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... 39;s becoming increasingly clear that Fox News and News Corp have a problem with race. It is also becoming clear that the problem starts at the top with you, Mr. Murdoch. Are we missing something, or do your words indeed speak for themselves?
James Rucker
Executive Director, ColorOfChange.org
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Here's what Murdoch said to Sky News:
More on Barack Obama
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... about President Obama's citizenship, you and more than 25,000 ColorOfChange.org members called on CNN President Jon ... and misinformation in the media. You should be proud that you and 25,000 other ColorOfChange members played an important role in making this ... your contributions go a long way. You can contribute here:
https://secure.colorofchange.org/contribute/
References
1. "In ...
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... powerful media barons in the world.
Our friends at ColorOfChange.org are calling out Murdoch for FOX' ... race-baiting, or admit he agrees with it."
ColorOfChange.org has successfully urged over 80 advertisers ... quot;Murdoch: Make a choice," ColorOfChange.org, November 11, 2009
3 ... quot;Help us hold the line," ColorOfChange.org
4. "Murdoch doesn't consider Obama ...
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... 's race-baiting, or admit he agrees with it.
Here's the email we're sending ColorOfChange members today:
Dear ColorOfChange.org member,
Last week, when asked about Glenn Beck calling President Obama "racist," ... Peace,
-- James, Gabriel, William, Dani and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team
November 11th, ...
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... baiting. It's just one step in starting to bring some accountability to the leadership of Fox News and News Corp -- but it's an important one.
Join us in calling out Rupert Murdoch, and ask your friends and family to do the same. It only takes a minute:
Thanks and Peace,
-- James, Gabriel, William, Dani and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team
November 11th, 2009
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... s comment at first.
Rupert Murdoch has been ducking any follow-up questions on the subject. ColorOfChange has over 135,000 signatures on a petition asking Murdoch to either say clearly that ... spoke at the Federal Trade Commission as part of a conference on the future of journalism. ColorOfChange organizers and others in the audience confronted Murdoch about his comments and asked for an explanation ...
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From ColorOfChange.org:
Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox News Channel's parent company News Corp, said he agrees with Glenn Beck's statement that ... of Black communities at White people's expense. It's repulsive, divisive and shouldn't be on the air.
Join ColorOfChange.org in calling on Beck's advertisers to stop sponsoring his show.
Add your voice now.
80 companies ...
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Via Afro Netizen, the news that ColorofChange (the same group which so successfully organized a pullout of Glenn Beck's advertising by informing sponsor's of Beck's ... (based on some of the email we've received after launching our campaign against Beck, we know this first-hand at ColorOfChange).
"The Christmas Sweater" is part of Beck's effort to present himself as ...
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... NYU to protest Glenn Beck's "Christmas Sweater" stage play being performed there last night. As ColorofChange.org's James Rucker wrote, "As he performed, ministers and people of faith from across New York City gathered outside the event with NYU students and ColorOfChange members, condemning Beck’s attempt to cloak himself in Christian values while continuing his race ...
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... Barack Obama is racist," thing. I wonder if he thought Beck was right about the Van Jones is a Communist talk.
The only people who are concerning themselves with that are the good folks over at ColorofChange.org who are currently running a campaign against Fox after what Rupert Murdoch said in an interview with Sky News Australia last week. According to Rupert, Glenn Beck was right, and ...
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... have received complaints about discrimination at the Post, but I haven't heard back from any of them. I did, however, hear from James Rucker, co-founder and executive director of ColorofChange.org, a group that, among other activities, has been leading the effort to convince advertisers to boycott Glenn Beck's Fox News program.
Here's Rucker's response: "Clearly, News Corp. ...
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Say it ain't Sosa! Images courtesy Argo/Getty
High fives, fist bumps, and on to the next challenge to Presente.org , ColorOfChange.org, and all those who responded to their online campaigns to force CNN’s resident xenophobe, racist, idiot conspiracy theorist Lou Dobbs off the air.
Dobbs abrupt resignation during his Wednesday broadcast, effective immediately, seemed as
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Co-authored with Chris Rabb and Joseph Torres
When Fox News’ Glenn Beck called President Barack Obama a racist this past July, the online advocacy group ColorOfChange.org launched a campaign to convince advertisers to boycott the show. To date, some 285,000 people have joined the effort, and more than 80 companies have pulled their ads.
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... ;s like finding a long hair in your food.
Well, as part of this event he was going to have the Harlem Gospel Choir on stage and singing. Note the tense, was going to. Not anymore. The people at ColorOfChange, who have been chasing of Beck's sponsors on TV, went and talked with the choir about the various comments and actions Beck has been a party to. They had to think on it, and decided to ...
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... in theaters across the country — inside NYU’s Skirball Center. As he performed, ministers and people of faith from across New York City gathered outside the event with NYU students and ColorOfChange members, condemning Beck’s attempt to cloak himself in Christian values while continuing his race baiting and fear mongering on TV and the radio. Reverends Conrad Tillard, Donna ...
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