Where is the moral compass of the advertisers who are supporting Fox News and its hate speech? The unfair and unbalanced right wing media has created a dangerous climate in this country which has fueled an increase in violent racist hate crimes, hatred towards our President, and fear of a liberal government.Voices on the right, like loudmouths Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, and Glenn Beck constantly cross the line, spewing hate and anger without taking into consideration how this kind of vitriol might impact public thought. It is disturbing how many people will believe the Fox "News" propaganda as truth, because they really think Fox News is a reliable and trustworthy source for news.
Here in the Lehigh Valley, our local news media leans very heavily toward the right wingnut variety, with right-wing talk shows on WAEB all day. We have heard professional people we know casually and hopefully discussing the possibility of our President being assassinated by southeners, as if that would be not such a bad thing. It is unsettling when I walk into my bank and I am bombarded with Fox News on all their TV screens. Get me outta here!
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that tracks hate crimes, reports that participation in hate groups in America has risen over 50% since 2000. According to the report:
"It attributed that growth mainly to fears about non-white immigration, but pointed out that the rise of a black man to the White House also appears to have contributed. And it said the ongoing economic meltdown, which some have already blamed on racial minorities and undocumented Latino immigrants, could well add to a worsening situation."
See the entire article: http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=1052
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?
After enduring eight years in the Dark Ages led by a President who had trouble putting a sentence together and couldn't care less about equal rights, we finally have an intelligent, diplomatic, charismatic, capable, and respectable leader in the White House who has to clean up the disastrous mess left by the previous failed administration and move us forward. And the leader of the Republican Party, radio host Rush Limbaugh, hopes that our President fails. Nice.
Our local "newspaper" endorses hate by allowing racist and homophobic comments at its website online Forum, and this creates a dangerous climate that is bad for our community. And then there's our overwhelmingly NeoCon local blahgassmear that our "newspaper" links to.
Shame on The Morning Call and Fox News advertisers for endorsing hatred and violence toward liberals, our President, and our government. Boycott the advertisers at Fox News, and at our local "newspaper." Here's a list of Fox advertisers: http://www.debone.com/boycottFoxNewsSponsors.html
And here's a blog that makes it easy for you to send e-mails to companies:
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You two ROCK!!
I've sent this post to everyone in my email address book.
UPS of course famously booted O'Reilly from its media buys in March and more (all) Fox advertisers should do the same. Hey there Bill-O, what can "brown" do for you next?
Re: unfair & unbalanced local media, here's an email I just sent to David Barilla, Chief Clerk, Lehigh County Commissioners ...
Hi David, Percy Dougherty [Chairman, Lehigh County Commissioners] told me you are "researching" Debbie Garlicki's new full-time P.R. position in DA Jim Martin's office and [presumably] looking for any possible "hanky panky" that might indicate that DA Martin created this (new?) full-time P.R. position especially for Debbie as payback/reward for Debbie's many years of protecting DA Jim while Debbie was "courthouse beat reporter" at The Morning Call "newspaper."
David, because it was I who brought this matter of Debbie's eyebrow-raising new job to Percy Dougherty's attention, I was wondering if you would share w/ me your research findings, conclusions, recommendations, etc.
Thank you for your consideration.
Best Regards,
Bill Villa
610.XXX.XXXX
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Note: hovering "watchdog reporter" types who read this blog obsessively (Paul Muschick, Manny Gamiz, Jarrett Renshaw, Mike Miorelli, Kevin Amerman, Brian Callaway, John Micey, etc.), if you'd like to investigate this matter too, David Barilla's phone number is 610.782.3394, go get 'em, tiger!
UpDate (and this was quick) ...
In a message dated 6/23/09 3:47:54 PM, DavidBarilla@lehighcounty.org writes:
Mr. Villa, I have forwarded your email to Commissioner Dougherty. -Dave Barilla
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Thanks, Dave.
Bill Villa
610.XXX.XXXX
Yee Hah!!!!!!!
Merci, "read-only" and anons 2:01 and 4:58. BV, love your dedication & endurance.
It's my civic duty.
Jim Martin is a crooked and incompetent district attorney and Lehigh County deserves better.
I'm determined to see that he's never re-elected again, and preferably, is removed from office and disbarred before his current term expires. More on this soon.
If you're interested, we've reported on the many deceptions Jim Martin put us through when our daughter Sheena was killed by a drunk driver in 2006, and how The Morning Call always looks the other way on Jim Martin's shenanigans. See the comments section of our recent post, Cheering Glenn Kranzley's Firing.
And we've also covered (exclusively) additional examples of DA Jim Martin's crookedness and incompetence in an ongoing series of blog posts here at LVS ...
Jury Rejects DA Jim Martin's Vote-Pandering Prosecution
DA Martin, a YEAR to file charges in a DUI Death? You've got some explaining to do ...
Jury Tosses DA Jim Martin's Murder Case in an Hour
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Note: Readers, you'll notice that most of the COMMENTS in our 3rd post on Jim Martin have been inexplicably DELETED. For an explanation as to how and why this happened, please read THIS POST. Thanks.
Readers, FYI, discussing DA Jim Martin here at LVS is never "OT" (off topic) because Job 1 of our Justice Mission is de-throning and disbarring Mr. Martin.
Justice Mission Accomplishments, so far ...
* Sheena's killer currently serving double the usual state prison sentence for DUI homicide
* Landmark ruling by Lehigh County Judge Robert Steinberg puts Sheena's killer on the hook for Sheena's hospital expenses
* All of Sheena's killer's appeals to the PA Superior Court are rejected
* Jury finds J.P. O'Malley's bar negligent in Sheena's death
* Jury awards Estate of Sheena Villa $3.1 million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages
* Tribune Company fires Morning Call Editorial & Opinions VP Glenn Kranzley
* J.P. O'Malley's bar closes down
* DA Jim Martin under investigation
(almost forgot)
Justice Mission "Deficits," so far ...
* $100 owed to NorCo, pending appeal :)
Love your re-tooled right sidebar info. Makes it very EZ for good people (like Jeff Pooley from your previous post) to get up-to-speed w/ your Justice Mission (and the road-blockers thereof), if they are so inclined...
Yep, thanks.
"Love your re-tooled right sidebar info."
So do I, very impactful, well done. Those Morning Call folks are real bastards.
Agreed, and there's no excuse for it.
"Vila" (what is that, a Spanish name?) "If ya ain't Dutch, ya ain't much."
Here's a quote about our President from a bigot at the Allentown Commentator Forum, endorsed by the Allentown School Board president, and another person running for School Board. I don't want these haters making decisions about my child's education. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE??
"all his associations in Chicago and college were
with people who were home grown terrorists during the Vietnam War days and still
have a strong dislike for America."
He goes on to say that there is evidence that Obama is not an American.
consider the source
This is not hate this is fear. fear that someone might have to give up there six figure salary, and fear that they might have to cut there own lawn or take a driving vacation instead of flying this year. Fear of giving up something so we can get this greed thing under control that started in the 80's and steam rolled into the new millennium. We have with the help of our institutions of higher learning been taught that its foolish to work with your hands and that everyone is in charge and everyone should have an MBA and is due their share of the pie. We now have country of all chiefs and no Indians Well guess what That model hasn't worked very well has it? We have allowed crimal lobbyist to buy the undoing of America in the form of offshore investment and the moving of all of our manufacturing jobs overseas. White collar greed in America has plummeted our economy and made fools out of middle class. The truth is Fox News and Rush et al are all cashing in on this spectacle created by the privileged and stupid few. This is the entertainment business after all isn't it? Like all good capitalist they are using this opportunity and the misfortune of other to drive up their own fortunes. These guys aren't news they are sick entertainment sponsoring fear, they are the voice of the followers people who are affraid of change and who want to live in a past that no longer exists. Like cattle to slaughter this group marched to the beat of stupidity for 8 long years. I think Mr Obama is handling the right wing media perfectly by doing his job with poise and intelligence and by not giving the right the satisfaction of a fight. Bravo Mr. OBama!!
Bravo Tom, terrificly stated.
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