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From: Nita and Shaunna, UltraViolet [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 1:26 PM
To: Miriam Vieni
Subject: NBC: The new Fox News?
Dear Miriam,
NBC is fast on its way to becoming the next Fox News.
Recently the NBC network brought on two extremist hosts from the right-wing
channel. Even worse, NBC announced that--despite clear conflicts of
interest--Donald Trump will remain an executive producer for the network's
show, "Celebrity Apprentice," even after he formally becomes president of
the United States.
This is how NBC and the media will normalize not just Donald Trump but his
entire sexist, hate-filled agenda--and they stand to make a lot of money
from it. Unless we all speak out to stop it, this respected news network
will mainstream Trump's dangerous sexism and racism.
That's why UltraViolet members are demanding that NBC cut all financial ties
to Trump so long as he is president, and commit themselves to reporting the
news without bias.
<https://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/NBC_cut_ties_with_Trump/?t=1&akid=398
2.210865.g5ekqv> Will you join them?
<https://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/NBC_cut_ties_with_Trump/?t=2&akid=398
2.210865.g5ekqv> Tell NBC: Your viewers deserve unbiased news. It's time to
Dump Trump.
Sign the
<https://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/NBC_cut_ties_with_Trump/?t=3&akid=398
2.210865.g5ekqv> petition
Compromised journalism in favor of protecting Trump and network revenue is
the name of the game at NBC. We can't let the NBC network become a
propaganda machine for the Trump administration.
Last week, Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News anchor and conservative golden
child, announced that she is moving to NBC.2 People widely praised her for
taking on Donald Trump in the 2016 debates, but she then quickly returned to
business as usual and supported some of the President-elect's most bigoted
policies and proclamations.3
A few days after Kelly's announcement, Greta Van Susteren, another former
Fox News regular who has promoted Trump for years, announced that she is
also making the switch to NBC.4 Van Susteren's "journalism" includes the
production of a special interview titled "Meet The Trumps," in which she
inflates Trump's leadership and downplays his offensiveness and political
incompetence.
NBC's hiring of these two former Fox employees proves how far-reaching the
network's conflicts of interest are when it comes to Donald Trump. As long
as the president-elect remains at the helm of one of the network's shows, we
can expect a whole lot more cozying up to Trump and a whole lot less truth
in reporting about the president-elect and his disgusting politics and
policies.
Nothing about Donald Trump's incendiary hatred, toxic sexism, and
chest-thumping prejudice is normal.5 We have to stop the media from trying
to normalizing those behaviors--while profiting from it, no less.
<https://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/NBC_cut_ties_with_Trump/?t=4&akid=398
2.210865.g5ekqv> Join us to demand that NBC end all fiduciary relationships
they have with President-elect Donald Trump.
Thank you for fighting to keep NBC accountable to the American people, not
its profit margins.
--Nita, Shaunna, Kat, Karin, Adam, Holly, Kathy, Onyi, Susan, Anathea,
Audine, Shannon, Megan, Libby, Emma, PaKou, and Pilar, the UltraViolet team
Sources:
1. Donald
<http://act.weareultraviolet.org/go/5673?t=5&akid=3982.210865.g5ekqv> Trump
to Remain Executive Producer on 'Celebrity Apprentice', Variety, Dec 6, 2016
2. NBC's
<http://act.weareultraviolet.org/go/5674?t=6&akid=3982.210865.g5ekqv> Hiring
of Megyn Kelly Appears to Signal a Shift to the Right, Fortune, Jan 3, 2017
3. 'NBC
<http://act.weareultraviolet.org/go/5675?t=7&akid=3982.210865.g5ekqv> has
hired a racist': The internet bashes network for hiring 'idealogue' Megyn
Kelly, Raw Story, Jan 3, 2017
4. Greta Van Susteren to join MSNBC
<http://act.weareultraviolet.org/go/5676?t=8&akid=3982.210865.g5ekqv> ,
Politico, Jan 5, 2017
5. NBC
<http://act.weareultraviolet.org/go/5669?t=9&akid=3982.210865.g5ekqv> Is
Building A Trump Normalization Machine, Media Matters, Jan 4, 2017
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