Thread: Action needed (note from FAIR)

Amnesty Proponents Launch Campaign to Shut Down Debate!
Please Act Now to Ensure Our Voices are Heard!

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

Sample Email:
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

Correspondence sent, thanks for the email address.