Calling all newspapers: Impeachment Now!

1/7/06
Faithful Salonista and Harpist Elizabeth Motter  Calls for Newspaper Accountability:  "You wanted Bill impeached over Monica; why so slow about George's Flagrant Violations of our Law?"

From: Elizabeth Motter
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:45:23 -0500
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [LloydHouseSalon] Calling all newspapers:  Impeachment Now!!!!

Dear Everyone,
And I do mean everyone.
This is a really great campaign to get behind.  Check you local paper to see if it is on "the list" compiled by Greg Mitchell. (see link below)  If it is, hold their feet to the fire about what constitutes impeachment standards.  This is a really brilliant idea.  For those on my list in Cincinnati, both the Enquirer AND the Post are on the list (of course).  Let's go get 'em!  This is a great opportunity to point out their spectacular bias and duplicity.
Elizabeth

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Greg Mitchell of Editor and Publisher did a great job of pointing out the hypocrisy of the media re: Bush  vs. Clinton. Mitchell published a (likely  partial) list of newspapers that called for Clinton¹s resignation because of the Lewinsky  matter.  Where are they now?

If your local paper is on this list,  write to them and ask why they were so quick to call for Clinton¹s resignation over  a private sex matter and yet, when Bush has clearly violated the law and  deceived us into an illegal war, wherein his administration led the charge to  commit war crimes, the papers remain silent.  If your paper is guilty of  this, write to them.  The more letters they receive, the more they¹re  likely to listen and consider their approach.   

You might also take the time to  research your local medial outlets¹ stances on Clinton and, if they advocated for impeachment or resignation and now remain silent about Bush, ask them why and let them know  what you think about their hypocritical stances.  Inform them about your  thoughts and feelings about Bush and impeachment/resignation and urge them to  call for Bush¹s impeachment.

Here is the list published by  Mitchell:

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001773188

NATIONAL:  
USA Today

ALABAMA:
The Mobile Register
Montgomery Advertiser

ARIZONA:
Tucson Citizen

CALIFORNIA:
San Jose Mercury News
The Orange County Register
The North (San Diego) County Times
The Record, Stockton

COLORADO:
The Denver Post

CONNECTICUT:
The Day of New London
Norwich  Bulletin

DISTRICT  OF COLUMBIA
The Washington Times

FLORIDA:
The Orlando Sentinel
The Tampa Tribune

GEORGIA:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Augusta  Chronicle

ILLINOIS:
Chicago Tribune

INDIANA:
The Indianapolis Star
Chronicle-Tribune of  Marion
South Bend Tribune
The Times of Northwest Indiana

IOWA:
The Des Moines  Register

KANSAS:
The Topeka Capital-Journal

LOUISIANA:
The Times-Picayune of New Orleans
The  News-Star, Monroe

MICHIGAN:
The Grand Rapids Press
Detroit Free Press

MINNESOTA:
Post-Bulletin of Rochester

MISSISSIPPI:
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal,  Tupelo

MISSOURI:
Jefferson City News-Tribune

NEBRASKA:
Lincoln Journal Star

NEVADA:
Reno Gazette-Journal

NEW JERSEY
The Trentonian, Trenton

NEW  MEXICO:  
Albuquerque Journal
The Santa  Fe New Mexican

NEW YORK:
Sunday Freeman of Kingston
Utica  Observer-Dispatch

NORTH CAROLINA:
The Herald-Sun of Durham
Winston-Salem Journal

OHIO:
The Repository, Canton
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The  Cincinnati Post

OKLAHOMA:
The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City
Tulsa  World

OREGON:
Statesman Journal, Salem

PENNSYLVANIA:
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

SOUTH CAROLINA:
The State, Columbia

SOUTH  DAKOTA:  
Argus Leader, Sioux  Falls

TEXAS:
San Antonio Express-News
El Paso  Times

UTAH:
Standard-Examiner, Ogden
The Spectrum,  St. George
The Salt Lake Tribune,  Salt Lake  City
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

VIRGINIA:
Daily Press of Newport  News

WASHINGTON:
The Seattle Times

WISCONSIN:
The Post-Crescent, Appleton
The Journal  Times, Racine

Anne Lindsay (NC)
 
GOP tries to mask the real issues with illegal spying

A story in yesterday's Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/03/AR2006010301460.html)

brings more  revelations about Bush¹s illegal spying on US citizens without a warrant,  bypassing the FISA court.



Letters are needed not  just on Bush breaking the law, but specifically to counter the rightie noise  machine¹s spin that ³Clinton did it too² and that ³the public supports spying on  terrorists² (of course they do; that¹s not the issue); and that any oversight or  release of information about the spying program‹even so much as to know what  date in 2001 Bush began his illegal program‹ ³could potentially cause harm to  the safety of our nation.² Do they think we are idiots?  (Yes.)



The WaPo story blithely (without critique, of course) cites a Rasmussen Reports poll‹ widely touted by the White House and rightie pundits ‹ that 64% of respondents believe  that the NSA should be ³allowed to intercept telephone conversations between  terrorism suspects in other countries and people living in the United States.²  Conveniently omitted from the wording of this poll question is a) whether that  specific type of spying  should be conducted illegally, without a FISA warrant and b) whether there is concern about any spying beyond these strict parameters (it appears there is, although since Bush is operating in secrecy, we really don¹t know).  

 

Please take a few  minutes to speak out - you may also want to contact your elected representative or your local paper (address links at bottom of page)



letters@washpost.com



Ruth Adkins/RR OR  Coordinator

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