Bozell Letter to Comcast Chairman Concerning Comments Made by Current TV's Bill Press
June 13, 2012
Mr. Brian L. Roberts
Chairman
Comcast Corporation
Dear Chairman Roberts:
The Star-Spangled Banner
evokes feelings of pride and patriotism in most Americans. But not in Bill
Press, who slurred our National Anthem as an “abomination.”
The Current TV host hates
the National Anthem so much that he is “embarrassed” every time he hears it.
Comcast owns a ten percent
stake of Current's parent company, Current Media LLC. As a major stakeholder
in a company that employs Bill Press, I haven’t read or heard where you have
condemned Bill Press for his hateful, offensive and unpatriotic slurring
of The Star-Spangled Banner.
As a left-wing elitist
uncomfortable with the idea of American exceptionalism, Bill Press finds the
notion that America is the home of the brave
“stupid.”
Mr. Press is equally disgusted by the “military jargon” that pervades
the defining patriotic song of the nation. Apparently, he is dismissing the
fact that Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during
the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. The
so-called military jargon Bill Press finds so deplorable is an ode to American
patriots fighting and dying to save our young republic; it is indispensable to
the Anthem.
Mr. Roberts, Bill Press’s comments were
outside the realm of civil discourse. I call on you to promptly condemn and
repudiate his vicious slurring of our beloved National Anthem.
Failure to do so would signal tacit
endorsement of Bill Press’s comments.
I look forward to your statement. As soon
as we get your reply, we will post it on our site.
Sincerely,
L. Brent Bozell III
Founder and President
