Dear Jason,
You've become part of something extraordinary -- a people-powered campaign to blow the lid off the biggest media scandal of the year.
Earlier, you urged your member of Congress to investigate pro-war propaganda on news programs across the country. In doing so, you are one of nearly 100,000 citizens, bloggers and independent media who are refusing to let Big Media bury this story.
We're ramping up our grassroots push to get Congress to investigate illegal propaganda and make the news networks and the Bush administration accountable.
Spread the Word: Don't Let the Media Cover Up This Scandal
Two weeks ago, a 7,600-word exposé in the New York Times revealed that military propagandists had overrun networks like Fox News, CBS, NBC, ABC and CNN to spin the Iraq war using scripts provided by the Pentagon. White House officials even called their planted pundits "message force multipliers."
Both the White House and Big Media are doing everything they can to cover up this scandal. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino abruptly ended her daily press briefing last week when an independent journalist asked about it. The broadcast networks and the cable news shows have basically blacked out coverage.
But something amazing happened along the way. Bloggers and independent journalists from OpenLeft, DailyKos, Huffington Post, The Nation, Salon.com, and Democracy Now! have kept news of the scandal alive.
And Congress is taking notice. On Tuesday, Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and John Dingell (D-Mich.) sent a letter to the FCC urging an investigation to determine if the networks violated federal law by deceiving the American public. Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) have asked the Government Accountability Office to shed light on the scandal.
Now it's up to you to push this over the top and demand a real investigation. Become our own "message force multiplier" and help build momentum to force an investigation:
Multiply the Message: Tell Five Friends to Take Action
By telling five of your friends to contact Congress, you can turn up pressure on Washington to ensure that this scandal will not be ignored.
It’s time mainstream media were made to answer for their role in this war.
Thank You,
Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press Action Fund
www.freepress.net
1. Read the latest on the "Propaganda Pundits" at StopBigMedia.com: http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2008/05/09/congress-begins-to-take-action-on-propaganda/
2. Watch the White House snub an independent journalist who asks about the scandal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A0aW_h689w
3. Read about mainstream media's "deafening silence": http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10204.html