....to a brainwashed country that denies science and the facts?
The Kochs funded the Tea Party for their own personal agenda. Would polluters want regulation? Would gazillionares want to pay taxes?
Will we follow them over the cliff for a controlled media?
If you object, please add your name to the petition below.
Petrochemical
billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch are vying to purchase the Tribune
Company’s media assets, including TV stations across the country and major
papers with a history of reliable climate coverage.
Under Koch ownership, millions of readers and
TV viewers will no longer get the full story on climate. If the Kochs buy
Tribune, we can say goodbye to pieces like Dr. James Hansen’s editorial against
the Keystone XL pipeline, which appeared in the LA Times last week.
Sign the petition to Tribune CEO Peter
Liguori: “Do not sell the LA Times or other major assets to David and Charles Koch, or any climate-denying propagandists.”
The owners of the Tribune Company are soliciting
offers on the papers now. All of us who rely on a free and honest press are key
stakeholders in the decision. If enough of us make it clear that we
don’t want nationally influential papers—from the LA Times to the the
widely-read Spanish publication Hoy—turned into a propaganda outlets
for climate deniers, the Tribune Company board will have to listen.
Our friends at Daily Kos and the Courage Campaign
have already mobilized 100,000 people to tell the Tribune Company to stay
Koch-free because of their anti-science, anti-health, anti-labor agenda.
Add your voice against Koch ownership of the Tribune Company by signing
the petition:
Tribune CEO Peter Liguori has said he is committed to
“best-in-class journalism” for his company—something that would be underminded
if anti-science billionaires take ownership. These news outlets aren’t just
financial assets, they’re essential assets to a healthy democracy. Millions of
people count on them for unbiased reporting and well-respected political
endorsements.
We've come to rely on papers like the LA
Times for strong coverage. When out-of-state oil companies, including Koch
Industries, tried to repeal California's first-in-the-nation global warming law
in 2010, it took great coverage and a strong editorial by the state's largest
paper, the Times, to help defeat Prop 23. But the carbon kings didn't
give up there—they want to buy the Times and other major assets in
order to push radical climate change denial on the general public.
Now, they want to expand their audience from corrupt
politicians and misinformed voters to the big time. The purchase of Tribune
would give the Koch brothers ownership over television stations in major cities
like New York, San Diego, Chicago, and Houston, in addition to some of the
biggest papers in the country, including the LA Times, the Chicago
Tribune, and the Baltimore Sun. We can't allow
hallowed journalistic institutions to become mouthpieces for the Kochs' corrupt
agenda.
When you sign the petition, please add a comment
about why strong climate reporting and editorials are important to you. By
showing Tribune Company executives that the public counts on them for accurate
and informative journalism, we can help persuade them not to sell to climate
change deniers.
Factually yours,
Brad, Jordan, Daniel, Emily, and the rest of the Forecast the Facts team
MORE INFORMATION
LA Weekly: Are the Koch Brothers Trying to
Buy the Los Angeles Times?
http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/29?t=12&akid=27.64594.jEj3s_
http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/29?t=12&akid=27.64594.jEj3s_
The Nation: Charles Koch Reflects on Last
Election, Promises to Do More to ‘Persuade Politicians’
http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/30?t=14&akid=27.64594.jEj3s_
http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/30?t=14&akid=27.64594.jEj3s_
The Independent: Billionaires secretly fund
attacks on climate science
http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/31?t=16&akid=27.64594.jEj3s_
http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/31?t=16&akid=27.64594.jEj3s_
Los Angeles Times: No on Prop 23
http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/32?t=18&akid=27.64594.jEj3s_
http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/32?t=18&akid=27.64594.jEj3s_
Daily Kos: Los Angeles Times relents and
decides to run anti-Koch ad
http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/46?t=20&akid=27.64594.jEj3s_
Los Angeles Times: The Pipeline to Disasterhttp://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/46?t=20&akid=27.64594.jEj3s_
http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/63?t=22&akid=27.64594.jEj3s_
Forecast the Facts is a grassroots organization that empowers people to fight climate change denial and promote accurate information about the climate crisis. You can follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook. Help us end climate denial once and for all by contributing here.
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