Don't Koch the L.A. Times!
After years of mismanagement, the Tribune Company newspapers -- including the Chicago Tribune and L.A. Times -- are up for sale. And one of the potential buyers? The Koch brothers. |
Background: New York Times: Koch Brothers Turning Focus to Newspapers Chicago Tribune: Protesters Urge Tribune Co. Not to Sell Free Press: Tribune Joins Rush to Consolidate with TV Deal |
Yes, those Koch brothers: the billionaire businessmen who run Koch Industries, a sprawling multinational corporation involved in everything from oil to fertilizer to paper towels to bankrolling right-wing political causes.
Join RootsAction in sending this message to the Tribune Company:
Don't sell out journalism by selling your papers to the Koch brothers. Threats by staff to quit are probably music to their cost-cutting ears. We need you to stand up for journalism by refusing to sell.
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| 68157 | Sun Apr 15 20:58:47 EDT 2018 | Anonymous | Arlington , TX , US | |
| 68156 | Wed Jul 27 01:12:54 EDT 2016 | Naheed Choudhry | Los Angeles, CA , US | |
| 68155 | Fri Jun 24 19:07:58 EDT 2016 | Carl Silverman | Madison, WI , US | |
| 68154 | Sat Jun 18 11:49:08 EDT 2016 | Scott Bakal | Raleigh, NC , US | |
| 68153 | Sat Aug 08 18:17:40 EDT 2015 | Anonymous | Fort Worth , TX , US | |
| 68152 | Sun Jul 26 04:07:58 EDT 2015 | Christine Kasten | Tucson, AZ , US | |
| 68151 | Thu Jul 02 16:55:38 EDT 2015 | Jen Manders | Dubuque, IA , US | |
| 68150 | Mon Jun 08 01:04:17 EDT 2015 | Kimberly Stovarsky | Fort Worth , TX , US | |
| 68149 | Tue Mar 31 21:20:57 EDT 2015 | Anonymous | Chester, VT , US | |
| 68148 | Tue Mar 24 19:05:33 EDT 2015 | Dale Sloat | Hopatcong, NJ , US | |
| 68147 | Tue Mar 24 19:04:29 EDT 2015 | Jan Sloat | Hopatcong, NJ , US | |
| 68146 | Mon Mar 09 11:30:45 EDT 2015 | Rebecca Campbell | Ottawa, ON , CA | |
| 68145 | Mon Feb 09 03:42:20 EST 2015 | Kimberly Stovarsky | Fort Worth , TX , US | |
| 68144 | Thu Oct 02 00:43:18 EDT 2014 | Lucas Brown | Gaylord, MI , US | |
| 68143 | Mon Sep 29 23:56:38 EDT 2014 | Lucas Brown | Gaylord, MI , US | |
| 68142 | Sat Aug 09 08:58:04 EDT 2014 | Damien McLeod | Key Largo, FL , US | |
| 68141 | Tue Jul 29 17:59:41 EDT 2014 | Dana Immordino Immordino | Valley, AL , US | |
| 68140 | Mon Jul 14 15:52:57 EDT 2014 | Rebecca Farmer | Berkeley, CA , US | |
| 68139 | Tue Jul 01 15:41:57 EDT 2014 | Kimberly Wyke | Camden, ME , US | |
| 68138 | Sat Jun 14 19:40:43 EDT 2014 | Jackie McNeely-Estes | Greensboro, NC , US | |
| 68137 | Wed May 21 05:18:38 EDT 2014 | Elizabeth Smith | Portland, ME , US | Journalism is supposed to be impartial, not politically slanted. From all I've witnessed in the past few years, you brothers are far from that. |
| 68136 | Tue May 20 12:27:12 EDT 2014 | Michaelj Seamans | Bakersfield, CA , US | I do not read main stream news anymore. I learned early on in my life how inaccurate and polarized these services can be and will be if left to the control of economic interests. I am interested only in More.... |
| 68135 | Wed Apr 09 00:32:30 EDT 2014 | Perri Gaffney | NY, NY , US | |
| 68134 | Tue Apr 08 11:12:16 EDT 2014 | Debra Wells | Warrensville Heights, OH , US | |
| 68133 | Tue Apr 08 11:12:16 EDT 2014 | Debra Wells | Warrensville Heights, OH , US |
