Thread by @Shoq

Dear @MSNBC and @CNN. With LUCK. the success of #THeFamilyNetflix will lead to many more documentaries about how these far-Right actors and their cabals have gamed our nation for decades. You own us more for our eyeballs than the cheap dreck like #AmericanSwamp. … 1/9

@MSNBC @CNN May I suggest a few such programs relating to the founding, funding, missions, and impact of:

1) The Powell Memo
2) @NRA (and Gun violence movements)
3) @Heritage Foundation
4) @Cato Institute
5) @RupertMurdoch & NewsCorp (not just FoxNews)
6) Richard Viguerie and … 2/9

@MSNBC @CNN @NRA @Heritage @Cato @rupertmurdoch right wing mass mail in 70s-90s.
7) Rise of hate radio from Bob Grant to Wally George to Morton Downy, Jr to @RushLimbaugh and @ingrahamAngle
8 ) @NewtGingrich/Contract for America
9) Helmet law repeals (Lou Kimzey * ABATE)
10) Christian political extremist … 3/9

@MSNBC @CNN @NRA @Heritage @Cato @rupertmurdoch @rushlimbaugh @IngrahamAngle groups;
• James Dobson + Focus on the Family + Family Research Council
• Jerry Falwell/Liberty University
• Ralph Reed/Christian Coalition
• Oral Roberts/OR University
• Franklin Graham
11) Fake media-watchdog orgs, aka #Accuracy in Media, @MRC, … 4/9

@MSNBC @CNN @NRA @Heritage @Cato @rupertmurdoch @rushlimbaugh @IngrahamAngle @mrc @brentbozellJr, @newsbusters
12) Rise of astroturf consumer groups deceitfully seeking deregulation (Rick Berman, John Stossel)
13) The “Stealth hegemonists” like Doug Coe
14) History of the KKK and white supremacy
• minimum 5 episodes to get it right)
• from … 5/9

@MSNBC @CNN @NRA @Heritage @Cato @rupertmurdoch @rushlimbaugh @IngrahamAngle @mrc @newsbusters Birth of a Nation to John Birch Society to Donald Trump.
15) History of the Labor Movement (hasn’t been a major documentary on network tv since long before GE bought NBC and ended all discussion of unions
16) History of Business and Environmental Regulations.
• … 6/9

@MSNBC @CNN @NRA @Heritage @Cato @rupertmurdoch @rushlimbaugh @IngrahamAngle @mrc @newsbusters Nader’s Raiders and the far-right backlash to them
• Love Canal and Superfund scandals (from political perspective)
17) History of journalism and the rise of network & cable news.
18) Professional media bias hegmonists:
– Bernard Goldberg, @sharylAttkisson, … 7/9

@MSNBC @CNN @NRA @Heritage @Cato @rupertmurdoch @rushlimbaugh @IngrahamAngle @mrc @newsbusters @SharylAttkisson Stossel, David Horowitz, Brent Bozell, Regnery Press
19) Billionaire & corporate-subsided blogging & media
• FEDRLST, DailyCaller, Daily Wire, Weeklystandard, Freebeacon, Commentary, etc.

I could go on, but since none of these will ever be made, this can just sit … 8/9

@MSNBC @CNN @NRA @Heritage @Cato @rupertmurdoch @rushlimbaugh @IngrahamAngle @mrc @newsbusters @SharylAttkisson here as a tribute to wishful thinking. Please add your suggestions by reply.

cc @brianstelter @farhip @jayrosen_nyu @bluegal @Karoli @Mr_Electrico @npr @airbagmoments @meghnaWBUR @soledadObrien 9/9