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  • Phone Hacking Scandal

    Phone Hacking Scandal

    In 2011, the British tabloid News of the World, then owned by a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., shut down after media reports that its staff had hacked into the private voicemails of British celebrities and ordinary citizens to generate content for its stories. The scandal resulted in the shuttering of News of the World, trials and imprisonment of multiple News of the World staffers, and millions of dollars in costs.

  • Kat Timph

    Kat Timpf

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    Eric Bolling

    Eric Bolling provided financial commentary for CNBC and Fox Business, then became a Fox News co-host on The Five and The Specialists until he was fired in 2017 after reports that he sent unsolicited nude pictures to women at the network. While he worked at Fox, Bolling was known for racist, anti-Muslim, and sexist commentary. After leaving Fox, he hosted the BlazeTV show America with Eric Bolling and the show America This Week for Sinclair Broadcast Group.

  • Charles Krauthammer

    Charles Krauthammer

    Charles Krauthammer, who died in 2018, was a psychiatrist, longtime columnist for The Washington Post, and contributor to Fox News, where he was a regular panelist on Special Report. 

  • David Clarke

    David Clarke

    David Clarke was a sheriff for 15 years and was a frequent commentator on Fox News, where he often made extreme statements. Clarke resigned as sheriff in 2017 soon after a report that he plagiarized parts of his thesis for his master’s degree. Following a failed appointment to President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security, he briefly joined the pro-Trump PAC America First Action as an adviser and spokesperson. 

  • Daniel Henninger

    Daniel Henninger

    Daniel Henninger edits and writes for The Wall Street Journal's opinion section, and also makes regular appearances on Fox News and FoxNews.com, and is a panelist on Fox's weekly show The Journal Editorial Report.

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    Matt Drudge

    Matt Drudge is the creator and owner of the conservative Drudge Report, a news aggregation website with sensational and often misleading headlines.

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    Lisa Bloom

    Civil rights attorney known for representing women whose sexual harassment claims led to the firing of Bill O'Reilly from Fox News, as well as two women who made harassment claims against President Donald Trump. She was also part of Harvey Weinstein’s legal team defending him against reports of sexual abuse.

  • Stephen Moore

    Stephen Moore

    Stephen Moore is a conservative economic commentator who has been on the Wall Street Journal editorial board, a Fox News contributor, and most recently a CNN commentator. He has also worked in a variety of conservative think tanks including the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, and he co-founded the Club for Growth in 1999. He has also worked on Republican economic policy commissions and was one of Donald Trump’s top economic advisers for his 2016 presidential campaign.

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    Corey Lewandowski

    Corey Lewandowski was President Donald Trump's campaign manager until June 2016. During his time as campaign manager, he was charged with battery for grabbing a reporter, but the charge was soon dropped. After leaving the campaign, he briefly joined CNN as a political commentator while still receiving severance pay from the Trump campaign. Lewandowski later worked as a political commentator for One America News Network, but he was fired in July 2017.

  • Trump-Russia

    Trump/Russia

    Numerous news stories, government investigations, indictments, and convictions have stemmed from allegations that members of President Donald Trump's campaign, transition team, and administration assisted Russia in its interference in the 2016 presidential election in support of Trump.

  • Emily Miller

    Emily Miller

    Emily Miller has worked as a Republican communications official, a Washington Times columnist, and a reporter for Fox’s Washington, DC, affiliate WTTG, where she spread misinformation about gun laws. In 2016 she joined One America News Network as a correspondent. In August 2020, she joined the FDA as a spokesperson before departing after 11 days.

  • Take Action

    • No Fox Fee
      Tell Your Cable Provider: Don't Let Fox Raise My Bill!
      Say #NoFoxFee

      Fox is trying to force cable customers to pay more for TV in order to subsidize Fox News’ hateful, deceptive content — the “Fox Fee.” Your provider could be in negotiations with Fox RIGHT NOW. Unless you tell them to say #NoFoxFee, YOU could be footing the bill for Fox News whether you watch or not.

      Contact your provider NOW. Based on previous contract renewals, Spectrum/Charter, Xfinity/Comcast, and Cox could all be in negotiations. Tell them you want them to stand up to Fox's strong-arming and say #NoFoxFee!

      NoFoxFee.com
    • Drop Fox
      Tell Advertisers: Drop Fox
      Fox News is a malevolent and destructive force

      Not only is Fox News' programming becoming increasingly extreme, deceitful, and racist, but the network is also functioning as Donald Trump's personal propaganda operation. Enough is enough. Tell advertisers to drop Fox!

      THIS CAMPAIGN IS NOW CLOSED. LEARN MORE
    • Stop Hannity
      Join the Fight to Stop Sean Hannity
      He's A Full-Blown Propagandist

      At this point, if a company is sponsoring Sean Hannity's show, it is essentially supporting a Trump propaganda operation. Sign up here to join the effort to encourage Hannity's advertisers to stop financially supporting his propaganda.

      THIS CAMPAIGN IS NOW CLOSED. LEARN MORE
    • Stop Enabling Cambridge Analytica
      Tell Facebook: Stop Enabling Cambridge Analytica, The Trump Campaign, and Other Cheaters
      Stop enabling businesses that game the system

      Facebook needs to ban every entity, be it the Trump campaign or any other, that is using a copy of Cambridge Analytica's data or any other data set acquired by cheating. 

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • The Weekly Standard is Not Fit to Fact Check
      Tell Facebook: The Weekly Standard is Not Fit to Fact Check
      The Weekly Standard is a right-wing misinformer

      Facebook is trying to team up with The Weekly Standard, a right-wing publication with a history of pushing partisan lies, to fact-check news shared on its platform. We can't let it happen. 

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Take Action Against Sexual Harassment
      Tell Fox News: Take Action Against Sexual Harassment
      Fox needs to fix its culture of sexual harassment

      Getting rid of Roger Ailes was a long overdue start to addressing these very serious charges of sexual misconduct. Fox has an obligation to take this matter seriously, not just for the sake of its staff, but also for its audience.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Tell Congress: Save Public Broadcasting
      Tell Congress: Save Public Broadcasting
      Trump wants to eliminate the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

      The Corporation for Public Broadcasting relies almost entirely on the federal government for its funding. It’s one of the last remaining U.S. media groups that is insulated from commercial or political pressure. In today’s fragmented news landscape, the independent voices it supports are more valuable than ever.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Stand Up To Trump’s Blacklist
      Tell The White House Press Corps: Stand Up To Trump’s Blacklist
      Journalists covering Trump need to stand up and fight back

      Time and time again, as one news outlet after another is frozen out by the White House, reporters continue to go about their interactions with Trump and his people as if nothing is wrong. Enough is enough. Some principles are more important than competition among outlets.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Don’t Let Milo Yiannopoulos Harass Your Students
      Tell Colleges: Don’t Let Milo Yiannopoulos Harass Your Students
      Harassment has no place on a college campus

      College and university campuses need to be places where ideas can be debated vigorously, and sometimes that debate will become uncomfortable or controversial. But when discussion devolves into outright harassment of students, it is time to draw a line.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Tell NBC: Dump Trump
      Tell NBC: Dump Trump
      Having Trump as an executive producer is intolerable

      Variety reported on December 8 that Donald Trump will remain as executive producer of The Celebrity Apprentice when the show returns in 2017. This will mean that NBC will have a fiduciary relationship with the president of the United States, creating an unprecedented conflict of interest for the network.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Tell Facebook: Fix Your Fake News Problem
      Tell Facebook: Fix Your Fake News Problem
      It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to take action

      It’s high time that Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook fix their fake news problem and address the cesspool of misinformation that Facebook has become. 

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Tell CNN: Cut Ties with Corey Lewandowski
      Tell CNN: Cut Ties with Corey Lewandowski
      He puts his colleagues at risk

      CNN hired Corey Lewandowski in late June after Donald Trump relieved him of duties as campaign manager. What looked at first like an indefensible hire has mushroomed into perhaps the worst conflict-of-interest problem in the history of cable news. It’s time to send a message to Jeff Zucker and CNN: Cut ties with Corey Lewandowski at once.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • End Donald Trump’s Phone Privilege
      Tell The Media: End Donald Trump’s Extraordinary Phone Privilege
      It’s time to take away Trump’s special privilege

      The news media has given Donald Trump a special phone privilege, allowing him to call in to shows instead of forcing him to appear via satellite or in studio. As a result of this privilege, Trump can appear on more shows, and he can avoid being confronted by images and demonstrations showing his lies for what they are. Tell news networks that it’s time to take away Trump’s special privilege.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Hold O'Reilly Accountable
      Hold Bill O’Reilly Accountable
      He deceived viewers about his “combat zone” experience

      Bill O'Reilly has held himself up as a paragon of virtue and truth while attacking anyone that dares to challenge his credibility. But his deceptions about reporting from war zones undermine and insult actual war reporters who risk their lives to report from actual combat zones.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more here
    • Fight Misinformation On Local News
      Fight Misinformation On Local News
      Fox uses their local news stations to push misinformation

      By operating local stations, Fox News executives can transmit key right-wing talking points to large numbers of people who don't watch cable news. And with Fox-owned stations now reaching 37% of U.S. television audiences, that's a huge opportunity for the conservative media.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Join The Fight to Stop Rush
      Join The Fight to Stop Rush
      Rush Limbaugh is bad for business

      Advertisers and radio executives are realizing that associating with Rush Limbaugh is bad for business. But Limbaugh hasn't changed his tune. Every day, he takes to the airwaves to peddle remarkable new slurs, smears, and conspiracy theories. It's up to this grassroots movement to keep up the pressure.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • CNN: Climate Change Is News
      CNN: Climate Change Is News
      Tell the network to commit to journalism and report the news

      It's time for CNN to revisit their commitment to journalism. Tell Jeff Zucker that when there's news about climate change, his network needs to report it.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Cover Net Neutrality
      Cover Net Neutrality
      The open and equal internet we have today is in danger

      A combined Time Warner and 21st Century Fox would create a company so large that it would radically transform the U.S. media landscape. It would be terrible for consumers and the market.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more here
    • Time Warner: Don’t Sell to Rupert Murdoch
      Time Warner: Don’t Sell to Rupert Murdoch
      A merger would radically transform the U.S. media landscape

      A combined Time Warner and 21st Century Fox would create a content company so large that it would radically transform the media landscape. Murdoch would control 40% of the cable market. Giving one company this much control over our media would be terrible for consumers and the marketplace. Tell Time Warner not to sell to Rupert Murdoch.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • CBS News: Explain Discredited Report
      CBS News: Explain Discredited Report
      Why did CBS put Dylan Davies on the air?

      60 Minutes made errors at nearly every step of the reporting process. While questions still remain about why, it's important that the network start to clean up its mess.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Expose CNBC’s Climate Denial
      Expose CNBC’s Climate Denial
      CNBC denied science in more than half of its 2013 climate coverage

      CNBC has had multiple opportunities to address its climate denial problem, but has only let it get worse. At this point, the network can no longer claim ignorance: CNBC is intentionally misleading its viewers about climate change, and it needs to stop.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • NBC: No Russia for 2013 Miss Universe Pageant
      NBC: No Russia for 2013 Miss Universe Pageant
      Don't reward Russia's anti-gay crackdown

      Russia's legislature unanimously adopted an extreme new law banning “gay propaganda” in order to crack down on its LGBT community. The decision to host the pageant in Moscow this year is a giant step backward.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • ABC News: Correct False Benghazi Report
      ABC News: Correct False Benghazi Report
      ABC News needs to correct its false report on the air

      The recent controversy over ABC's debunked Benghazi “exclusive” is threatening their credibility. Help us hold the media accountable by telling ABC News to correct its report on the air.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Tell The News to Cover Climate Change
      Tell The News to Cover Climate Change
      The news has to do a better job in 2013

      Twelve. That's the combined number of segments that ABC, CBS and NBC's nightly news programs devoted to climate change throughout all of 2012. This is woefully inadequate. We need coverage that's consistent with the importance of dealing with this issue.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Tell the Wall Street Journal to Disclose Campaign Officials
      Tell the Wall Street Journal to Disclose Campaign Officials
      The Wall Street Journal has a responsibility to its readers

      The Wall Street Journal published more than 20 op-eds written by 10 Romney campaign advisers without disclosing their campaign roles. Newspaper readers should know when they're reading something written by someone involved in a political campaign.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • MSNBC: Sanction Pat Buchanan
      MSNBC: Sanction Pat Buchanan
      MSNBC can no longer ignore Buchanan's bigotry.

      Buchanan is a paid MSNBC analyst. For too long, MSNBC has helped validate his vitriol by giving Buchanan a national platform. But enough is enough. It's time for MSNBC to stop ignoring Buchanan's bigotry.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more here
    • CBS: Don’t Legitimize Discredited Fringe Groups
      CBS: Don’t Legitimize Discredited Fringe Groups
      Sharyl Attkisson shouldn't be accepting an award from a widely discredited fringe organization

      By showing up to accept the award and deliver a speech, CBS News lends credence to an otherwise disreputable fringe group and helps pave the way for wider acceptance. CBS’ Attkisson will be the first reporter from a mainstream network to receive the award. Past recipients include Andrew Breitbart, Michelle Malkin and other disreputable right-wing noisemakers.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Stop Beck
      Stop Beck
      Glenn Beck has now been permanently “transition[ed] off” Fox News.

      More than 300 advertisers excluded their ads from Glenn Beck's Fox News program since late July 2009 when he called President Obama a “racist” who has a “deep-seated hatred for white people.”

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Sponsors: Don’t Support Dr. Laura’s Rhetoric
      Sponsors: Don’t Support Dr. Laura’s Rhetoric
      Ask sponsors to pledge to stop funding and supporting her show

      Dr. Laura Schlessinger launched into a racially-charged rant on her nationally syndicated radio show, using the n-word 11 times and berating an African American caller who complained about her white husband tolerating racist remarks from his friends. We will hold Dr. Laura's advertisers accountable and find out exactly where they stand.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
    • Drop Dobbs
      Drop Dobbs
      He can no longer use CNN as a platform to pursue his crusade against immigrants

      For years, Lou Dobbs has benefited enormously from the legitimacy of the CNN brand, which provides him with an unparalleled platform from which to mainstream hate speech and racially charged conspiracy theories normally relegated to Fox News and other conservative news outlets.

      This campaign is now closed. Learn more
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