Not only have the media not properly conveyed what ALEC really is if they do talk about it which is extremely rare, but they are also not mentioning ALEC when it would make perfect sense to.  Even the “liberal” media such as Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, Melissa Harris-Perry, fail repeatedly to connect the dots to ALEC when discussing the phenomenon of voter ID laws being  introduced in Republican controlled states across the country.  In Iowa, Jason Noble covered a press conference held by ProgressIowa about ALEC’s involvement in Iowa but as far as we can tell, no journalist is mentioning ALEC while covering particular bills, such as loosening gun safety laws and voter ID just to name two.  Has any member of the Iowa media once mentioned Matt Schultz’s voter purge and ALEC in the same article?  Has any member of the Iowa media asked the SOS or Governor Branstad (founding member of ALEC), questions about ALEC and voter ID?  Has any member of the Iowa Press pressed GOP legislators about whether they might be attending  ALEC’s Spring Task Force Summit this weekend?   http://www.alec.org/meetings/spring-task-force-summit-2013/  Democracy cannot survive without a functioning press.  Please watch. Please share.  More links and info below. 

What ALEC does is criminal, and it needs to be stopped. Please click on the links below for more information on how you can help:

Visit AlecExposed to view the model legislation and learn more about ALEC:
http://alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed

Sign a petition to get corporations out of ALEC:
http://site.pfaw.org/

Read here why ALEC should have its 501 c3 tax status revoked:
http://www.commoncause.org/

Go here for regular ALEC-related updates:
http://www.prwatch.org/

Sources:
Ritz Carlton meeting –
http://prwatch.org/news/2012/02/11272…

Stand Your Ground law-
http://www.pfaw.org/content/alec-hidd…

The ALEC scholarhip fund (an example):
http://www.prwatch.org/node/11238

ALEC corporate PAC spending:
http://projects.propublica.org/alec-c…

CCA, Russell Pearce, SB 1070 and ALEC:
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/6…

Fracking fluids, XTO, disclosure requirements and ALEC:
http://inthesetimes.com/ittlist/entry…

Voter ID laws, other methods of disenfranchisement, the 5 million Americans and ALEC:
http://brennan.3cdn.net/92635ddafbc09…

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