boycott letter #1

This is the letter I am sending to sponsors of NBC news telling them I will not be purchasing their products while they support irresponsible, opinionated "journalism". Feel free to copy (don't forget to change the name!) I will be adding contact info for each sponsor as I get the addresses.

Dear (News Sponsor):

NBC News habitually substitutes political opinion for "news," misleading the American public with disregard for national well being and our nation's vital need for fair and unbiased reporting.

Your company provides them with ad revenue from your sponsorship. As a concerned and loyal American citizen, I will no longer purchase products advertised on NBC News which supports NBC News providing biased news coverage.

During a time when biases and political agendas are dividing our nation and citizenry, NBC News' partisan coverage attempts to marginalize many consumers with different political views. Recent examples are lack of coverage of tea party protests, and of ACORN’S corrupt actions. NBC News has consistently ignored, dismissed or belittled the ideals of a large number of Americans and has even at times shown outward scorn for differing opinions. This has viewers changing the channel, as evidenced by NBC News steeply declining ratings.

Until NBC News starts factual reporting, and stops promoting their obvious political bias and agenda as “news”, I will not watch NBC News programs and I will not support NBC News sponsors nor purchase NBC News sponsors' products.

When your company discontinues sponsorship and support of NBC News unethical practices, I will consider purchase of your company's products again.

I hope your company will join me in the support and pursuit of a stronger, better America that no longer tolerates or supports persons or corporate entities that purposefully misleads and misinforms the American public for their own gain.

Sincerely,

Name

City, State

IT is done

You may have guessed by now that letter writing is not one of my strengths, but I've finally done it. I wrote my first letter* to my Senator... and sent it. Now that it's over, we can go home, right?

Kidding.

I started writing An Angry Mob of One as a way to announce my intentions into the stratosphere in an attempt to push myself into action. I also thought there may be other unorganized folks around who could use a little help in this area. For that reason, I'll be posting the letters I write so others may use them also.

Feel free to copy for your own use:

Dear Senator ( ),

The direction our country is heading is causing deep concern.

The Federal Government has taken ownership of several major areas of the economy at great taxpayer expense, such as the auto industry and financial services. The Federal Government is not a capitalistic endeavor and was never structured to be so. It will be a costly endeavor for us taxpayers

And now we are looking at major government participation in the most personal of areas which touches everyone – health care. This extensive involvement in managing our economy will stifle growth and opportunity.

On top of this we will have “Cap and Trade” and no one, absolutely no one knows what this will do. Except add more cost to every product and hit our pocketbooks even more, stifling growth.

Please help return the Government to a capitalistic economy and stop us from sliding into socialism.

Sincerely,

Me