NOVEMBER 20, 2006
ACTION ALERT: Ron Goldman’s Family calls for Boycott of FOX and O. J. Simpson. Join them now!
Sick of hearing about O.J. Simpson, again? Sickened that he’s being paid umpteen millions for this putrid book deal and interview on FOX? You’re not alone. There are millions of our good Americans who rightly see this as morally repugnant. We know in our hearts that this interview should not be aired on national television, and especially in the middle of the holiday season. I have spoken with people to get diverse opinions, and there is no one – right or left of center, or middle of the road – who is saying, “Hurrah for O.J.” – NOT A SINGLE ONE!
No one but Rupert Murdoch. He is the owner of HarperCollins (who is publishing the book), and FOX Broadcasting (who is airing the two hour interview with Simpson), and FOX News (who is hyping the book and interview). Murdoch owns NEWS Corp that owns them all. Bill O’Reilly, who works for Murdoch on FOX News is hyping the mess, all the while claiming to be the Culture Warrior (O’Reilly’s new book). He is, in all honesty, calling for a boycott of the interview and book, but then states that FOX News is in no way affiliated with FOX Broadcasting. That’s dishonest. At his boss’s behest he is deflecting criticism from FOX NEWS while hyping this travesty on FOX NEWS, the station he protects for his boss.
The Simpson non-confession will air Nov 27 & 29, at the end of the ratings Sweeps Week, in Murdoch’s skanky attempt to boost FOX’s ratings, and then be able to claim higher market share, and thus sell more advertising. Murdoch and FOX and HarperCollins are as morally repugnant as Simpson. This is murderous bloodmoney on which they are all profiting.
WE must speak powerfully to Murdoch and his companies, on behalf of our beliefs in American decency. We must act immediately!
I have, therefore, made my decision to join Ron Goldman’s Family in boycotting all FOX channels, HarperCollins, News Corp., Murdoch, and all of his companies and products. I will not watch FOX channels, or buy HarperCollins books for as long as it takes Murdoch to clean up his act. I urge you, too, to join the Goldman Family’s boycott.
Here some of the ways you can participate in the Goldman Family’s Boycott of FOX:
1. Email this information to everyone on your email lists. Believe me, they will all be grateful to learn of ways they can speak out on this.
2. Post this email on your blog, website, personal site, forum, or any other way you can think of to inform people.
3. Tell your friends, family, neighbors, groups, co-workers, and fellow church members. They will agree with you on this. They just haven’t been energized yet. But they are sickened by this and need this information.
4. This is very important: Sign the Goldman Boycott Signup at: Don’t Pay OJ.Com (http://www.dontpayoj.com/)
5. Sign this: Boycott Petition in response to FOX’s OJ Simpson television program
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/134434237
6. Call your local FOX affiliates and complain to them. Tell them you are disgusted and that you are boycotting their stations. Look under television stations in the yellow pages for FOX. Or, you can use this link to their website to list their affiliates: http://www.fox.com/links/affiliates.htm There are email addresses here, too: FOX News Channel comments write to: comments@foxnews.com
7 Write a letter to your local newspaper editor. Be nice and polite.
8. Make some copies of this email to hand out or post on bulletin boards.
9. Call a talk radio station and give them your thoughts, calmly and politely.
10. Turn off all FOX channels – Broadcasting, FX, Sports, News.
11. Don’t buy any more HarperCollins books.
12. Urge any FOX employees you might speak to, to call in sick on the days the shows are to air, Nov. 27 & 29, 2006.
13. Email Bill O’Reilly and urge the “Culture Warrior” to resign or donate a year’s pay to the Goldman Family.
We need for this blackout of FOX to continue throughout this entire time, through Dec 1. This would cause maximum impact on their ratings and cause the most loss to their ad revenues once the ratings week is over.
Please take action now. Do it for the Goldman Family and all that is decent in America. Please make a small start by forwarding this email to the people on your list. And then sign the Goldman Boycott: www.dontpayoj.com