[Sfbay-video] [Fwd: Stop fake news on local TV]

[Sunny Angulo]

What the fuck!!!
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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:

1. Sign our petition at www.freepress.net/act/fakenews
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.

2.
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 Free Press petition and forward 
this message to everyone you know.

Onward,
Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press

John Stauber
Executive Director
Center for Media and Democracy


P.S.
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. It's at www.freepress.net/propaganda/ .

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