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Sick of Beck's Fear Mongering? You are not alone
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Look what landed in my inbox today from the Free Press Action Fund...seems the 'real' journalist have had just about enough of him destroying the credibility of their profession.
Fear-mongering by the media is nothing new. But never before in our memory has it reached the fever pitch that I see every time I turn on cable news.
And no one in this pack of pundits has been more extreme than Glenn Beck. The Fox News Channel host concocts wild-eyed conspiracy theories, falsely labels people fascists and racists, and has hijacked the public debate over vital national issues.
Our concerns are not about partisanship; they're not about left versus right. They're about the media's responsibility to tell the truth. And it's why tens of thousands of Free Press activists signed our "Glenn Beck Doesn't Speak for Me" letter. Now, Free Press and ColorofChange are working together to make the media’s smear merchants pay the price for their attacks.
ColorofChange has asked all advertisers to pull their sponsorship from Beck's nightly program. More than 62 advertisers have listened, and the show's advertising revenues have plummeted -- making Beck a growing financial liability for Fox.
Please help us keep the pressure on by signing ColorofChange's call to action:
[link to colorofchange.org]
Some say that we should just ignore Glenn Beck’s media circus and it will go away. But Beck's attacks have actually harmed people. We need to tell Beck and his bosses that their efforts to stoke fear and prejudice come with consequences of their own.
Working together, Free Press and ColorofChange hope to send a clear message to other media as well: As we make critical decisions about the future of health care, the environment and our economy, we can’t let our media system be overrun by hysteria and misinformation.
Beck has a First Amendment right to say whatever he wants -- and we're not asking for him to be silenced. But he doesn't have the right to a cable news show funded by millions in corporate ad dollars. News media that have no sense of responsibility to the truth need to be held accountable, and they can be.
It's up to the public to speak out.
Thank you,
Josh Silver
Free Press
www.freepress.net James Rucker
ColorofChange
www.ColorofChange.org
P.S. Please help us spread this important campaign by forwarding this e-mail to your friends, sharing it on Facebook or posting your support on Twitter.
P.P.S. Free Press' Tim Karr just wrote a great blog post about what hosts like Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh are really afraid of: a diverse media system. Check it out.
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