August 5, 2007 10:01 AM

Because the best weapons against lies and propaganda are good people willing to stand up for the truth

Liberals Pressure Fox News Advertisers

NEW YORK ‚Äö√Ñ√Æ Liberal activists are stepping up their campaign against Fox News Channel by pressuring advertisers not to patronize the network. MoveOn.org, the Campaign for America’s Future and liberal blogs like DailyKos.com are asking thousands of supporters to monitor who is advertising on the network. Once a database is gathered, an organized phone-calling campaign will begin, said Jim Gilliam, vice president of media strategy for Brave New Films, a company that has made anti-Fox videos. The groups have successfully pressured Democratic presidential candidates not to appear at any debate sponsored by Fox, and are also trying to get Home Depot Inc. to stop advertising there. At least 5,000 people nationwide have signed up to compile logs on who is running commercials on Fox, Gilliam said. The groups want to first concentrate on businesses running local ads, as opposed to national commercials.

You’d think that, in a free, enlightened country such as ours, lies and propaganda wouldn’t be able to find soil fertile enough to grow in. Unfortunately, it’s precisely BECAUSE we live in such a free, enlightened country that those Right-wings trolls with media access can find fertile ground with which to make their lies and propaganda take root. The sad reality is that most of the American sheeple simply don’t pay attention. They either don’t care, don’t pay attention, or simply can’t be bothered with anything that doesn’t seemingly impact them directly, so they cede control over their future to those who peddle propaganda, lies, and self-serving pablum to the masses.

Let’s face it, y’all; we’re in the shape we’re in because most Americans simply don’t care. Propaganda works because it sure beats the Hell out of thinking critically. Ignorance is more than just a philosophy in this country; it’s a lifestyle. We could demand that our elected representatives be held accountable, but that’s just too damn much work. We could demand that we be told the truth, but that would put Fox News Channel out of business.

The sad reality is that until we begin to demand that leaders LEAD instead of pandering to and taking care of their rich, well-connected friends, we will continue to be saddled with sad, depressing mediocrities like Our Glorious and Benevolent © .

Don’tcha just LOVE America, land of the rich, home of the White Republicans??

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