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I can't think of a better indication of intellectual bankruptcy than
a censorship campaign. <br>
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MoveOn, a long-time Democratic front organization, is understandably
concerned that people are seeing through their lies (e.g., that they
oppose the war, that they support the jobless, that they'll stop
foreclosures, etc.). But their response is not to change their
policies - or even tell the truth about them - but to try to shut up
their critics!<br>
<br>
This campaign deserves nothing but our contempt. --CGE<br>
<br>
<br>
On 8/27/10 2:48 PM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
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--- On <b>Fri, 8/27/10, Ilyse Hogue, MoveOn.org Political
Action <i><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:moveon-help@list.moveon.org"><moveon-help@list.moveon.org></a></i></b>
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<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">Did you hear that Fox
News' parent company came right out and <a
moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90114&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=1">gave
a
$1 million contribution directly to the
Republican party</a>? So much for "fair and
balanced."</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
Fox News is a problem. Which is why we want to
pass on this important email from our friends at
ColorOfChange, who've just
launched a new campaign to <span
style="font-weight: bold;">get Fox News off of
TVs in public spaces.</span> Check it out!</p>
<p>–Ilyse,
Robin, Jeff, Marika, and the rest of the team</p>
<p>–————Forwarded message—————<br>
From: James Rucker,
ColorOfChange.org<br>
Subject: Glenn Beck vs. Dr. King?</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
A year ago, Glenn Beck called the president a
racist who had a deep-seated hatred for white
people.<sup>1</sup> In just over
a week, he says he will "reclaim"<sup>2</sup> the
legacy of the civil rights movement by holding his
"Restoring
Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial in
Washington, D.C.—on the same day and place as Dr.
King's "I Have
a Dream" speech.<sup>3</sup></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">
You can get mad at Beck. </span>You can protest
and try to prevent him from stepping on Dr. King's
honor for one day. The
reality is that the next day—and five days a week
from there on out—Beck will be back on Fox News,
speaking to
millions and spreading hate, lies, and fear, as he
does every week.</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">The real problem
is Fox News. </span>Fox News gives Beck his
platform, and Fox promotes
his events—all despite Beck losing virtually all
of his major advertisers in the last year.</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
Fox's rhetoric is not just divisive; it's
dangerous. Last month, a heavily armed man got
into a gunfight with police after
he was pulled over on his way to kill people at
the Tides Foundation<sup>4</sup>—a non-profit that
was little known
until Glenn Beck repeatedly demonized it, claiming
it to be the center of a great conspiracy.<sup>5</sup>
Last year, Kansas
doctor George Tiller was gunned down while at
church<sup>6</sup> after Bill O'Reilly called him
a Nazi, a "baby killer,"
and warned of "Judgment Day."<sup>7</sup></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">
It's why today we're launching TurnOffFox, and
we hope you'll join us. </span>TurnOffFox is
the first step in our overall
effort to beat back the poison, hate, and division
of Fox. We'll get Fox turned off in stores,
restaurants, and other public
places—places where Fox pulls in new viewers and
gains legitimacy. But we need your help.</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
Click below to declare your household "Fox free"
and at the same time call on establishments in
your community
(and across the country) to follow your lead and
turn off Fox. Armed with thousands of signatures,
ColorOfChange members
will visit businesses in their communities that
play Fox, explain how divisive and dangerous it
is, and call on them to stop.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">And we'll give
you a FREE Turn Off Fox sticker when you do—it
takes just a moment:</span></p>
<p style="overflow: hidden; margin: 1em 0pt;">
<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90115&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=2">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90115&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=2</a></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
Some people watch Fox at home because it reflects
their view of the world; but there are others who
see it on TV in public
places and assume that it's legitimate news.<span
style="font-weight: bold;"> Fox News is often on
in bars, restaurants,
airport lounges, stores—appearing to be real
news, while spreading lies and fomenting hate
and division.
</span></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
The goal of Turn Off Fox is to reduce the number
of public TVs showing Fox News, while spreading
the word about Fox's poison
(and how it works) to those who don't know.</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
Signing up for the campaign is just the first
step. We make it easy for you to tell us about
businesses playing Fox. If you're
willing to talk with them, we'll provide you with
straightforward materials that explain why they
shouldn't be a party to
what Fox is doing. And if there are businesses you
know that want to tell the world they would never
play Fox, you can help
them declare themselves a "Fox-free zone."</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
As businesses <span style="font-weight: bold;">Turn
off Fox</span> and stand up as <span
style="font-weight: bold;">Fox Free</span>,
and as we encourage our friends and family to do
the same, we'll help make clear, to people across
the country, what Fox
is about. And we'll reduce their ability to do
harm.</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
Click the link below to join us and our partners
at Truthout.com in standing up to Fox, and we'll
give you a free TurnOffFox
sticker. And then please ask your friends and
family to do the same:</p>
<p style="overflow: hidden; margin: 1em 0pt;">
<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90115&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=3">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90115&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=3</a></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
Thanks and Peace,</p>
<p>–James, Gabriel, William, Dani, Milton, and the
rest of the ColorOfChange.org team</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
1. "Beck caps off week of race-baiting by calling
Obama a 'racist'," Media Matters, 07-30-2009
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90116&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=4">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90116&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=4</a></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
2. "Beck says his 8-28 rally will "reclaim the
civil rights movement. ... We were the people that
did it in the
first place'," Media Matters, 05-26-2010
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90117&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=5">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90117&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=5</a></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
3. "Glenn Beck's plans for rally on a hallowed
date and spot spurs countermarches," <span
style="font-style: italic;">The
Washington Post</span>, 08-17-2010
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90118&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=6">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90118&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=6</a></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
4. "I-580 gunman targeted ACLU, Tides Foundation,"
KGO-TV, 07-20-2010
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90119&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=7">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90119&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=7</a></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
5. "Beck denies being 'responsible' for planned
massacre at office of group he demonized," Media
Matters, 07-29-2010
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90120&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=8">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90120&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=8</a></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
6. "George Tiller Killed: Abortion Doctor Shot At
Church," AP /Huffington Post, 05-31-2009
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90121&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=9">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90121&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=9</a></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;">
7. "O'Reilly's campaign against murdered doctor,"
Salon, 05-31-2009
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank"
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90122&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=10">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90122&id=22947-10635882-iniwH3x&t=10</a></p>
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