It's Time To Take Our Country Back!
Join the class action suit now!
| It's Time To Act To Save Our Democracy |
| Friday, 18 January 2008 | |
| Are you concerned about how the corporate media is manipulating our election process? Have you noticed how they exclude the truly progressive anti-war candidates from presidential debates? Have you noticed how they give preferential treatment to certain candidates during the debates? Are you troubled by the media's efforts to suppress the free exchange of political ideas and progressive policies? The influence of the corporate media has become more and more invasive, and this is especially true in regard to our election process. A growing number of Americans are waking up to the unethical actions of the corporate media with respect to the exclusion of certain presidential candidates from televised debates, and from overall campaign media coverage. Many Americans feel that this constitutes unconstitutional control, obstruction, and manipulation of our election process. The uneasy feeling and sense of discontent, which most Americans are experiencing now, is growing. Our media, our government, and our civil rights are being usurped by unchecked corporate power and influence. The time has come to take our country back from these corporate elites. The practice of excluding candidates from presidential debates has become far too common and casual. Who has the right to decide which candidates the American people get to hear from? Who has the authority to select which political positions are acceptable, and which ideas should be considered? That's not a choice that the corporate media or their corporate masters should be permitted to make. The decision about which candidates are 'viable' is entirely up to the American people, and it is expressed when they VOTE. The American people have repeatedly spoken out about this issue, but they are largely being ignored. Every time a candidate is excluded from a presidential debate, hundreds of thousands of people call, email, fax, and snail mail the corporate media, the FCC, the respective political parties, and the U.S. Congress to protest the exclusion of those candidates. But it has not made much of an impact on how these giant broadcast media corporations conduct the debates. The broadcast networks use our public airwaves with the understanding that they will serve the public interests, but they have repeatedly violated that trust and obligation. Time and again, they go out of their way to suppress the voices of the presidential candidates whose views they oppose, in order to limit what ideas the American electorate can hear, so they can control what the American public thinks. The only recourse left to concerned citizens now is to take legal action in the form of a class action lawsuit to force the corporate media to allow all presidential candidates to participate in broadcasted presidential debates. Doing so is vital to ensure a level playing field, and to ensure that our election process is unbiased and unmanipulated. It is essential that the American people have ALL the facts at their disposal, and be made aware of ALL their choices when making one of the single most important decisions they face: who they should elect to run our nation's government. Like it or not, the television and radio broadcasters hold an enormous amount of power and influence. And like it or not, at least 60% of voters get all their information about presidential candidates from television. So it is critically important that these broadcast media outlets provide equal time and access to all the candidates who have qualified to be listed on the election ballot. It is our contention that every presidential candidate running for office, who has qualified to be listed on the election ballot should be:
A little research has revealed two areas where the corporate media has likely violated the law by excluding presidential candidates from the debates. We will not disclose that information here, because we don’t want to tip our hand just yet. But we believe that there are valid legal grounds to pursue a lawsuit in order to correct the injustices that the corporate media are perpetrating against the American people, and against our democracy. But, we need your help. In order to effectively pursue this lawsuit, we must demonstrate that the American people support our claims, and want to remove the stranglehold that the corporate media is exercising over our election process. We need a large group of concerned citizens to join our class action suit. If you want to help protect our democracy, and are troubled by the way the corporate media is manipulating our election process, please sign up to be part of the lawsuit. Signing up here does not obligate you to be a part of the suit, or to donate any money for legal expenses (though we would certainly appreciate any help, should it become necessary). Signing up indicates your serious interest in becoming a part of the class action suit, and that you agree that it should move forward. When we reach 10,000 members, we will approach the ACLU in an attempt to get them to take this case. If the ACLU agrees to take our case, you will probably be contacted at that time to officially become part of the class action. We need to band together to be able to stand up to the corporate influences that seek to subvert our democracy. This is truly a case where "united we stand, and divided we fall." So, please sign up now to show your support. And then spread the word to everyone you know. Post this website information to forums and other places you know of where concerned citizens tend to visit, so they can learn about our citizen action too. It is important that we get this accomplished as quickly as possible, because we would like to get this suit underway as soon as we can. We aim to file for an injunction to stop future debates from proceeding, which do not include all the presidential candidates, so that we can have an immediate impact on this election cycle. So, we need you to act right away. We feel that all Americans have been seriously harmed by the actions of the corporate media, and that they must be stopped immediately. If you agree, please join us now.
| |
| Last Updated ( Friday, 18 January 2008 ) |
No comments:
Post a Comment