Flag Lapel Pins And Abc

Abc hosted a fascinating nightline a few weeks ago on the subject of patriotism and the press in times of war.

Flag lapel pins and abc.

Abc has banned their on air personnel from wearing american flag pins. Abc put the ban in place long before anyone ever even heard of obama. Abc news banned american flag lapel pins and other patriotic insignia as a sign of neutrality versions of the claim have existed online for nearly 20 years but a facebook post shared. Obama did not ban the use of flag lapel pins either.

Thus spawned the false claim about abc news enacting a new policy banning lapel pins in the wake of the sept. That decision saddened ted koppel who. Abc news joins obama and bans american flag lapel pins. No flags please we re american.

The network never specifically singled out american flag lapel pins it prohibited its reporters from wearing any lapel pin on the air. Abc has banned their on air personnel from wearing american flag pins. Abc news bans flag lapel pins this is what we get from the present attitudes in washington. 11 2001 attacks that claimed the lives of nearly 3 000 people.

And she works for abc. The point is that your email says abc news joins obama and bans flag lapel pins. David westin former abc news president told cnn in a 2012 interview that he made the decision to keep the long standing policy intact in the chaotic days following the attacks. Abc puts away the flag pins.

Abc news banned american flag lapel pins and other patriotic insignia as a sign of neutrality versions of the claim have existed online for nearly 20 years but a facebook post shared by user curt smith in may 2019 has recently garnered attention. They should have called it a night on the defensive near the end the panel discussion turned to fox s tony snow who mischievously wore a flag pin on his lapel. This was not a recent event. Barbara walters said that this was going to hurt abc bad.

This is the kind of thing that adds fuel to a spark that is smoldering in this country today that will explode into a war soon. Please note that when the message above says abc news banned flag lapel pins yesterday it s referring to a date in 2001. This was not a recent event.