Yowzer.
Twenty conservative leaders are calling the media on the carpet for rigging the election.
In the lead is Brent Bozell from the indefatigable Media Research Center. And the list of signers is memorable. Enough said. The letter speaks for itself and is reprinted in full below.
Movement to Media: “You are Rigging this Election”
Over 20 Conservative Leaders including Rush Limbaugh, Ed Meese,
Mark Levin and Tony Perkins
Call on Public to Tune out the Liberal Media!Tuesday, September 25, 2012
This election year, so much of the broadcast networks, their cable counterparts, and the major establishment print media are out of control with a deliberate and unmistakable leftist agenda. To put it bluntly: you are rigging this election and taking sides in order to pre-determine the outcome. In the quarter century since the Media Research Center was established to document liberal media bias, there has never been a more brazen and complete attempt by the liberal so-called “news” media to decide the outcome of an election.
A free and balanced media are crucial to the health of this country. It is your duty as journalists – as outlined in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics – to “distinguish between advocacy and news reporting,” while simultaneously “seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues.”
There is a reason why the media are viewed with such disdain by the American public, as evidenced by every recent poll on the issue.
You have breached the public trust by willfully turning a blind eye to the government’s public policy failures, both domestic and foreign, while openly and shamefully smearing Gov. Mitt Romney. You are:
- Painting conservative ideas as extreme, while refusing to report the disastrous consequences of liberal programs enacted since 2008.
- Submerging the truly horrendous economic conditions America is facing and focusing only on minor political issues.
- Characterizing conservatives as cruel budget “slashers” instead of responsible officials trying to avoid a debt catastrophe.
- Focusing on alleged shortcomings in Romney’s business record instead of Obama’s record as the chief executive, whose policies contributed to a failed economy.
- Deliberately covering up embarrassing government failures and scandals, including the Solyndra debacle, Fast & Furious, and national security leaks which have put American lives in jeopardy.
- Pouncing on real and perceived missteps by conservatives, portraying them as bumbling incompetents, while suppressing embarrassing and incendiary remarks made by Vice President Joe Biden to prevent him from becoming a liability.
- Portraying conservative opposition to tax hikes as an impediment to deficit reduction while failing to highlight how liberal tax increase policies will cause massive damage to the economy and cause the deficit to explode.
- “Fact-checking” conservatives in order to discredit their arguments while regularly refusing to “fact-check” liberals who are distorting the truth.
We the undersigned – representing millions of Americans from our respective organizations – are now publicly urging our members to seek out alternative sources of political news in order to make an intelligent, well-informed decision on November 6.
It is time the American people turn you who are offending off, once and for all. You have betrayed their trust.
Sincerely,
L. Brent Bozell, III
President
Media Research CenterCo-Signed:
Gary Bauer
President
Campaign for American ValuesHon. J. Kenneth Blackwell
Former, U.S. ambassador
U.N. Human Rights CommissionMorton Blackwell,
Chairman
The Weyrich LunchDavid Bozell
Executive Director
For AmericaBrian Brown
President
National Organization for MarriageAl Cardenas
Chairman
American Conservative UnionMarjorie Dannenfelser
President
Susan B. Anthony ListBecky Norton Dunlop
Former Reagan OfficialColin Hanna
President
Let Freedom RingLaura Ingraham
National Radio HostMatt Kibbe
President and CEO
FreedomWorksAmy Kremer
Chairman
Tea Party ExpressCurt Levey
Committee for JusticeMark Levin
Author and National Radio HostRush Limbaugh
National Radio HostJenny Beth Martin
Co-Founder
Tea Party PatriotsEd Meese III
Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy,
Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies
Heritage FoundationMike Needham
Chief Executive Officer
Heritage ActionKarl Otteson
U. S. Federation of Small Businesses IncWilliam Pascoe
Executive Vice President
Citizens for the RepublicTony Perkins
President
Family Research CouncilAlfred S. Regnery
Paul Revere ProjectMathew D. Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty CounselRichard Viguerie
Chairman
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