To: Charles and David Koch
Los Angeles vs The Koch Brothers
We the people of Los Angeles declare that if the Koch Brothers purchase the LA Times we will cancel our subscriptions and will never pay for another issue.
Why is this important?
The oil and gas billionaires the Koch brothers are trying to purchase the Los Angeles Times!
It’s part of a larger bid to buy the Tribune Company’s media assets, which includes TV stations and major newspapers across the country in addition to the Times.
Charles and David Koch laid out a three-pronged, 10-year strategy to buy America. The first two pieces of the strategy are educating grass-roots activists and influencing politics. To achieve their goal they have devoted their fortunes to bankrolling climate change denial, union busting, and the Tea Party. Over time the brothers have assembled a complex political infrastructure that supports their radical conservative agenda.
The third piece of their strategy is media. Now, they want to expand their radical right-wing propaganda to communities across the country by “Fox-news-ifying” local papers like the Times.
It’s a frightening scenario when a free press is actually a bought and paid-for press. We can’t allow respected journalistic institutions to become mouthpieces for the Koch’s self serving political agenda.
It’s part of a larger bid to buy the Tribune Company’s media assets, which includes TV stations and major newspapers across the country in addition to the Times.
Charles and David Koch laid out a three-pronged, 10-year strategy to buy America. The first two pieces of the strategy are educating grass-roots activists and influencing politics. To achieve their goal they have devoted their fortunes to bankrolling climate change denial, union busting, and the Tea Party. Over time the brothers have assembled a complex political infrastructure that supports their radical conservative agenda.
The third piece of their strategy is media. Now, they want to expand their radical right-wing propaganda to communities across the country by “Fox-news-ifying” local papers like the Times.
It’s a frightening scenario when a free press is actually a bought and paid-for press. We can’t allow respected journalistic institutions to become mouthpieces for the Koch’s self serving political agenda.