Video and Petition from Credo Action re: Fox News and Glen Beck's rhetoric

I am confident many of you get the emails from Credo Action as I do, but like me you may not always have the time or energy to read dozens of emails from groups like this every day. But please read this excerpt from their Friday email:

Byron Williams is just one example of the very real and growing danger of political violence from the far-right — and FOX's continued promotion of hatemongers like Glenn Beck only fans the flames.

That's why we've partnered with Color of Change to launch a campaign to reduce FOX's poisonous, dangerous influence on our nation. More than 200,000 people have signed the petition asking businesses and public places to stop playing FOX News. Will you add your voice?

Watch the video and sign the petition to Turn Off FOX on public TV's in your neighborhood.

This story is personal. Byron Williams came frighteningly close to killing our friends at the offices of the Tides Foundation and the ACLU — which is less than one block from CREDO.

While many Americans are aware of the ACLU, the Tides Foundation is an organization that most people had never heard of — until Glenn Beck started demonizing and spreading false information about them. Since Beck's show premiered, he has pushed conspiracy theories involving Tides on nearly 30 episodes. During the same time period, Tides was never mentioned on other news channels.3,4

According to the interview with Williams just released by Media Matters, he was driven by a bizarre and false conspiracy theory involving the Tides Foundation that Glenn Beck pushed multiple times on his television show.5

It's stunningly irresponsible for FOX to continue legitimizing this baseless and incendiary nonsense under their "news" banner. Will you join us in asking businesses to Turn Off FOX on their TVs, and stop promoting this dangerous rhetoric in our communities?

Will you add your voice? Watch the video and sign the petition to Turn Off FOX on public TV's in your neighborhood. This story is personal. Byron Williams came frighteningly close to killing our friends at the offices of the Tides Foundation and the ACLU — which is less than one block from CREDO.

While many Americans are aware of the ACLU, the Tides Foundation is an organization that most people had never heard of — until Glenn Beck started demonizing and spreading false information about them. Since Beck's show premiered, he has pushed conspiracy theories involving Tides on nearly 30 episodes. During the same time period, Tides was never mentioned on other news channels.3,4

According to the interview with Williams just released by Media Matters, he was driven by a bizarre and false conspiracy theory involving the Tides Foundation that Glenn Beck pushed multiple times on his television show.5 It's stunningly irresponsible for FOX to continue legitimizing this baseless and incendiary nonsense under their "news" banner.

Will you join us in asking businesses to Turn Off FOX on their TVs, and stop promoting this dangerous rhetoric in our communities? Watch the video and ask local businesses to Turn Off FOX's dangerous rhetoric.

Williams is the clearest example we have of someone who was motivated by FOX News to engage in political violence — but he's part of a consistent pattern of violence from far-right extremists that underscores the danger of the hateful rhetoric and misinformation that's commonplace on FOX News and the right-wing noise machine.6,7 " title="Credo's video and petition">Watch the video and ask local businesses to Turn Off FOX's dangerous rhetoric.