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The ClubHouse: Big Brother 2000: General - Archives: Houseguests: George: * Sign Petition For George Against CBS's Media Spin *: Archive through September 22, 2000

Guruchaz

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 07:56 am Click here to edit this post

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/bbgeorge/petition.html

Rufusgriswold

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 08:28 am Click here to edit this post

Interesting. There were 17,000 signatures trying to get Brittany back in the house. I'm curious to see how many people actually sign this silly thing. CBS showed George the way he was. They also showed public support for him. If viewers interpreted those incidents negatively (as I did), it is simply proof that there are two sides to every issue. I'm still waiting for the Chicken Man to address the issue of poor taste in regard to his "I've been blasted" scenario. Until he can effectively explain that, all of the wild laughter and charming smiles are not going to alter my distaste for this silly, inconsequential human being.

Guruchaz

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 08:30 am Click here to edit this post

The petition is not about getting him back into the house. Read it.

Twiggyish

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 08:37 am Click here to edit this post

I don't know. It seems like George is "blaming" CBS for his stupid human tricks. While George may be a good person, it doesn't excuse his "entertainment". Sorry.

Rufusgriswold

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 08:38 am Click here to edit this post

I know what the petition is about, for goodness sakes. I was making reference to the fact that Brittany had a lot of fans and questioning whether George is similarly blessed. If you read the second part of my message then you can see that I refer precisely to what the petition is about. But thanks for your input.

Latearriver

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 08:39 am Click here to edit this post

I am sorry but this is just plain silly. Look at how Mega, Jordan, Britt, Karen, Eddie and Jamie have been edited and George fared no worse than they did.

I enjoyed George's skits outside of the RR but those, the ones he kept hidden from the other HGs were very offensive to me.

If George fans have such wonderful senses of humor, why does it seem as if they have lost them now?

Sugarwater

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 08:50 am Click here to edit this post

Other than giving his antics air time, I can't see where CBS did anything to him. Sorry can't find a reason to sign this one.

Shmoopie

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 08:52 am Click here to edit this post

Sugarwater-

I agree completely with you. No reason to sign it either.

Nice try though..

Battlestar

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 08:56 am Click here to edit this post

No--all of the guests have had some negative spins and some positive spins.

So--sorry this is one signature you aren't getting

Rufusgriswold

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 09:01 am Click here to edit this post

You're off to a good start, Guruchaz. :)

Chris

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 09:03 am Click here to edit this post

No thanks. The "spin" on George was not any more biased than it has been for any other HG.

Guruchaz

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 09:13 am Click here to edit this post

The petition has picked up over 150 signatures in the first 30 minutes. I say it's doing quite well.

Whether you believe it or not, CBS did spin the media when they wanted Rockford to "stage" another party at Scanlan's Restaurant. This has been admitted to by a CBS producer in order to divert attention away from George since so many people expected him to win. He also said that Teresa was contacted by them, not the other way around. CBS's first mistake was this staged event. Their second mistake was letting a loose-lipped producer speak. May CBS reap the whirlwind.

Sign it or not, but it's doing very well.

Snogrl

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 09:14 am Click here to edit this post

So if CBS put a bad spin on George, please tell what they left out that would have improved public opinion. I watch alot (my family says too much) of the video feeds and it seemed accurate to me.

Oh, and I'd let go of the Rosie O'Donnell idea - yesterday on her show she said she was glad he was gone.

Battlestar

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 09:15 am Click here to edit this post

Guruchaz---You'd better go back and read the comments. Many of them are very negative. I think whoever started this petition should rethink it---it could backfire and blow up in George's face.

and I did not add a signature/ negative or positve

Rufusgriswold

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 09:16 am Click here to edit this post

Oh, and I'd let go of the Rosie O'Donnell idea - yesterday on her show she said she was glad he was gone.

Way to go, Rosie! :)

Femmef8l

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 09:16 am Click here to edit this post

How do you say: GIVE ME A BREAK! in cyber talk? LOL

Sentinel

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 09:42 am Click here to edit this post

First of all, this is not a petition, it's a fan letter to George. A petition is a letter that demands change. In other words, if this were a true petition, you would be asking CBS, et. al, for something to rectify (i.e.: public apology) what it was that you feel they did wrong. This "petition" does not do this. All it merely states is that George has fans in the US and Canada and that those fans did not find anything wrong with what George, Teresa, Rockford, etc., did. That's fine. However, that is not the purpose of a petition. :)

Biggrandmother

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 10:22 am Click here to edit this post

150 signatures in the first 30 minutes.
Now it's an hour later, and you've only added 50 more.
If 50/hour as the average rate (attributing the first 150 to an initial flurry), your petition will reach the 17,000 signatures acquired by Brittney's somewhere around October 6th.

HOWEVER...if every hour your rate of signature acquisition decreases by 1/3 (as it has so far), your petition will peter out in approximately 5 more hours with a total of 225 signatures. (When less than .68 percent of one person will sign each hour).

BUT...if you want to continue adding fractions of people (assuming that when they add up to one, another person might have signed) continuing with 1/3 less each hour, your petition will reach 17,000 signatures by the year 7.98 x 10 to the 17th AD. Sadly, the sun will engulf the earth shortly before then.

Rufusgriswold

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 10:25 am Click here to edit this post

Biggrandmother - LOL. That was great!

Delia

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 10:34 am Click here to edit this post

Sugarwater wrote: Other than giving his antics air time, I can't see where CBS did anything to him.


Absolutely. I have watched the video feeds extensively (throughout the day and night of the series) and the TV show only showed George as he truly was. Cameras don't lie and this applies to all the HGs. CBS and Endemol have only shown the HGs as they truly were/are. The HGs are--whether they want to admit it or not--just as we have seen them 24/7. That's my opinion.

Delia

Sensfan

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 10:35 am Click here to edit this post

I won't sign this petition ... because I think they're pointless but comparing this one with a petition to keep an annoyance in the house is like comparing apples and oranges.

Rufusgriswold

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 10:43 am Click here to edit this post

Which one's the apple and which one's the orange?

My reference to the Brittany petition was solely related to comparing the popularity of the two. I suggest that George is considerably less liked than Brittany was. This petition, badly written as it is, may quickly demonstrate that.

Guruchaz

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 11:43 am Click here to edit this post

I didn't write it, but was just pointing it out. I don't care if you sign it or not. Most George-Haters won't and it's not for you anyway.

Rufusgriswold

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 11:45 am Click here to edit this post

So there.

Twiggyish

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 01:42 pm Click here to edit this post

Also, did anyone see CBS twisting George's arm to put on the those ridiculous costumes? How about changing his hair color? I was sure I saw CBS telling him to make it green/blue/yellow. Give us a break.
I can see how this is going to go.. Poor George. CBS made him look so bad. Georgie didn't do anything to offend anybody.. oh so sad.