CAMPAIGN PLAN
STEVE PATTEN vs CBS NEWS
Steve Patten Editor, Lee & Grant
International 2029 Verdugo Boulevard #210, Montrose, California 91020 Telephone: 1-800-533-4726 Text:
(770) 402-2948 E-mail: ppmntpatti@aol.com or
leeandgrant@leeandgrant.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Campaign
in Brief next page
Strategic
Objective page
1
Method for Achieving Strategic
Objective page
1
Tactics for Achieving Strategic
Objective page
1
Personnel Required page
2
Time Allotted for Campaign page
3
Budgeted Cost page
3
Financing the Campaign page
3
Attachment 1: My $14 Million Bill To CBS News page 5
Background on Steve Patten vs CBS
Attachment 2: CBS News and My Expense Reports page 7
Attachment 3: Steve’s Resume page 8
Attachment 4: Edward R. Murrow and Annie Lee Moss page 10
Attachment 5: Most recent letter to CBS News President page 12 David Rhodes and invoice
Attachment 6: CBS News expense reports, 21 January
1987
CAMPAIGN IN BRIEF
Background
Steve Patten is
a former reporter for CBS News who reported for CBS in the 1970s and 1980s on
television and radio from around the world.
CBS News management then informed Steve it had been told he was secretly
a CIA agent using journalism as a cover.
Steve vehemently denied it and demanded to know where CBS got its
information. CBS would never reveal its
source(s), eventually fired Steve in 1985, and refused to reimburse him for
expenses at his last duty station for CBS in Seoul, South Korea.
Objective
Recover expense
monies due. Steve demanded for years
following his firing that CBS pay the monies owed. In January 2016 Steve wrote CBS News
president David Rhodes again demanding payment.
CBS again refused, using the excuse that the demand for expense
reimbursement was far too late, that is, in 2016. CBS has had these expense reports for 30
years and Steve so advised Mr. Rhodes.
CBS has still declined to pay.
Steve’s latest billing to CBS is dated 25 April 2017, and including
interest and late fees, is for $18 million plus.
Method for Achieving Objective
Conduct a
coordinated public relations effort to convince CBS its reputation it projects
as an ethical and responsible news organization will substantially suffer in
this age of political correctness by continuing to refuse to meet its financial
obligation to one of its former reporters who it had unjustly accused of being
a CIA agent and then fired.
Likelihood of Success for this Campaign
At Fox News the
need to protect its corporate image in the light of alleged misconduct by its
leading journalist, Bill O’Reilly, whose presence on-air brought Fox millions
of dollars and first place in the ratings, resulted in the Fox decision to
dismiss Mr. O’Reilly.
It is not
unreasonable to conclude that CBS, also seeking to protect its corporate image,
will decide under the pressure of public scrutiny brought on by this campaign
that it is in its own interest to settle with Steve.
Call to Action
If you wish to
learn more about this campaign and possibly become involved, please read on to
the full campaign plan that starts on the following page. Contact information for Steve is on the cover
page.
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