I know it seems like a futile effort, but people are you really going to let them spread this disimformation to the public without raising some hell about it? We must stand up and object to this disinformation campaign. This is the kind of crap that leads to people voting against their own interest.
Congress.org/mediaguide has it set up to make it easy to send a email to congressmen AND networks and local network affililiates. Google Congress.org, then CLick on "Browse MEDIA GUIDE". This gives you three options.
Choose 2) Individual Search -- Editors, Reporters & Producers
OR 3) Organization Search: Newspapers, TV, radio, etc.. choosing "Organization Search: Newspapers, TV, radio, etc" you can enter NBC, CBS etc. and compose or paste in a previously composed message.
IT's really easy and you will feel better afterward. There is more to democracy than just voting every four years.
HEre is a sample message: I have heard a number of commentarians/talking heads/ (or insert name) state or imply that Jack Abramoff, the Super Lobbyist Republican-operative directeed Indian tribes to give as much to Democrats in Congress as Republicans. This assertion turns the facts on their heads. A
study ("
http://prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=10924") performed by the Dwight L. Morris and Associates concludes that:
"the donations of Abramoff’s tribal clients to Democrats dropped by nine percent after they hired him, while their donations to Republicans more than doubled, increasing by 135 percent after they signed him up"
"five out of seven of Abramoff’s tribal clients vastly favored Republican candidates over Democratic ones;"
"four of the seven began giving substantially more to Republicans than Democrats after he took them on;"
"Abramoff’s clients gave well over twice as much to Republicans than Democrats, while tribes not affiliated with Abramoff gave well over twice as much to Democrats than the GOP -- exactly the reverse pattern (that has been reported by the media)."
The statements made by your reporters apparently were made without their making any efforts to determine the facts of the matter. Any responsible and legitimate news organization would apprise the public of these FACTS so as to correct the completely erroneous impression made by your organization's irresponsible reporting of this significant development.
NOw that you have been made aware of the truth to this matter any disinclination to correct the erroneous understanding of Abramoff's activities craeted by your personnels statements would be tantamount to complicity in promulgating willful disinformation.
Accordingly, I would expect you to correct this misapprehension of this situation which your personnel helped to create.
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