CNN News tipline

[Fonna]

Well, its another something to try. This is the link to CNN News tip line.
Maybe if enough people ask them to look into this they may be interested in doing a story.
I mean this is Disney after all! Disney the family entertainment group is pulling its free on-line game and effectively hurting thousands and thousands of players. yet their less popular pay games are not closing.
I have posted this elsewhere in the hopes we could possibly get more help from a media source.
I figure it can't hurt. But it would take lots of people asking them to look into its news worthiness.

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/tips/newstips.html​

 

[Imagineer_Tech]

When you want to screw with corperations you bring in CNN! ::

 

[VMKAddictTrueTrue]

try entertainment tonight or 20/20 or 60 minutes or one of those that more kids watch.. I GOT ITTTTTT Good Morning America

 

[Imagineer_Tech]

try entertainment tonight or 20/20 or 60 minutes or one of those that more kids watch.. I GOT ITTTTTT Good Morning America

Good Morning America = ABC channel parent company is DISNEY. lets stick to CNN

 

[OneDisney]

Would be interesting if it actually happens.

 

[Amber_Kait]

alright,
this actually isn't a bad idea.
just, what exactly do we say?

 

[seaturtledude]

alright,
this actually isn't a bad idea.
just, what exactly do we say?

Yes-

I was wondering the same.

 

[Disney Dreams]

No clue what it would do but.........

You could tell them about an online community that has made a difference in your life (and tell them how) and that it is closing. Tell them the human interest side of why they should care about it from a news perspective.

 

[Fonna]

alright,
this actually isn't a bad idea.
just, what exactly do we say?

Well that link is an easy fill out form, tell them just the facts. ~
Disney Corp is pulling its free online game out from under thousands of players after 3 whole years while they leave the pay games up.

Tell them the titles of fan sites they can look into (the journalists) to get more information.

The interesting thing is that form asks what country you are from. Perhaps some UK people will fill it out - CNN would see that it is international, anything would help.


Just need to make them interested enough to look into it, a good journalist would know what to do.

 

[Amber_Kait]

The interesting thing is that form asks what country you are from. Perhaps some UK people will fill it out - CNN would see that it is international, anything would help.

ahhh; that is very trueee!
hopefully we can get some UK people to fill it out, but do you really think CNN would do something like VMK? :/

 

[Talons]

Don't forget about us Canadians eh

 

[Fonna]

shh; that is very truer!
hopefully we can get some UK people to fill it out, but do you really think CNN would do something like VMK? :/

Again~ it can't hurt to try.​

Disney is a big company. That would be the draw. How does it look to have them close the door in the face of all the kids and families that play VMK. People that love Disney and visit their theme parks.

How many of you are going to feel a tiny sadness inside the next time you go to Disney and remember VMK. If you have been playing a long time it is going to be difficult to separate the two.

I mean COME ON! They are closing the door on a free game they offered, not the pay ones. UH MONEY is more important to them. Do they want that splashed all over the news?

 

[Shaymojack]

Another good thing to do is to link to the petition. I'm sure that would help a lot.

 

[VMKAddictTrueTrue]

i do have a vmk phone number somewhere i will post a thread when i find it

 

[taz]

Post if something happens

 

[bevgray]

Add some useful human interest tales as to how VMK made a difference to real life children such as Slinkyman using it to help his morale during those difficult months of treatement, children with autism who have opened up and learned social skills, etc. (make sure you have permission before you cite "real" people though). These are the things that make it more than "just another dumped web page". Tell them how it affected your own family (the only online game the entire family can play together - and I can't believe that Disney hasn't capitalized on that angle and made this their flagship online game instead of the more limited in appeal POTC and ToonTown).

 

[Imagineer_Tech]

I sent a long heartfelt letter hopefully it helps.

 

[bevgray]

As long as we're doing CNN, why not FOX. They're supposed to be all about family values and stuff.

 

[AmberDaze]

I sent an email to Fox News... ureport@foxnews.com

 

[MPhins13]

As long as we're doing CNN, why not FOX. They're supposed to be all about family values and stuff.

Bill O'Reilly is a BIG child supporter. He loves to do things for children and get stories exposure