Reader Mike8813’s local ABC affiliate decided that the last minute of game 3 of the NBA Finals was a good time to conduct a monthly required test of the EAS. Whoops!
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ABC Tests The Emergency Alert System During The Last Minute Of Last Night's NBA Finals Game
By 6.11.08
FCC Probably Powerless To Fine ABC Over Diane Keaton's "Fucking Personality"
By 1.16.08
Diane Keaton, while appearing live on “Good Morning America,” told Diane Sawyer that she’s admired her looks, particularly her lips, saying “that if she had lips like that she wouldn’t have had to work on her ‘fucking personality’ and would be married by now.” Obviously, Diane Keaton is awesome, but FCC chairman Kevin Martin is notoriously fond of attempting to punish stations that allow free spirited celebrities to slip in a few “shits” and “fucks” into their live television appearances.
Clip Of Meghann On ABC's i-Caught
By 9.5.07
We think the online video can be effective escalation tool, as it were, as long as you’ve made reasonable efforts to contact the company and exhausted normal channels. The guidelines for making a good complaint still apply. That said, everytime you make a consumer complaint video, a new kitten is born.
Welcome, i-Caught Viewers
By 9.5.07
Hello to those coming to our site after watching us on ABC’s i-Caught!
Meghann On ABC's i-Caught Tonight, 9/8 Central
By 9.4.07
Meghann is going to be on ABC’s i-Caught tonight, 9/8 central.
Full Vid Of Meghann On Good Morning America
By 1.22.07
The report was “Credit Card Wars” and discussed some of the pitfalls credit card users face. Meghann chimed in about how retailer’s zero-percent finance offers are often like credit cards and how consumers need to be wary.
UPDATED: Meghann On Good Morning America
By 1.21.07
The actual soundbite clocks in at around 9 seconds, so don’t hiccup or you’ll miss it. We’ve already registered “Consumerist Website” as our new URL to take advantage of the traffic flow. — BEN POPKEN
Consumerist On Good Morning America This Saturday
By 1.18.07
Watch Team Consumerist’s soundbites on Good Morning America, this Saturday, 1/20/07, 8:35 am (eastern time) on ABC. Check your local listings. The subject is credit cards, the tricks they use to attract new customers and what to watch out for. You’ll probably see us for only fives seconds, so watch closely.
Debt Collectors Gone Wild
By 1.18.07
20/20 conducted a three-month investigation into the wacky world of debt collectors and what they found will revolt you. They’ve got several recordings and transcripts up.
Furniture Tags Lie About Materials
By 11.21.06
“The federal government used to set specific standards for furniture labeling, but dropped the rules four years ago after the industry complained the standards were outdated.”
Welcome, 20/20 Viewers
By 10.14.06
Hi! Thanks for visiting The Consumerist. Hope you enjoyed the show on ABC.
Consumerist On 20/20 Friday Night
By 10.12.06
Set the TiVo for Friday, Oct 13, ABC’s 20/20, 10 PM Eastern Time. Editor Ben Popken chats with “Give Me A Break!” John Stossel about consumers recording their customer service experiences and sharing them online. Nice timing with the Google YouTube buy, no?
Consumerist On 20/20, Oct 13
By 9.30.06
Unlike normal, today’s 7 hour post delay is attributable not to a drunken stupor.
20/20 Piece On Consumer Vigilantism
By 9.6.06
We just got off the phone with Polly Kreisman, 20/20 producer and former investigative consumer reporter with her own segment on WB11, Polly Wants An Answer. Polly wants to interview us for a story she’s putting together about consumers sharing recorded audio and video online to “out” bad customer service experiences. She needs 4 or 5 examples for the piece. Some of our favorites include:
Consumerist On Nightline
By 7.17.06
Here’s the video of us on Nightline along with Vincent Ferrari this past Friday, July 14th. People seem to enjoy the part where we say “So?” We like it when Vincent says “Vent their spleen!” Though we really wished they included our metaphor about crack rocks. Nightline definitely nails the best rendering of the cancel call we’ve seen. They re-edited the recording to leave in the juicy bits, then present the transcript with snazzy bubbles.
In All Fairness…
By 7.12.06
We did our sit-down with Nightline tonight. It was fun. Among the many questions they asked, two stuck out in particular.
