Monday, February 8, 2010

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF CBS-TV SNUB DEAF PEOPLE (transcript)

Ridor, a deaf vlogger and blogger, mentioned that the "Late Show" ads during the Super Bowl telecast was not captioned at all on his latest "YouTube" vlog posting. He was very disappointed with lack of captions for several tv commericals (10 of them).

Here is the transcript of "The Late Show" ads what the CBS-TV did not choose to caption that very own promotional material of theirs -
Oprah, Leno, And Letterman Team Up For Super Bowl Ad (VIDEO)

Letterman grumbles, "This is the worst Super Bowl party ever."

"Now, Dave, be nice," Winfrey urges.

A disgruntled Leno replies that Letterman is only complaining "because I'm here."

In a whiny high voice, Dave mocks what Jay has just said.

Oprah shakes her head and sighs.

That's it. The spot only lasts 15 seconds.


LET'S BOYCOTT THE CBS-TV to let them know that we, Deaf America, ought not to take for granted.

The CBS-TV have the long history of being disrespectful toward deaf people over years like the telecast of 'Your Name is Jonah" telemovie with Jeff Bravin in the 1980s without any captions. The CBS-TV refused to caption their own tv shows while other major televison networks - ABC, NBC and PBS faithfully captioned their tv shows.

IT'S TIME FOR US TO WHIP THE CBS-TV FOR ITS OWN GOOD!

ASlize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
Posted by RLM at 2/08/2010 03:21:00 PM

7 comments:

  1. CBS = Can Be Suck!

    To CBS,

    You SUCK at respecting the Deaf and Hard of Hearing viewers! SCREW YOU!!

    -Bug
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  2. Don't forget that CBS isn't captioning their videos online either.

    Seems they've not learned from the protest in Rochester, NY, around 1985.
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  3. Bug,

    Your nickname for the CBS-TV is really a great one! I like it very much.

    Some groups called the CBS-TV =
    "Corporate Bullshit". :)

    Thanks for leaving your comment.

    RLM
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  4. RG,

    Really about the CBS's lack of captions for their video onlines?

    Thanks for the head-up on this one! :)

    RLM
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  5. "Your Name is Jonah" was lame. If it was captioned and you watched it, you knew you wasted your time.
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  6. Toby, it has not been captioned or subtitled since it was released and shown in 1979-1980.

    THIRTY YEARS!

    Zero captioning/subtitling on there. None of us deaf have an idea what's being said in there. The production company has had THIRTY YEARS to caption that damned show.

    Hulu has it, and it's not even captioned/subtitled. Amazon has it, but it's Video On Demand.
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  7. Toby,

    You are probably right about the CBS telemovie - "Your Name is Jonah" being pretty lame by today's standards. :)

    I have not seen this telemovie more than 30 years!

    RLM
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