and they do that in response to public debate and conversation about those laws.  </p>

<p>And that's from someone who can't stand potheads.</p>]]></description>
<author>bob</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096748</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096748</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:24:10 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by David Wright</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>There is only one piece of logic that is, or should be, relevant to KOMO or any other TV station in considering whether to air this or any other paid advertising: will doing this make money for our shareholders?</p>

<p>In this case, the negative fallout, whether justified or not, could easily cost them more than the ad revenue.</p>]]></description>
<author>David Wright</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096792</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096792</guid>
<category>Media</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:08:16 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by lame</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>@18 KING ran the show 11 times.  I guess that pretty much destroys your "negative fallout" argument.</p>

<p>And where's the "negative fallout" for Comcast, where the show is still available on demand.</p>

<p>KING, the new preferred local affiliate for Stranger readers.<br />
</p>]]></description>
<author>lame</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096830</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096830</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:55:37 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by hackattack</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>You can view it at:<br />
www.marijuanaconversation.org</p>]]></description>
<author>hackattack</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096932</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096932</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:53:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by brokenlaws</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>You can see the show free at:<br />
www.marijuanaconversation.org</p>]]></description>
<author>brokenlaws</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096934</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096934</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:54:37 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by moslow</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>To Black market #11. Where do you get your information?? From G Bush. Get your head out of that nasty hole you've got it in and do some real research. Its Ignorant people like you that need to be educated of the facts of cannabis!! Not Reefer Madness.</p>

<p> Do you know US Govt. holds a patent on the medicinal use of cannabis (patent #6,630,507) for the prevention and treatment of a wide variety of diseases including stroke, trauma, auto-immune disorder, HIV dementia, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. It was based on research done at the NIH, and the assignee is the US Dept. of Health and Human Services.</p>

<p> This patent, awarded, not by, but TO the US Government completely contradicts the official stance that cannabis has no current medical applications..<br />
 Mabe you should watch it. You could not be more wrong with what you wrote. I hate Ignorance with a voice.   J Johnson<br />
</p>]]></description>
<author>moslow</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096978</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1096978</guid>
<category>Media</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:23:45 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by derek</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>@22:  Do you need a link to a sarcasm to english dictionary?</p>]]></description>
<author>derek</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1097043</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1097043</guid>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:11:32 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by moslow</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>@23 You have something to say?? No sarcasm Only Facts!!!  As far as an english dictionary look up F and then O.....You and the other Idiot should get together or are you one in the same?? Either way you both need to get informed or keep your ignorance to yourself!! Racist talk about black kids and your brain frying like an egg from smoking pot.. Freaking stupid and uninformed. Not a bit of truth in B M's post and you come back with a question to me about  sarcasm to english dictionary?<br />
 Thank the Gov. for your alcohol that has burnt your brains like a candle.......<br />
</p>]]></description>
<author>moslow</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1097353</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1097353</guid>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:09:59 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by darral good (seattle420</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/374022_webltrs8.html" rel="nofollow">http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/374022_webltrs8.html</a></p>

<p>doesn't anyone else ever write when we see local stories every day in the paper about grow houses getting busted and medical examiners who steal dead people's drugs (low)</p>]]></description>
<author>darral good (seattle420</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/komo_television_baits_and_switches_on_ma#c1098526</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:13:32 -0800</pubDate>
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