NY Promoter Wants Springsteen to Upstage Bush
Tue Jun 22, 3:03 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York concert promoter has mounted an online campaign to "draft" Bruce Springsteen to headline a rock 'n roll show to upstage the Republican National Convention, but the rock icon appears to be uninterested. 
 
The "Concert for Change," would be held on Sept. 1 at Giants Stadium, across the Hudson River from the Republicans' meeting at Madison Square Garden, said promoter and Democratic activist Andrew Rasiej, who has reserved the date at Springsteen's New Jersey home venue.

"This is a simple idea that captures the imagination of Americans opposed to George Bush," Rasiej told Reuters about hopes of staging an anti-Bush rock show the night Republicans nominate the incumbent to run for another term as president.

Springsteen's publicist, however, told Reuters the music star does not plan to perform at any events tied to the Democratic or Republican conventions.

An online petition at www.draftbruce.com has been signed by about 50,000 people in 10 days since it was launched, Rasiej said, adding he had also reached out to acts such as REM, The Dave Matthews Band, Bob Dylan and Carlos Santana.

"When it gets to half a million or so I would formally try to deliver the petition to Bruce's people directly," he said on Monday.

"I've spoken to the manager of REM, to Bon Jovi's people and the rest of the names I've mentioned and they all said, 'if you build it, we will be there."'

Republicans and Democrats both asked to use Springsteen's 1984 hit "Born in the U.S.A." -- a song about how unwelcoming America was to returning Vietnam veterans but often mistaken for a patriotic anthem -- for use in political campaigns. Springsteen declined the requests.

The New Jersey rocker has typically stayed out of politics, but in May posted the text of an anti-war speech by former Vice President Al Gore on his official Web site, calling it "one of the most important speeches I've heard in a long time."

Rasiej, founder of popular New York rock club Irving Plaza, said a "VoteAid" show could win a large TV audience, raise money to support voter registration and deliver a message that could affect the November presidential election.

Computer Ate My Vote: TrueMajority Members Rally
Last Tuesday, TrueMajority led a coalition of seven other groups to stage simultaneous media events in 19 states around The Computer Ate My Vote campaign. Advocates of verifiable balloting delivered about 350,000 petition signatures to state election officials, asking that they offer paper ballots this November to ensure that votes actually get counted and that recounts in close elections are possible.

The national coalition included TrueMajority, MoveOn, Democracy for America, Common Cause, Working Assets, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and VerifiedVoting.org, and state-based groups across the country. In addition to the 19 state events, we organized a media conference call so that national journalists could hear from Howard Dean, California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, Representative Rush Holt, Stanford computer professor David Dill of VerifiedVoting.org and Ben Cohen.

That’s Ben, with the vote-eating computer costume, and TrueVoteMD’s Linda Schade at the rally in Annapolis, Maryland.

The media coverage was significant: 17 million impressions and counting—from the likes of the New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, NPR, Associated Press (three separate articles) and dozens of newspapers, TV and radio stations. Click here to see the media coverage.
 
What our coalition representing over 3 million Americans asked for is simple:  When we go to the polls on November 2, we want to make sure that our votes count. We asked our election officials to offer paper ballots so voters can know that the ballot we cast is verified by the voter who cast it, not a piece of software. We want elections decided by citizens, not computer errors.

TrueMajority has been organizing on this election protection issue for seven months now and we’re making a difference. Eight states have chosen to ensure that voters will see their choices on paper, double the number when we began. Tuesday’s action was one big step toward furthering those numbers.

Bev Harris, author of the landmark book Black Box Voting, addresses a rowdy crowd of Texans on Tuesday. Questions from reporters drew out the event for two hours. People like you—concerned, informed and involved—are the best America has to offer. We’re proud of the opportunity to stand with you.

Thanks,
Ben, Duane, Mark, Matt, Kendra, Jason, Aaron and Katherine
TrueMajority’s Computer Ate My Vote Team
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Below is a summary of what happened in the various states.
Florida:  A total of eight rallies were held in the "ground zero" state for election problems, including one in Tallahassee where 27,000 signatures were delivered to Secretary of State Glenda Hood’s office. Coverage appeared in multiple state papers.
Ohio: Over 200 folks rallied at the statehouse, along with balloons, banners and a six-foot-tall smoking, buzzing mock-up of a malfunctioning voting machine. The CBS affiliate went live from the rally.
Maryland: The rally in Annapolis, staged by TrueVoteMD, was attended by more than 100 citizens, including state senators and delegates of both parties as well as TrueMajority president Ben Cohen. Governor Robert Ehrlich would not accept our stack of petitions, citing "security concerns," but did allow a delegation to speak to Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele. "It was really the best America has to offer," Ben reported. "Average citizens who are concerned about our democracy, taking time out of their lives to help make sure our elections are fair."
South Carolina:  After the press conference held by the South Carolina Progressive Network, activists met with the South Carolina attorney general, from whom they are seeking a state ruling that the Help America Vote Act itself requires a paper trail.
Colorado: Crowd estimates were up to 250 at the rally, which was attended by state officeholders and candidates in addition to longtime voting activists from Boulder and Denver. Things got exciting when about 50 of those folks crossed the street to deliver their 13,411 petitions to Secretary of State Donetta Davidson's office. They were intercepted by building security and then city police. They asked to see the secretary or a representative, only to be provided with an unintentional bit of comic relief when the receptionist claimed, "They're all out to lunch."
New Jersey: Over a hundred activists at the statehouse in Trenton rallied with a representative from the office of Congressman Rush Holt, author of federal legislation to mandate voter-verified paper ballots nationwide. A staffer for New Jersey Governor James McGreevey accepted a stack of more than 20,000 petitions.
Pennsylvania: State Representative Mark Cohen and speakers from Common Cause, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Citizens for Civil Justice, Congressman Rush Holt’s office and Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities addressed a crowd of about 120. Public radio powerhouse WHYY carried the rally as the lead on its 5:30 p.m. drive-time news.
Connecticut:  Despite a summer rain shower, a crowd of about 30 voting activists, peace and justice folks and good government types gathered under the south portico of the Connecticut State Capitol to call for voter-verified paper ballots.
Kentucky:  About 25 people gathered in 100-degree heat outside the statehouse in Frankfort. The local NBC television crew filmed the activists as they marched through the statehouse and delivered their petitions to the Secretary of the Commonwealth's office.
Massachusetts:  A delegation of five activists delivered petitions to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, with coverage by Massachusetts newspapers.
Washington:  A crowd of 75 activists rallied across the street from the Snohomish County office building. Snohomish County Auditor Bob Terwilliger (the county's top elections official) dropped in on the rally to debate the issue before the activists delivered their petitions to his office. Ironically, the auditor's office provided the activists with a paper receipt for the delivery.
Texas:  About 150 activists packed a hearing room in the Texas statehouse, spilling out into the hallway and cheering the remarks of paper ballot activist Bev Harris and computer security expert Dan Wallach. Sign-toting Code Pink activists outside added to the atmosphere. Television news crews and major state print outlets like the Dallas Morning News and the Texas Observer asked so many questions that the event stretched on for two hours.
New York:  Common Cause NY led a rally of about 125 citizens at the statehouse in Albany, where they laid out a strip of petitions from rally site to the capitol.
California: At the San Diego County building, members of SAVE-Democracy, Clean Government, Democracy for America and others were interviewed by at least four camera crews, focusing on the need for a voter-verified paper ballot nationwide.
Utah:  Two dozen activists generated a strong media turnout in this state, where folks are working to prevent a pending purchase of electronic voting machines.
Wisconsin:  Over 100 people showed up to hear from two state legislators and a computer scientist. The group also collected over 500 signatures on our petition in the past five days, urging their congresspeople to cosponsor HR 2239 (which requires paper ballots nationwide).
Indiana:  Two dozen Hoosiers rallied in the capital. They delivered their petitions to Secretary of State Todd Rokita, who said, "This is a serious issue … and it deserves a serious debate."
(At this writing, reports from New Mexico and North Carolina are still coming in.)

Fire Marriage Amendment Supporters
Yesterday, President Bush's effort to write divisiveness and hate into the Constitution went down in flames. Republicans needed 67 votes in the Senate to pass the Federal Marriage Amendment, but they got only 48 on yesterday’s vote – not even a simple majority. It's a huge victory.

Despite the defeat in Congress, Republicans threaten now to make this "an election year issue." Our response: Bring it on. Today, we're highlighting four great Democratic candidates who are running against some of the staunchest supporters of writing discrimination into the Constitution. If we all chip in a little to their campaigns, we can demonstrate that when you try to deny people their civil rights, you don't just lose a vote in Congress – you lose your seat.

You can make a secure, easy online contribution to these campaigns right now at: http://www.moveonpac.org/give/04endorsed.html

While all four of our new featured candidates oppose the Marriage Amendment, they're also each good progressives on other issues as well. Each of these individuals has a compelling personal story and a record of leadership that inspired MoveOn members to nominate them. We believe it will also inspire their constituents to elect them this November.

Each of these candidates also has the opportunity to knock off a conservative right-wing politician, moving us closer to control of the U.S. House.

Our first candidate is Jim Stork, an openly gay man locked in a one of the most competitive races in the country. Jim is running against conservative Republican Clay Shaw in Florida's 22nd District, a Democratic leaning seat that Gore won in 2000 by 5% and John Kerry is currently leading in by the double digits. Stork, the former mayor of Wilton Gardens and a highly successful small business owner, is running an aggressive and intelligent campaign in the center of Presidential battleground politics – Broward County, Florida. His election to Congress would make him only the fourth openly gay member serving in the U.S. House.

Gloria, a MoveOn member from Miami says of Jim, "Jim Stork is a man who is well-respected and is interested in restoring rights for all of us – rights that are being removed by the Patriot Act and rights that are being denied to people due to sexual orientation. He is a man of honor and that is much needed in the US Congress."

Next up is Kalyn Free, running for the 2nd district in Oklahoma. Kalyn became the youngest prosecutor ever hired at the U.S. Department of Justice at the age of 23 and then spent 10 years prosecuting environmental polluters. An intelligent advocate who has worked hard her entire life, Kalyn is a native Oklahoman and member of the Choctaw nation. If elected Free would become the first Native American woman to be elected to Congress. She's in a tight primary race against a very conservative Democrat who supports the Marriage Amendment, supports the war in Iraq, and has received significant backing from the oil and gas industry and the NRA. By supporting Kalyn, we can demonstrate not just to Republicans but to conservative Democrats as well that writing hate into the Constitution just won't fly.

Brian from McAlester, Oklahoma nominated Free and wrote: "Kalyn helped me when I was down and in trouble. With her help and support I made it. I just finished 3 years in the Navy and am happily married and working back in Oklahoma. Kalyn cares from the heart. She is knowledgeable about issues that are important to labor groups, veterans, children and all Oklahomans. She is the one we need in Congress."

In New Mexico's 1st Congressional District, we're highlighting Richard Romero, an outstanding New Mexico State Senate President Pro Tem as well as former teacher. Romero is taking on incumbent Congresswoman Heather Wilson. Wilson is a right-wing Republican who has rubber-stamped nearly every piece of legislation Bush Administration legislation she has seen. Romero is pro-choice and opposed to the constitutional ban on gay marriage. He is running a strong race in this swing state, where voters are responding to his positive message. The race is already neck and neck. With our support, Richard Romero can win.

Of Romero's politics at home, Kathryn from Santa Fe, New Mexico said, "While in the State Senate he took on the old powers and started a reform movement. He was successful and became a symbol of progressive politics for the state. His warm personality, brilliance and knowledge of the First District are exceeded only by his commitment to progressive politics."

Last, we are endorsing Jon Jennings, an Indiana Democrat with a strong chance of beating one of the most conservative members of the U.S. House in Indiana's 8th Congressional District. His opponent, John Hostettler, recently gained notoriety for trying to carry a loaded firearm onto an airplane. Hostettler said he would vote against the Federal Marriage Amendment because it does not go far enough and instead introduced the Marriage Protection Act (HR 3313) which removes the power of the courts to determine the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.

Jennings, the son of an Alcoa steel worker who worked the 3rd shift to support his family, began his career as an assistant coach and scout for the Boston Celtics. Jon was the first person in his family to graduate from high school and go to college. Jon left sports with a calling to public service and was selected for the prestigious White House Fellow's program by the Clinton Administration and later became the Principal Deputy U.S. Attorney General for Legislative Affairs for Janet Reno in 1999. Jon is running a strong campaign in Indiana and attracting national attention for his important race.

Vicki from Terre Haute, Indiana said: "Jon Jennings is a bona fide Democrat who opposes the antics of the Bush administration and its minions. Jennings has shown an ability to organize and fundraise and has a real chance to take this seat for the Democrats."

Together, our thousands of small contributions can make a big difference in each of these races. And when these candidates win in November, it will demonstrate for years to come that politicians lose when they support discrimination. Please consider making a gift of $10, $25, $50, or more if you can today, to each of these four candidates.

Just go to: http://www.moveonpac.org/give/04endorsed.html

Thank you,
Eli Pariser and Hannah Pingree
MoveOn PAC

Protest Bush's visit to Tampa Friday
Join MoveOn and other groups this Friday at 8:30am as we protest President Bush's visit to Tampa and his broken promises to America's women! Click Here.

President Bush is coming to Tampa this Friday, July 16, for a Department of Justice conference on sex trafficking. And we'll be there to demand that he apologize to conference participants and to the public for breaking his promises to America's women.

Members of a dozen groups, from Planned Parenthood to the Sierra Club to America Coming Together, will gather outside the conference in downtown Tampa to send a message to President Bush and the news media that his poor record on women's issues will not go unnoticed. For more info and to join us, Click Here.

The event will be at the plaza across from the Tampa Marriot Waterside Hotel, 700 S. Florida Ave., in downtown Tampa. It will begin at 8:30am.

You can also help us prepare on Thursday night, with sign-making from 5-9 PM and a media training at 7 PM for MoveOn volunteers who are interested in becoming a part of our new Tampa Bay media team. Just come to the America Coming Together (ACT) office at 3701 W. Cherry St. in Tampa (813-350-9007). Even if you can't come Friday, you can join us Thursday night.

Bush ran on a "W is for Women" pledge. Yet, his record is a long list of empty and broken promises to women, from doing nothing to lower health care costs, to cutting funding for women's health care programs and shelters for battered women, to cutting Violence Against Women programs.

Earlier this year, Bush outright cut $20 million in funding for the victims of sex trafficking. Now he is cynically trying to use this conference to try to boost his campaign.

President Bush has become adept at saying one thing and doing another. We have an opportunity to shine the spotlight on his poor record, but we need your help. Sign up here: http://www.moveonpac.org/fl/rsvp.html
We look forward to seeing you there.
Sincerely,
Adam Ruben, Field Director & David Edeli, Central Florida Representative for MoveOn PAC

FMA Defeated in Senate - Much work still to be done

According to the Associated Press, a cloture vote taken to keep the FMA alive was defeated 48-50, 12 votes short of the 60 votes needed.

“This is a wonderful step in the right direction, and people of faith and faith communities played a large role in the defeat of the amendment by letting our senators know that this is not an acceptable measure,” declared Karen Weldin, Soulforce Director of Operations. “However, we still have much work to do in guaranteeing full equality and ending spiritual violence perpetuated by religious policies and teachings against GLBT people.”

Conservative religious/political groups tried to rally supporters last week through Protect Marriage Sunday, and attempt to get pastors to urge their congregations to support the FMA and call their senators asking for support. Soulforce, in turn, urged those attending churches that participated in Protect Marriage Sunday to stand in silent nonviolent protest because Soulforce felt that using the pulpit to demean the loving relationships between two people was wrong.

Soulforce, as well as other progressive organizations, both faith-based and secular, have been encouraging supporters and members to ask their Senators to vote against the FMA which would codify discrimination into the US Constitution and violated religious liberty. Some senators, however, stated the opposition to the amendment on other grounds, including the rights of states to determine marriage laws.

“To have this come up just before the elections shows that the religious/political conservatives are playing politics with peoples’ lives and using GLBT people as political pawns. This is simply wrong,” stated Laura Montgomery Rutt, Director of Communications for Soulforce. “ Even though the FMA died in the Senate, we can not rest until we achieve full equality for GLBT couples and their families.”

www.soulforce.org is actively working to secure equal marriage rights for same-gender couples and end discrimination in religious institutions and civil society.

HOUSE COMMITTEE SHOULD REJECT EFFORT TO WEAKEN FEDERAL COURTS, SAYS AMERICANS UNITED Measure Would Undermine A Fair And Independent Judiciary, AU's Lynn Says

Congress should reject efforts to strip the federal courts of their ability to hear cases dealing with the definition of marriage, Americans United for Separation Church and State said today in a letter to a House committee.

The House Judiciary Committee is considering a proposal called the "Marriage Protection Act" (H.R.3313). The bill would strip the federal courts of jurisdiction over legal challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a federal law passed in 1996 that defines marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman.

DOMA also holds that states are not bound to recognize same-sex marriages that might be legally recognized in other states, which some legal scholars say puts the federal law in conflict with the Constitution's "Full Faith and Credit" clause. That clause says that states shall recognize other states' "public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings."

Americans United Executive Director Barry W. Lynn said the bill is the latest effort by the Religious Right to force its social agenda onto the American people and deny them recourse to the courts.

"This bill seeks to deny some Americans access to the federal courts," Lynn said. "It's positively un-American. Every citizen has a right to his or her day in court. It's sad that the Religious Right is willing to shred the Constitution to ensure that marriage in America meets its standards."

Continued Lynn, "This proposal is an affront to the Constitution's mandate for a separation of powers, essentially giving Congress the final say on the Defense of Marriage Act. It would undermine our nation's confidence in fair and independent federal courts"

Lynn said the measure is clearly unconstitutional and urged Congress not to waste time debating it.

In his letter to the House committee, Lynn called for the proposal's defeat.

"The Marriage Protection Act is unconstitutional and represents an attack on our very system of government," Lynn wrote. "Americans United strongly urges you to leave the independence of the federal judiciary intact, respect separation of powers principles underlying our form of government, and reject this misguided bill."

Americans United is a religious liberty watchdog group based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1947, the organization educates Americans about the importance of church-state separation in safeguarding religious freedom.

Oppose Stealthy Attempts to Promote Marriage Discrimination
from Matt Howes, National Internet Organizer, ACLU

Even as Senate Republicans appear to be failing in their efforts to write discrimination into the Constitution, leaders of the House of Representatives are gearing up to find alternative backdoor methods to block marriage equality.

House Republican Majority leader Tom DeLay is considering two proposals that take steps toward halting marriage equality. One proposal would block the District of Columbia from recognizing marriages of gay and lesbian couples married in other states. The other would deny the Supreme Court and all other federal courts of the ability to consider any challenges to the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act.

Both these attempts are crude attempts to force marriage discrimination. The House should reject any attempt to stop marriage equality.

Take Action! Urge your representative to oppose stealthy attempts at marriage discrimination.

Click here for more information and to send an email to your Representative.

Also, because time is short, you can also call your Representative through the Capitol Switchboard at 202 224 3121 or 1-800-839-5276. To look up their direct number Click Here.

P.S. As mentioned earlier, the Senate is likely to start votes on the Federal Marriage Amendment today! If you have not already done so, you can send a message to your Senator by clicking here. You can also use the numbers above to call your Senators.

Election Monitors to Prevent Another Stolen Election in 2004
Democrats.com News asks that you sign their petition

To: George W. Bush

We call on you to request expert election monitors to avoid an unprecedented electoral - and Constitutional - crisis over the Presidential election of November 2, 2004. Such a request was made by 13 Members of Congress on July 1, 2004.

We saw a preview of this crisis in 2000 in Florida. We believe the 2004 crisis will be worse because:

* Across the nation, error-prone punchcard machines have been replaced by touchscreen machines that have failed repeatedly in actual elections.
These machines lack paper trails, their source code is proprietary, and computer security experts believe these machines are hackable, so voters have no confidence their votes will be recorded and counted honestly. To compound voter fears, Diebold CEO Wally O'Dell vowed to "deliver" Ohio's crucial electoral votes to you

* The crimes committed by partisan Florida election officials in 2000 were never punished, which sent a clear signal to partisan officials that they could violate election laws with impunity

* As the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights documented in 2001, discrimination against minorities - mostly Democrats - in 2000 was widespread. More than half of the votes that went uncounted nationwide were cast by minorities. Most of these problems were never fixed, as the Commission documented in April 2004

* Most of the Florida non-felons whose voting rights were illegally revoked in 2000 have not regained their voting rights, and the 2004 "felon" purge was rigged to hurt Democrats by removing black "felons" and help Republicans by overlooking hispanic "felons." This revelation - following a lawsuit opposed by Florida - created a furor, but officials insist they will "find other ways" to purge "felons"

* Also in Florida, Republicans eliminated the witness requirement for absentee ballots, creating a major opportunity for fraud. Republicans are tricking new citizens into registering as Republicans by illegally pre- checking the "Republican" box

* In Missouri, the Republican Secretary of State is trying to stop mainly Democratic voters in St. Louis from voting early

* There may be many other illegal activities underway at the state and local level that have simply not been discovered because no one is looking for them

* Key officials in your administration seek the power to postpone (or
cancel) the 2004 election based on warnings of terrorist attacks, even though past warnings have been conspicuously politicized

* Pro-Republican bias in the corporate-owned media, especially at Fox News, has been widely documented, creating an uneven playing field for the campaign. This problem is compounded by the extremely limited coverage planned for the summer conventions

* All five Republican Supreme Court Justices who betrayed America by throwing out 175,000 uncounted votes in 2000 remain on the Court, so any dispute that ends up in the Supreme Court will lack legitimacy

The American people share our concerns. A poll in June 2004 found 44% of all voters - and 62% of Democrats - fear a Florida-style debacle in November.

We believe observers who are experts in administering honest, transparent, and fair elections are needed for the "battleground" states (Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin) that will decide the Presidency. We call on you to request such experts from the United Nations, the Organization of American States, and the Carter Center.

The petition is at http://democrats.com/monitors. It has a number of very interesting, clickable links. - George

BUSH MISLEADS ABOUT RACE RELATIONS
In 2000, Presidential candidate George W. Bush courageously chastised his own conservative colleagues saying "while some in my party have avoided the NAACP, and while some in the NAACP have avoided my party, I'm proud to be here...I believe we can find common ground." [SOURCE: Bush Speech, 7/10/2000] But after refusing to speak at yesterday's NAACP's annual convention, President Bush became the first President since Herbert Hoover not to attend an NAACP convention.[1]

According to NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, the NAACP "has reached out to Bush numerous times in hopes of meeting with him,"[2] but the President never responded to the NAACP. Instead, the President chose to mark key civil rights holidays with racially-insensitive announcements and behavior. For instance, last year, the President chose the Martin Luther King holiday to announce the Administration's stance against affirmative action.[3] This year, the President used the same holiday to unilaterally elevate Charles Pickering to the federal appellate bench[4] in the face of what Mfume noted was "Pickering's hostility to civil rights and leniency to cross burners."[5] This year he also used a visit to Martin Luther King's grave to force taxpayers to foot the travel costs for a $2,000-a-plate political fundraiser in Atlanta, Georgia.[6]

Sources:
1. "Bush says no to NAACP speech," NewsDay.com, 7/09/04.
2. "NAACP chairman calls for Bush's ouster," CNN.com, 7/13/04.
3. Presidential Remarks, WhiteHouse.gov, 1/15/03.
4. "Bush Gives Recess Appointment to Pickering," Fox News, 1/16/04.
5. "NAACP chairman calls for Bush's ouster," CNN.com, 7/13/04.
6. "Bush Exploits MLK's Grave For Political Fundraiser," Misleader.org, 1/15/04.

Visit www.misleader.org for more about Bush Administration distortions.

OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
"Outfoxed" examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news. This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public's right to know.

The film explores Murdoch's burgeoning kingdom and the impact on society when a broad swath of media is controlled by one person.

Media experts, including Walter Cronkite, Jeff Cohen (FAIR) Bob McChesney (Free Press), Chellie Pingree (Common Cause), Jeff Chester (Center for Digital Democracy) and David Brock (Media Matters) provide context and guidance for the story of Fox News and its effect on society.

This documentary also reveals the secrets of Former Fox news producers, reporters, bookers and writers who expose what it's like to work for Fox News. These former Fox employees talk about how they were forced to push a "right-wing" point of view or risk their jobs. Some have even chosen to remain anonymous in order to protect their current livelihoods. As one employee said "There's no sense of integrity as far as having a line that can't be crossed."

Director/Producer Robert Greenwald has produced and/or directed 53 television movies, miniseries and features. He is the director of Uncovered and the Executive Producer of the UN series - Unprecedented, Uncovered and the soon to be released Unconstitutional.

Watch the trailer or buy the DVD at http://www.outfoxed.org/?520=

Slate Cartoon: Gay Marriage Debate
We're on YELLOW alert, terrorists are about to disrupt our elections, the deficit is bigger than ever, the world hates us, the states are broke -but what bothers me most is GAY MARRIAGE!
We have to look at GAY MARRIAGE right now! Click here