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From: Josh Nelson, CREDO Action [mailto:act@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 9:18 AM
To: Miriam Vieni
Subject: Sign the petition: Dump Trump
CREDO action
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MSNBC
<https://act.credoaction.com/sign/msnbc_cnn_trump?t=1&akid=16299.967351.3a80
jj> and CNN: Stop promoting Donald Trump.
Petition to MSNBC and CNN:
"Stop providing free publicity for Donald Trump's racist and dangerous
rhetoric by giving his interviews, speeches and rallies massive airtime.
Dump Donald Trump."
Add your name:
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jj> Sign the petition ?
Dear Miriam,
<https://act.credoaction.com/sign/msnbc_cnn_trump?t=3&akid=16299.967351.3a80
jj> Trump: Unacceptable
Within hours of Donald Trump proposing a ban on all Muslims entering the
United States, both MSNBC and CNN interrupted their evening programming to
broadcast live footage from a Trump campaign rally in South Carolina. MSNBC
took it a step further, quickly announcing that Trump would appear live on
its Morning Joe program the next morning, for the second time in just eight
days.
The media's obsession with Donald Trump has gone too far. By relentlessly
chasing ratings and devoting massive airtime to Donald Trump interviews and
live coverage of his speeches, MSNBC and CNN are providing Trump with free
publicity that is fueling his campaign.
MSNBC and CNN should be covering Trump as a candidate, but should not be
giving him a near 24/7 national platform to promote his racist and
Islamophobic views.
Tell
<https://act.credoaction.com/sign/msnbc_cnn_trump?t=4&akid=16299.967351.3a80
jj> MSNBC and CNN: Stop promoting Donald Trump's racist presidential
campaign. Click here to sign the petition.
The media's obsession with Donald Trump has real consequences for our
Democracy. Desperate for ratings, the cable news networks have decided to
broadcast nearly-continuous coverage of Donald Trump's campaign at the
expense of giving real issues the coverage they deserve.
As policy fights play out in the halls of power in Washington, DC, large
swaths of the electorate remain uninformed, with cable news coverage largely
limited to live coverage of Trump campaign rallies and shouting matches
between pundits over whether Trump's latest racist proposal will help or
hurt him among Republican primary voters.
We aren't suggesting that MSNBC and CNN should ignore Donald Trump entirely,
but the near-continuous coverage of recent weeks has got to stop. And when
they do cover Trump, they should contextualize their coverage by pointing
out his long history of racism, Islamophobia and hate. As Arianna Huffington
promised in a piece this week, the Huffington Post will continue covering
Trump's campaign, but at the same time will "constantly remind the public of
what he stands for":1
1. His enthusiasm for creating
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/10304?t=5&akid=16299.967351.3a80jj> a
database of all Muslims in the United States.
2. His ongoing lies
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Muslims in New Jersey celebrating 9/11.
3. His status
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/10306?t=7&akid=16299.967351.3a80jj> as
birther-in-chief, cynically sowing doubt about President Obama's legitimacy
as the duly elected President of the United States.
4. His misogyny -- here's
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/10307?t=8&akid=16299.967351.3a80jj> just one
HuffPost piece on this, but there's no shortage of these.
5. His xenophobia
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scapegoating of immigrants, including his lies about Mexican immigrants and
his ardent desire to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.
6. His unmistakable passion for bullying. Again, there's no shortage of
examples, but you could start with his defense of supporters who roughed up
a protester at one of his rallies or his ridiculing
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/10310?t=11&akid=16299.967351.3a80jj> of a
disabled New York Times reporter.
Donald Trump absolutely has a First Amendment right to say whatever he
wants, no matter how hateful. And the news media should cover him as a
leading presidential candidate. But it's irresponsible and dangerous for
MSNBC and CNN to provide Trump with a free national platform to bolster his
campaign fueled by bigotry and racism.
Join us in telling MSNBC and CNN that their viewers deserve better than
wall-to-wall, uncritical coverage of Donald Trump's racist campaign.
Tell MSNBC and CNN: Stop promoting Donald Trump's racist presidential
campaign. Click the link below to sign the petition:
https://act.credoaction.com/sign/msnbc_cnn_trump?t=13
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0jj> &akid=16299.967351.3a80jj
Thanks for everything you do.
Josh Nelson, Campaign Manager
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Action from Working Assets
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0jj> Sign the petition ?
1. Arianna Huffington, "A
<http://act.credoaction.com/go/10311?t=16&akid=16299.967351.3a80jj> Note on
Trump: We Are No Longer Entertained," The Huffington Post, December 7, 2015
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