Lucas,
What if your local newspaper was little more than a Tea Party mouthpiece? This could happen to the
Orlando Sentinel and the
South Florida Sun-Sentinel if we don't move fast.
Sign the petition to the Tribune Company, and tell them not to sell to the Koch Brothers.
The Koch Brothers are chief architects and funders of the extreme right wing political machine. They're behind corporate front group "think tanks" like the Heritage Foundation and the CATO Institute. The Kochs are also the largest funders of the Tea Party movement and are notorious peddlers of falsehoods about Medicare, Social Security, worker's rights, climate change, and more.
It's important that local newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and the South Florida Sun-Sentinelremain unbiased sources of reliable news, not as propaganda outlets for the Koch Brothers' extreme ideological machine. But if the Koch Brothers are allowed to purchase the Tribune Company, that is exactly what will happen.
Tell the Tribune Company not to sell to the Koch Brothers. Sign the petition today.
There's a reason why freedom of the press is mentioned in the First Amendment to the US Constitution. The health of our democracy is based on a well-informed citizenry. The Koch Brothers' attempt to subvert local media is a direct attack on this fundamental foundation of our country.
Thanks for helping us protect our local media, and local democracy.
For progress,
Mark and the Progress Florida team