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WANTED: 250,000 Americans to Fight Fake News & Government Propaganda
by Open-Publishing - Thursday 17 March 20051 comment
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The Center for Media and Democracy is working with Free Press to gather a quarter million signatures on our petition mobilizing the American public to fight fake news and government propaganda. On Sunday, the New York Times reported that at least 20 federal agencies have made and distributed pre-packaged, ready-to-serve television news segments to promote President Bush’s policies and initiatives. Congress’ Government Accountability Office determined that these "video news releases" were illegal "covert propaganda" and told federal agencies to stop. But last Friday, the White House ordered all agencies to disregard Congress’ directive. The Bush administration is using hundreds of millions of your tax dollars to manipulate public opinion. Here’s how to stop them.
Sign our petition and help us get 250,000 people to join our call to Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and local television stations. Tell Congress and the FCC to toughen and enforce laws against "covert propaganda" and demand that broadcasters come clean with viewers about using government-produced news. Join others in your community to create "citizen agreements" with your local TV stations to stop fake news broadcasts. These agreements are official documents filed at the FCC that — if broken — can be used to deny license renewals. Free Press will connect you with others in your area working to ensure local broadcasters identify the sources behind the "news."
Unless we speak out now, the White House will continue to act with impunity — taking advantage of understaffed and incautious local news operations to manipulate public opinion. Please take a few moments to sign the petition and forward this message to everyone you know. To learn more, read the in-depth report from Free Press on the systematic effort by the Bush administration to manipulate journalists and the American public.
Report from the free press:
http://freepress.net/propaganda/
Petition:
http://www.freepress.net/action/petition.php?n=fakenews
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Forum posts
18 March 2005, 09:24
Enough is enough. The FCC was flooded with e-mails and calls when they tried to hand consolidation over to the big 5 last year which was being pushed by Michael Powell, son of Collin and every bit a crook as all of Bush’s inside cronies are.... there has never been so much public outrage as with this issue and they found it wasn’t so easy to seceretly behind closed doors divide yup the communications pie and freez out fairness and freedom of the public air waves....it is time to get this one rolling once again...the bastards are at it again. Sign the petition and pass it on to as many people as you know who care about not letting propaganda be the only source of news in this country, there is almost no freedom left people so let’s try our best to get the word out on this one.