Amnesty Proponents Launch Campaign
to Shut Down Debate!
Please Act Now to Ensure Our Voices are Heard!
Posted on American Patrol Report on 3.3.08 –
1310 PST
Having lost last year's epic legislative battle over the Bush-Kennedy
amnesty bill, pro-amnesty forces are regrouping and launching an all-out
campaign to censor the media and stop the debate over true immigration
reform. This attack on the media should not come as a surprise.
Having failed at every turn to win the immigration debate on the merits,
pro-amnesty groups now have little choice but to try to shut it down. WE
NEED YOUR HELP TO ENSURE THAT OUR VOICES ARE HEARD AND THAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH
IS PRESERVED!
As part of this campaign, La Raza and other amnesty proponents are
specifically targeting corporate executives at CNN, MSNBC, and FOX and are
asking them to ban representatives from pro-enforcement organizations such as
FAIR and NumbersUSA from the airwaves. This amounts to nothing more than an
attempt to censor the media and control what points of view the American
public can hear. To read more about these attacks on the media, see this Associated
Press article.
FAIR is urging all members, activists, and friends to take action
immediately to counter this attack on the media!!!! Please contact the
media executives listed below and tell them how important it is that both
sides of the immigration debate are presented on the airwaves. Tell them
organizations like FAIR and NumbersUSA represent millions of Americans who
want our immigration laws enforced. Please use the email, fax, or phone
numbers below to respectfully share your opinions. To send a
fax, click
here. To see a sample email, click
here.
This alert is of critical importance!!! Right now,
media outlets continue to give voice to the millions of Americans who want
true immigration reform. However, if media executives do not hear from you,
the only voices they will hear are from amnesty proponents!!! Let them know
that your opinion matters too!!!
CNN
Mr. Jim Walton
President CNN Worldwide
1 CNN Center
Atlanta, GA
30303
Fax 404-878-1727
Email: jim.walton@turner.com
Mr. Jonathan Klein
President CNN U.S.
1 Time Warner
Center 5th Floor
New York, NY
10019
Email: jonathan.klein@cnn.com
Mr. Richard Davis
Executive Vice President of News Standards and Practices
1 CNN Center
Atlanta, GA
30303
Fax 404-827-5453
Email rick.davis@turner.com
Viewer Response Line/Comments
Call 212-275-7800 ask for Viewer Response Line
FOX NEWS
Mr. Roger Ailes
Chairman and CEO
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
10036
Email roger.ailes@foxnews.com
Mr. Bill Shine
Senior Vice President Programming
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
10036
Email bill.shine@foxnews.com
Mr. Brian Lewis
Executive Vice President Corporate Communications
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
10036
Fax 212-819-0816
Email brian.lewis@foxnews.com
Public Feedback
Yourcomments@foxnews.com
MSNBC
Mr. Phil Griffin
Senior Vice President of News
30 Rockefeller Plaza
3rd Floor
New York, NY
10112
Fax 212-664-2264
Email phil.griffin@nbc.com
Dear Mr. (name of executive),
You have probably heard from amnesty proponents and special interest
organizations asking your network to not allow groups such as the Federation
for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and Numbers USA to be allowed on air
as guests. As a viewer and as a concerned American wanting to here both
sides of the immigration debate, I strongly object to these McCarthy-like
tactics designed to silence the voices of longstanding, credible
organizations fighting for meaningful immigration reform.
Immigration reform is one of the most important issues of our time.
It deserves broad media attention and a vigorous, robust national
debate. And, while disagreement is a perfectly acceptable part of this
public policy process, shutting down debate through censorship, intimidation,
and baseless allegations is not and never will be acceptable to me, nor
should it be acceptable to media organizations that pride themselves on being
independent. I cherish living in a nation where our First Amendment
rights allow Americans to hear all sides of all issues.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform is the largest and oldest
immigration reform group in America.
Over the course of 30 years, FAIR has testified before Congress over a
hundred times, and has appeared on your network and others on a weekly basis
offering fair, practical and effective solutions to our immigration problems.
By attempting to dictate who may and may not appear as guests on your
network, pro-amnesty special interest organizations are doing nothing less
than attempting to silence their largest threat - groups that they disagree
with and who represent the vast majority of Americans. I urge you to
resist this coordinated campaign to stop the debate.
Sincerely,
(your name)
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