Defenders of Democracy Against Disinformation 

Newsletter, Issue: 2021- 5           December 28, 2021

Dear Defenders,

We hope you're healthy, safe and enjoying some semblance of a normal holiday season!

Jan. 6 Call to Action: Mark the Anniversary, Fight the Lies, co-sponsored by a total of 19 organizations in DC, MA, MD, NJ, PA, VA and VT, is attracting a big crowd – and of course, you are invited to join if you have not already done so! Register here for the 7-8 pm ET event.

Raskin Keynote. DDAD is honored to be able to open the Jan. 6th event with a keynote video made just for us by Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD), lead manager of the second impeachment and a member of the select House committee that is aggressively investigating the attempted coup. We’re also honored to have Erin and Dave Ninehouser, founders of Hear Yourself Think, join us in one of two types of breakout session where they will provide interactive training on how to ask businesses to “change the channel.”

Retweet/Share DDAD Posts to Rekindle Memories. Whether or not you can join us on Jan. 6th, you can rekindle memories of the pivotal role that disinformation played in sparking the disruption of the confirmation of presidential election results. It’s easy to do – just retweet/share the posts you’ll find at DDAD’s Twitter, Facebook and/or Instagram accounts.

We’ll be mounting a series of posts about Jan. 6th throughout the month of January, as well as urging that New Year’s Resolutions include asking businesses to Change The Channel and getting Fox-News-Free TV.

For Verizon Fios and Spectrum Internet customers who want to learn more about Fox-News-Free TV:  Our Dec. 8th help session was such a success that we’re having another session 8-8:30 pm ET on Jan. 20, 2022. Sign up here.

DDAD YOU KNOW? While Fox News, with between 3 and 3.5 million viewers, attracts the largest audience among TV disinformation sources, there are nineteen talk radio programs that have more listeners than Fox News has viewers.* Sean Hannity’s talk radio program has the largest audience at 15 million, compared to Thom Hartmann's (possibly the only left-leaning host among the 19) with fewer than 6 million listeners. Fox News continues to be DDAD’s first concern, but it’s important to know the much bigger reach of talk radio; since radio is FCC-licensed, it can be regulated in a way not possible for cable TV. 

*Talk Media, Inc. data for October 2021

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The DDAD leadership team thanks you for your 2022 resolution to work towards more reality-based media!

Julie

julie@stopdisinformation.org

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DDAD’s mission: To identify, publicly call out, and reduce financial incentives to those sources—whether media, public officials, or others—who participate in disseminating lies and disinformation to the detriment of our national well-being. 

We will confront disinformation through grassroots campaigns that we find or develop and provide them to organized advocacy groups.

DDAD is a 501(c)4 social welfare organization.