Koch Brothers Protest at the Chicago Tribune Yesterday

Concerned Chicago based community groups protest against the potential sale of the Tribune Newspapers to the Koch Brothers outside the Tribune Tower. Over 500,000 people national-wide signed the petition. (Junru Huang, Chicago Tribune)

Tell the Tribune Company: "No Sale to the Kochs"

Tell the Tribune Company: "No Sale to the Kochs"

Stop the next Fox News before it starts.

The Koch Brothers are the worst of the worst. Oil and gas billionaires, they're known for buying elections, funding anti-science organizations, union busting, dodging taxes, and twisting democracy any way they can to promote their personal agenda.

Now, in a stunning move, according to the Hollywood Reporter, they want to buy the Los Angeles Times to further their radical right-wing agenda and move fringe Tea Party ideas into the mainstream.

They cannot be allowed to purchase one of the most respected newspapers in the country in the second biggest media market in order to peddle their discredited ideas and right wing propaganda. Millions of Angelenos count on the Los Angeles Times for real facts, real issues, and unbiased information. The L.A. Times endorsements in local and statewide elections carry substantial clout. The Koch brothers cannot be allowed to control this vital source of information.

Join us in calling on Peter Liguori, President of The Tribune Company, to say "Do not sell the Los Angeles Times to David and Charles Koch, or any other propagandists."

NOTE:  The online petition has gathered 11,305 signatures with the goal of 15,000, if you would be interested in signing click here.