To: Peter Liguori, Tribune Company CEO
Don't Let the Koch Brothers Buy the Second Biggest Newspaper Chain in America!
Don't sell the Tribune newspapers to the union-busting, election-buying, tea party-funding Koch brothers.
Why is this important?
The Koch brothers are the right-wing oil and gas billionaire duo infamous for funding the tea party. Now they want to buy the second largest newspaper chain in the country to spread their extreme views - including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Baltimore Sun.
The Kochs have spent their fortune funding anti-worker candidates like Scott Walker, right-wing lobbying groups like ALEC, and climate-change denying "think tanks." They even warned tens of thousands of their employees that there would be "consequences" if they didn't vote for Republicans. Not exactly the kind of guys we want running some of the most respected newspapers in America.
Isn't one Rupert Murdoch enough?
Our newspapers are valuable sources of honest journalism. We can't let them turn into right-wing mouthpieces.
Please sign our petition against a Koch brothers buyout of the Tribune newspapers.
The Kochs have spent their fortune funding anti-worker candidates like Scott Walker, right-wing lobbying groups like ALEC, and climate-change denying "think tanks." They even warned tens of thousands of their employees that there would be "consequences" if they didn't vote for Republicans. Not exactly the kind of guys we want running some of the most respected newspapers in America.
Isn't one Rupert Murdoch enough?
Our newspapers are valuable sources of honest journalism. We can't let them turn into right-wing mouthpieces.
Please sign our petition against a Koch brothers buyout of the Tribune newspapers.