[NLA] Media Alert

[KathleenBombach@aol.com]

One of the ways we can help shape the public discourse is to react quickly 
whenever media images are negative about literacy and people with limited 
literacy.
I watch many news shows, and if I hear one more commentator ridicule Florida 
voters who had trouble reading and marking ballots, reading voting 
instructions, etc., I may lose it. It happened again just this weekend. I may 
make this my current literacy quest--alerting everyone when literacy and/or 
individuals who are or could be literacy learners are ridiculed and/or 
insulted. then I have a good excuse for keeping the news channels on.
Of course, correspondence needs to be polite and sincere, so that the media 
person who commits the offense knows we just want to help him or her 
understand the issues. Short is also better.
So here is a list of the worst and most recent offenders:
Tucker Carlson
Crossfire
CNN
New York Magazine
Talk Magazine
Weekly Standard
www.cnn.com/cnn/programs/crossfire
the email button is on the right of the page title

Fred Barnes
Weekly Standard
Fox News
www.foxnews.com/beltwayboys/
there is an 'email the show' button midpage

Sean Hannity
Fox News
www.foxnews/hannityandcolmes/
there is an email button in the upper middle of the page

I will entitle these notices "Media Alert" so everyone knows we are asking 
for some work here--an email or a letter. This has worked for other groups, 
so it is worth a shot. In the future I will give the day of the show with the 
offending description along with the name of who said something offensive.
Kathleen Bombach


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