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Monday, March 14, 2005

MundiMuster! Stop Fake News

[via StopFakeNews] The good folks who brought you the encouragingly succesful Stop Sinclair Campaign last year have now transformed into StartChange.org, and the pernicious Fake News Propagation of the M$M would appear to be the crisis on which they've set their sights these days. Click the closing link for an automagic netroots mobilization to Start some much-needed Change...

On Sunday, March 13th, The New York Times broke a major story outlining how the Bush administration has used millions of dollars of taxpayer money to produce and disseminate fake news programs that support a partisan political agenda.

These government-produced segments have frequently aired on broadcast TV stations across the country without proper disclosure.

Not only is this unacceptable, it is also illegal.

Please send an email to the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department and ask them to Stop Fake News.

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