OUR PURPOSE

 

We look at the voters we know voted for Bush. Some of them are yellow dog Republicans, who would never cross a party line for any reason. Some of them are so homophobic they will vote for any cadidate who does a bit of gay bashing. But then there is that astonishing group that apparently believes Bush was correct -- and even honest -- in his assessment of the Iraq threat.

According to a report entitled "Misperceptions, the Media and the Iraq War" [BBC Radio News]:

The frequency of Americans' misperceptions varies significantly depending on their news source.

Americans who primarily watch Fox News are significantly more likely to have one or all of the misperceptions above.

Americans who primarily listen to NPR or watch PBS are significantly less likely to.

Among Americans with none of the misperceptions above, only 23% support the war. Among Americans with one of these misperceptions, 53% support the war, rising to 78% for Americans who have two of these misperceptions, and 86% for Americans with all three.

Fox News is actively disseminating propaganda from the White House and facilitating a White House agenda that undercuts American credibility, fosters deceit, and holds this country and its people up to ridicule in the eyes of the world. Worse, these actions make us an ever more desirable target for terrorist attack. And an even more dangerous entity in the world at large as, being the primary military force on the planet, a mis-informed America is a dangerous America.

The only way to stop the dissemination of inaccurate and dangerously false information is to bring down the propaganda machine. That machine is, first and foremost, Fox News.

Stop watching Fox News.

Stop buying Fox News's sponsors' products.

Let Fox News's sponsors know you are not buying their products, and why.

The disappearance of 252 electoral votes worth of viewers will be noticed.

The disappearance of 252 electoral votes worth of consumer dollars will be noticed more.

*note, for more info on Fox News's practice of biased and pattently slanted reporting under the guise of "fair and balanced reporting," visit Petition for Initiation of Complaint against Fox News Network, LLC for Deceptive Practices Under Section 5 of the FTC Act.