STOP BIG OIL FROM OWNING THE NEWS-SIGN HERE

DEAR FRIEND:

Tell the Tribune Company: Don’t sell to the Koch brothers!

They’re baaaaack! Did you think that the Big Oil billionaire Koch brothers were finished after spending millions of dollars on losing races in last year’s election? Think again.

Now the climate change-denying Koch brothers are taking aim at another critical pillar of our democracy: the news.

The owners of the Tribune Company are selling their media assets -- including TV stations and newspapers across the country like the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune -- and the Koch brothers will snatch them up if we don’t take action now.

Speak out now to save our news! Sign our petition to the Tribune Company here >>

We have already seen what the Koch brothers do with their dirty energy money -- they poison our airwaves during elections, fund think tanks that push propaganda for climate change denial, and get their congressional cronies to block action to protect the air we breathe and water we drink.

The Koch brothers cannot be allowed to control some of the most respected newspapers in the country in order to peddle their anti-science, anti-environment agenda.

Luckily, we’re not the only ones who see this as a major problem. Environmental groups, unions, and civil rights groups across the country have come together to form the Coalition to Save Our News -- and they’ve already delivered more than 500,000 petitions to key players at the Tribune Company! But as the decision draws closer, they need our help to keep the pressure on.

Will you add your name to the growing list of people who will not allow Big Oil to own our news?

Millions of readers rely on papers like the LA Times and Chicago Tribune for strong coverage on important environmental issues. In the past year alone, these papers have featured editorials from climate scientists, exposés on public health threats like cancer-causing chemicals in our furniture, and important endorsements in elections that many use as a guide when they go to the ballot box.

If the Koch brothers take control of these news sources, they will not only have a powerful platform for their anti-science propaganda, but they will also silence the coverage on critical issues that the public needs to learn about.

But this isn’t a done deal. If enough of us speak out, we can convince the Tribune Company to reject the Koch brothers’ offer. Will you help us make that happen by adding your name to our petition now?

Thanks so much,

Vanessa Kritzer
Online Campaigns Manager
League of Conservation Voters

P.S. The Tribune’s newspapers include the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Sun Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel, Hartford Courant, Morning Call, Daily Press, and the Spanish-language papers Hoy and El Sentinel. If you read any of these papers or just care about keeping our news Koch-free,add your name to our petition here >>