I want what any other group who is taken half way seriously gets. To this end, I have written my letter and am now ready to mail, email and fax it to anyone that advertizes on Fox 4:
Dear Sir or Madam,
Hello. I am writing this letter because you advertise on Fox 4 here in Dallas. Normally I would commend you on that decision.
Recently, however, FOX has decided to gain viewers by victimizing a man named James Walton. Mr. Walton is a 70 year old man and veteran here in Dallas. He lives above his business, and, unfortunately, two men attempted to rob him in separate incidents three weeks apart. Mr. Walton dealt with each of them using his shotgun.
A reporter for FOX 4 “ambushed” him in a parking lot, and blamed him for being robbed, and accused him of being trigger happy. You can see the segment in question at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZd-5dYXfk
I consider this interview, and its subsequent airing, as absolutely shocking and disgusting. And quite frankly, unbelievable in Texas.
My wife and I are responsible gun and business owners, owning and operating XYZ in ABC. God forbid we are forced to defend ourselves and business, the last thing I would want is a reporter putting us on TV as the real villains, not the robbers.
We would never stand for a television station skewering a rape victim and we should not stand for FOX 4 skewering Mr. Walton. Currently all they have done is suspend the actual reporter. They have not fired the news director responsible for putting the ambush interview on the air, nor have they apologized to Mr. Walton. Again, we would not stand for such white washing if this was done to a rape victim.
Unfortunately, it seems only the people paying to keep FOX 4 on the air, its advertisers, are going to have the clout necessary to make them understand what they have done.
Normally I have no beef with your business. However unless FOX 4 fires the news director responsible, and publicly apologizes to Mr. Walton, or you stop advertising with them, I going to make a point of not buying from you or anyone else I see advertise with them.
I hope their actions equally shock you, and you voluntarily act independent of public pressure.
Sincerely,
Kindrox