Murdoch’s War on Journalism and How YOU Can Help Hold FOX Accountable
Brian Hansbury, co-founder of the Media and Democracy Project, offers this guest op-ed on the action we all can take to Stop Fox Lies
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GUEST OP-ED: STOP FOX LIES
Murdoch’s War on Journalism and How YOU Can Help Hold FOX Accountable
By Brian Hansbury
We all watched with horror what happened on January 6th. As our democracy was under assault, one media oligarch and his team of minions were responsible for fanning the flames of hate and distrust by spreading dangerous lies. As the Dominion case made crystal clear, Fox News, FOX Corp., and the Murdoch family lied to America about the 2020 election — all to protect profits.
Nearly a year ago, the Media and Democracy Project (MAD) took action to hold Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch accountable. We did this by challenging the license renewal of a FOX affiliate broadcast station at the Federal Communications Commission on the grounds that the intentional distortion of news, authorized at the highest levels of FOX's corporate structure, represents a severe breach of the FCC's policy on licensee character qualifications.
Owning a broadcast station is more than a business—it is a public trust. Never before has the Commission been confronted with so much evidence attached to a petition that clearly shows that an FCC broadcast licensee has undermined that trust.
If you agree, click here to join the thousands of us demanding the FCC hold an immediate hearing into FOX’s broadcast license renewal.
After you’ve signed, please share this link:
Please ask your friends and likeminded advocates to sign on, too. We must all come together in asking the FCC to deny the Murdochs a license for a local TV station they own. This is not just another virtual petition to harvest emails — we will be delivering your signatures to the FCC in the coming weeks.
If you’re interested in learning more about how we got here, and Rupert’s blueprints for wreaking havoc with Fox News, come to our watch party and Q&A on Saturday, July 20 at 8 pm ET. Fight Fox propaganda and see the great film by Robert Greenwald, "OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's war on journalism" with SPECIAL GUEST Julie from TruthTuesdays.org. Truth Tuesdays is the protest group that’s outside NewsCorp EVERY Tuesday in NYC protesting Fox propaganda. The documentary is the origin story of Fox and Murdoch and is a MUST watch to better understand how Fox is the communications arm of the GOP.
Sign up here for the watch party:
Please do your part to restore journalistic integrity and preserve democracy.
Join MAD as we demand an FCC hearing into FOX's conduct, the Murdochs’ character, and their ability to control our public airwaves.
—Brian Hansbury, Co-Founder of Media and Democracy Project
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