TODAY'S DEMO - STOP THE KOCH BROTHERS
About 100 labor and community activists attended a 12 noon demonstration toady at the Hartford Courant to stop the Koch brothers from buying the Courant. [See Photos Below]
Background - By The Working Families Party.
Background - By The Working Families Party.
The Koch brothers are the right-wing duo infamous for funding the Tea Party. Now they want to buy their own media empire to spread their extreme views -- including the Hartford Courant, and its parent, the Tribune Company.
The Kochs have spent their fortune funding anti-worker candidates like Scott Walker and right-wing lobbying groups like ALEC. They even warned tens of thousands of their employees that there would be "consequences" if they didn't vote for Republicans. Not exactly the kind of guys I want running the most respected newspaper in Connecticut. Isn't one Rupert Murdoch enough?
The Hartford Courant is a valuable source of honest journalism. We can't let it turn into a right-wing mouthpiece.
Posted by Tom Connolly
The Kochs have spent their fortune funding anti-worker candidates like Scott Walker and right-wing lobbying groups like ALEC. They even warned tens of thousands of their employees that there would be "consequences" if they didn't vote for Republicans. Not exactly the kind of guys I want running the most respected newspaper in Connecticut. Isn't one Rupert Murdoch enough?
The Hartford Courant is a valuable source of honest journalism. We can't let it turn into a right-wing mouthpiece.
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