The Furious Spinner

A coup d'etat has taken place in this country. We're not waiting for it—it has happened. We can begin to unravel it, however, with this election. The right is fighting hard and they are fighting dirty. They will lie, cheat, and cause harm to get what they want. Part of their strategy is that they keep framing the discussion: they know how to use the language. They know how to get people to believe what isn't true: they just keep repeating the lie. They don't explain themselves; they don't justify themselves; they repeat the lie so that it become a form of hypnotism. This is such a dangerous and wonderful time in our history. It is dangerous because they could win. It is wonderful because the people could wake up and seize the day!

As a liberal/progressive, you are probably confused by much of what has happened. You've known there were conservatives out there, you knew there were people who were waiting for the rapture, who believed abortion was murder. You knew this, but you thought, "That's their prerogative. I don't want to legislate anything so they have to believe the way I believe, think the way I think, do as I do. This is America. They are entitled to their beliefs." BUT THEY DO NOT THINK THAT WAY. They believe we are murderers and heretics and evil. They want to legislate what we believe and what we think and what we do. WE MUST WAKE UP AND HEAR THE TRUTH. Come on, tricksters. We can do it.

As I told you before, Sinclair Broadcasting is going to force their stations to broadcast an anti-Kerry movie. Sinclair Broadcasting has free access to the airwaves. For that privilege, they must do public good. They are not allowed to try to influence our elections. Let them know what you think! I'm posting the Moveon.org information on the subject below with links where you can respond.

Dear MoveOn member,

We have a media emergency. Sinclair Broadcast Group is now instructing their 62 local stations, many in battleground states, to preempt regular programming to air a Kerry smear piece two weeks before the election. This unprecedented move would be direct electioneering by a corporate media giant—and against federal election law.

Sinclair is apparently willing to take this risk to their business because this is an election that hangs in the balance. It's our job to make them understand exactly the risk they face, if they choose to pursue partisanship rather than a broadcaster's duty to the public or even their own business interests.

One of the key things we can do today is put pressure on each of the local stations, which have a responsibility by law to serve their community interests. Can you make a call, right now, to your local station? You can look up your local station here.

SinclairWatch.org is a new site maintained by our friends at Free Press. Free Press is also encouraging citizens to pledge to fight Sinclair stations' license renewals, if Sinclair follows through with using their stations for electioneering. Real local opposition to license renewal will be taken very seriously. If you don't have a station in your area, the site makes it easy for you to file a complaint with the FCC and contact Sinclair's headquarters. Just click the link above to get started.

Please let us know you called here.

Besides the complaints that will surely be filed through the FEC and FCC, Sinclair will certainly hear from advertisers who face being implicated in this scheme and stockholders who face losing value in their investments in Sinclair.

Here's a link to an article in the Washington Post, which gives the details of this story.

Thanks for everything you do.

Sincerely,
Noah T. Winer
MoveOn.org
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