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Dear Anita,
For years Fox News has used lies, distortions, and race-baiting to divide America. They’ve accused the first Black president of being a racist.1 They advanced a ruthless smear that cost Shirley Sherrod her job.2 And now Fox host Glenn Beck says he will “reclaim”3 the legacy of the civil rights movement by holding his “Restoring Honor” rally on the same day and place as Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.4
Recently, it's gotten dangerous. Last month, a heavily armed man got into a gun fight with police after he was pulled over on his way to kill people at the Tides Foundation5 — a non-profit that was little known until Glenn Beck repeatedly demonized it, claiming it to be the center of a great conspiracy.6 Last year, Kansas doctor George Tiller was gunned down while at church7 after Bill O'Reilly called him a Nazi, a "baby killer," and warned of "Judgment Day."8
Fox is a poison, and it spreads and is legitimized partly through public TVs. It's why today we're launching Turn Off Fox -- the first part of a larger campaign to diminish the influence of Fox. It's about getting Fox turned off in stores, restaurants, and other public places.
You can help by declaring your own a household "Fox free" and at the same time appealing to public establishments in your community to stop playing Fox. It takes just a moment, and you'll get a FREE Turn Off Fox sticker when you do.
http://colorofchange.org/turnofffox?id=2062-1063376
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. Fox News is often on in bars, restaurants, airport lounges, stores -- appearing to be real news, while spreading lies and fomenting hate and division.
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.
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."
As businesses Turn off Fox and stand up as Fox Free, 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.
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 Turn Off Fox sticker. And then please ask your friends and family to do the same:
http://colorofchange.org/turnofffox?id=2062-1063376
Thanks and Peace,
-- James, Gabriel, William, Dani, Milton, and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team
August 24th, 2010
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