URGENT! LESS THAN 48 HOURS TO SAVE CANADIAN NEWS MEDIA

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canada's own George Bush, and his government are once again hacking at an essential pillar of our democracy.

In the United States, our strange neighbour to the South, the so-called Fox News is really a right-wing lie factory. A few months ago, there was a battle to keep that kind of shit out of our Canadian news media. The Harper government was pushing for a network called 'Sun TV', aka 'Fox News North', which would be government-subsidized and mandatorily included in people's TV packages, no matter what the provider (thanks to the CRTC). I was one of a multitude of Canadians who fought this travesty; Canadians protested the conduct of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's communications director and prevented government funding for our own version of Fox News. However, Sun TV is still in the works. Now, apparently, 48 hours from sometime this morning, the CRTC is hoping to pass a loophole to Canada's broadcast journalism standards, making it officially easier for anyone to lie to Canadians all they want over the airwaves. This proposed change to the regulations of Canadian news media comes just before the arrival of Sun TV, giving ultraconservative propagandists free reign to spread lies and misinformation to the public.

WE HAVE TO FIGHT THIS!

If you are Canadian, please sign this petition:




http://www.avaaz.org/en/canada_fair_and_balanced/?vl



AND SPREAD THE WORD! SAVE YOUR OWN COUNTRY!