Posted by
travis christensen on Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:19:30 PM
I-Caucus in coordination with other grassroots organizations will be holding a protest, June 24, from 9pm to 11pm, outside the offices of First Coast News in Jacksonville. The purpose of this protest is to draw media attention to their opinion that ABC is doing a disservice to the American people by airing President Obama’s views on healthcare reform without presenting an opposing viewpoint, and by their alleged refusal to air commercials with an opposing viewpoint. This will be a part of a nationwide grassroots effort to boycott ABC and it’s affiliates ESPN and Disney.
I have no personal knowledge of ABC programming decisions or the motivations behind such decisions. I do know that healthcare reform is far too important an issue for Americans to hear only one side of the debate. I am especially concerned that there may be some who want to silence views which are in opposition to this agenda. The Service Employees International Union recently collected approximately 68,000 signatures in an attempt to prevent a "Conservatives for Patient’s Rights" documentary from being aired in Washington D.C.; I would imagine that they and other special interests have done a great deal of lobbying to a number of media outlets. It should also be noted that the FCC, the federal bureaucracy that regulates the airwaves, falls under the authority of President Obama. It could well be that media outlets feel pressure to promote one side of this debate and not the other. I feel this possibility is worthy of investigation.
Healthcare Reform is too expensive and sweeping a change for Americans to receive only spoon-fed information on a decision that will permanently affect all of our lives.
Travis Christensen
Member of the 912 Project