Newspapers Lie to You - People Get Hurt.. Physicall and Financially - Demand Accountability from Newspapers

What if We the People Sue Major Newspaper Chains in our Area, such as the Lee Newspaper Chain in My Area, a Class Action Lawsuit for their Lies and Propaganda that got you into Real Estate Debt, that got you into bad financial situations, lied to you about area crimes, wrote fraudulent stories about citizens and businesses for political or financial motive and basically just treated the Citizens Minds as play dough in which they had all the power and control.

You read their newsprint, with No Accountability for what they write as actually being true and you believe it over the actual people who were actually there at that particular event.

Why is this? I mean they start a paper, print what they want.. Politicians and Local Muckity Mucks pay them to promote or HUSH certain news... and this is their business... kind of like making a Deal with the Devil.

Big Media Feeding you Spoonfulls of Gibberish, Flat Out Lies, Misleading you on Gas and Oil, Lying about why we are at war, and in the small towns lying ... creating news to make certain people look like the bad guys when in FACT they are the GOOD guys, people ... MOST still believe the news.. especially in Small Towns...

Stop Big Media News Chains like the Lee Newspaper Chain from controlling what you get to know, controlling your perception of reality, setting you up, lying about you ... keep you down and profiting HUGE from it....


Don't Buy their Papers, don't advertise in Big Media Cartel ... Don't Click on Ads on their Websites..


Stop THEM from Feeding you Bull and Keeping you in the Dark.....

These Newspaper Chains SHOULD not get a FREE PASS to lie, while at the same time you Rant at Me because you think what i am saying is NOT true, though it is. You throw a fit at me saying where do i get my information, is there any fact to it... Yet you Don't ask this of the Big Newspaper Chains or your Local News, Why?

Time to let the Newspapers Know that you will No Longer Accept their Twisted Version of Reality, their Flat Out Lies, their Misleading Gibberish and Well you are DONE supporting THEM.....

Bloggers are the News, Bloggers are the New Journalists, Bloggers are telling you what is really going on in a particular town and newspapers are Old News long - long before they hit the stands.

Your Ad Dollars are Wasted in these Newspapers as Well. In this Economy, in this Day and Age the Internet is Where you Need to Be and not feeding the insatiable appetite of Newsprint and the Big Media Cartel.

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Stop The Petters Scam Foundation Sues Star-Tribune for Breach of Contract for Censorship of Advertising Series that Newspaper Contracted to Publish

Lawsuit Alleges that Unknown Parties Pressured Newspaper to Halt Publication Of Ads That Raised Questions About Handling of Petters Bankruptcy
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Stop The Petters Scam Foundation, a Minnesota non-profit corporation, today filed a lawsuit against the Star-Tribune Company alleging breach of contract and related charges, and against 30 unknown "Doe" defendants for interference with contractual relations and related charges.

The Foundation's lawsuit asserts that the Star-Tribune "admittedly was pressured by certain unidentified persons to abruptly stop the publication" of a series of 15 advertisements that it had contracted to publish. Although the Star-Tribune agreed to run all the ads and accepted payment for them, it "apparently succumbed to pressure from as yet unknown powerful interests, and breached a fully executed oral agreement and abandoned its journalistic obligation to educate and enlighten its readers," the lawsuit states.

"Ultimately, this lawsuit is about the value of free speech in America," said Garrett Vail, president of the Foundation. "The Star-Tribune concedes that they received pressure to halt our ad series.

The public has a right to learn what's been going on in the handling of the Petters assets. Somebody doesn't want us to continue asking questions and raising embarrassing facts. We intend to identify who pressured the newspaper, and hold them and the Star-Tribune accountable."

After running the first nine ads in the series, "the Star-Tribune abruptly and unilaterally cancelled the remaining advertisements based upon its contention that it had received complaints from persons who it refused to identify, concerning the advertisements. It further contended that it had not had the opportunity to investigate the accuracy of the advertisements (even though it knows that investigation of the content of advertisements is not a role it assumes)," the lawsuit states.

"The Star-Tribune refused and failed to disclose what concerns had been made concerning the advertisements, and did not recommend any editing or clarification of the advertisements, or offer to accept any proof of the accuracy of same.

Rather, it made the blanket and unqualified statement that it would not permit any more advertisements to be made concerning the Petters Saga by Plaintiff, apparently because of the pressure it received from certain unidentified persons to desist further publication of the advertisements."

The lawsuit names 30 unidentified "Doe" defendants, and says that "Plaintiff will move expeditiously to conduct discovery to determine the identity of the responsible Doe defendants and to promptly amend the Complaint to name such responsible defendants."

The lawsuit seeks damages from the Star-Tribune and the unknown defendants. The damages arise in part from the Foundation's lost ability to publicize the planned airing of a $250,000 documentary film about the Petters case. The Star-Tribune's decision to halt the advertising series resulted in the Foundation not being able to air the documentary on any Minneapolis area network television stations, the lawsuit states.

The Foundation is represented in the case by Minneapolis attorney Dean Barkley, the law firm of Villaume and Schiek and by nationally prominent First Amendment attorney Anthony Glassman. Mr. Barkley, former United States Senator representing the State of Minnesota and independent candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in 2008, is an associate in the law firm Villaume & Schiek, P.A. Mr. Glassman in the past has obtained close to $10 million in jury verdicts against the New York Times on behalf of the then-largest shareholder of Santa Barbara Savings and Loan; won a $500,000 settlement on behalf of the founder of Seagate Technology against the Consumer Attorneys of California; successfully defended Playboy founder Hugh Hefner against personal defamation claims and successfully sued Larry Flynt and Hustler Magazine for invasion of privacy.

The Stop The Petters Scam Foundation was formed to raise public awareness of the handling of the bankruptcy and receivership proceedings involving companies and assets formerly owned by convicted Ponzi Scheme operator Thomas Petters, and to seek a just and fair resolution regarding the disposition of those assets.

The Foundation's advertising series raised questions about the handling of the Petters assets, and related issues.


SOURCE Stop The Petters Scam Foundation
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/stop-the-petters-scam-foundation-sues-star-tribune-for-breach-of-contract-for-censorship-of-advertising-series-that-newspaper-contracted-to-publish-79578222.html

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