On MSNBC Countdown tonight, Keith Olbermann showed homeless veterans showing up from a shelter to let Bill know they were real and yes, homeless. Keith did such a fantastic job on his commentary, I almost forgot to post it. Now I can't remember the woman's name who said she delivered a petition to O'Reilly with thousands of signatures on it. Somehow I doubt O'Reilly offered them some of his pocket change which could have kept the entire group fed for about a year. I'm sure they'll be more on this tomorrow when Olbermann updates his site. You know there will be more posting on YouTube about his comment.
UPDATE here's a link
Yesterday, we organized a group of vets to deliver your 17,000-signature petition to the FOX building in NYC, and it went better than we could've ever imagined. The story was even featured on Keith Olbermann's show last night... the very same day!
Watch as the vets delivered the petition:
http://foxattacks.com/blog/27414?utm_source=rgemail
You are having a huge impact with this campaign, in just three years we have dramatically changed the public's perception of FOX. Election time is around the corner, and we all know what's going to happen at FOX.
The vets in NYC who took the lead on this were mad and ready to do something (speaking as a New Yorker, I can attest to good old-fashioned NYC disdain for truthiness). Carol Gardener, the executive director of Fitzgerald House, which provides transitional housing to homeless vets, is so passionate about taking care of these heroes that she would not be deterred. And Jonathan and Nichole worked hard and fast to get them all the support possible, from getting the petition printed to a press release to anything else they needed.
And then we get the reports from Olbermann, the Huffington Post, and the NY Daily News, with more on the way!
Watch Keith: http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27412
Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/01/fox-news-oreilly-offer-_n_84404.html
New York Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/rush_molloy/index.html
It was a wonderful day, and now the blogs and other media are picking up the story.
Forward this email on to your friends. Show them what activism and accountability looks like -- and how you made it happen. And help keep it happening financially by becoming a subscriber: https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/552/p/10040/donate
All the best,Robert Greenwald, Jonathan Kim, and the crew at Brave New Films.
P.S. Filmmaker Dan Lohaus made the great documentary "When I Came Home" about homeless veterans. He filmed the petition delivery, and was instrumental in making this all happen. You can learn more about the situation for homeless veterans in America by checking out his film: http:///whenicamehome.com/
You can even organize a screening for it with Brave New Theaters here: http://whenicamehome.bravenewtheaters.com
P.P.S. Here's the original FOX Attacks! "Non-Existent" Veterans:
http://foxattacks.com/vets
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