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Writing Your Letter ~ Publish or Share Your Story ~Giant email Links ~ Create an Anonymous eMail ~ Contact Your Legislator

 Why Go Public?  Warn others! There are many good ways to have your story available on the internet to warn others and refer them to website areas you think may help them.  It is a good idea to use initials for the kids’ names so there’s no getting into trouble with the Privacy Act or technically:  Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).  Website Links to publicize your story for free.

Writing Your Letter
  http://www.mediaradar.org/how_to_letter.php

Here are some experience-based suggestions that will help you get your letters published.

·           Free Writing & Publishing How-To (the “p” is not in the web address):  http://www.suite101.com/writingandublishing

·         The following website is to help with writing skills, especially in the area of citizen reporting & journalism.  It helps with writing about public policy issues.  http://www.helium.com/writers-resources/citizenjournalist?emailloc=km94v

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Giant eMail Links

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Here's your one-stop "megaphone" where you can E-Mail letters to your elected representatives, talk shows, the media, and even write letters to the editor.  Tell them what you think!

Congress  ~Talk Shows  ~Newspapers  ~Networks

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E-Mail, Call & Write Your Elected Representatives

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Listen, Call, Fax, or send E-Mail to Talk Shows

Send your message to radio and TV talk shows!  You can bring important issues to the attention of talk show hosts resulting in thousands or millions of people being informed.  Hosts frequently read e-mail on the air.  You can expose or praise how Congressmen and Senators vote, or challenge a liberal host's statements.  If you send your email to more than one show, none will use it regardless of merit because they wouldn't have an exclusive message--send it to just one, and after a week of no reply, then send it to another.  Got a favorite talk show we should list here--let us know! 

* All air times are Eastern Time and air Monday-Friday unless noted.  Listening formats include Real Audio/Video, Windows Media Player, & MP3. [Get Real Player] [Get WMP]  Some shows are repeated at night or on weekends.  Just for fun, we list a couple liberal shows!

Talk ShowCall-In #Air Time*FaxListen
Live
WebE-Mail
Chuck Baldwin
6 Stations in Pensacola area
850-438-1605Noon-1 pm850-944-0577.Web SiteE-Mail
Bob Barr
WGKA 920 AM Atlanta
.Sundays 6-8 pm.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Glenn Beck
193 Stations
888-727-BECK9 am-Noon.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Tammy Bruce
Nationwide
800-449-82559 am - Noon M-F, Sat 4-7 pm PT..Web Site.
Mark Belling
Milwaukee WISN 1130AM
.3-6 pm CT.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Bill Bennett
Nationwide
866-680-64646-9 am..Web SiteE-Mail
Jim Bohannon
Nationwide
800-998-JIMBO10 pm-1 am..Web SiteE-Mail
Herman Cain
7 Stations in GA
888-920-2665Saturdays 3-6 pm.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Neal Boortz
Atlanta WSB 750AM
404-872-07508:30am-noon404-607-TALKListenWeb Site.
Coast to Coast AM
George Noory/Art Bell/
Ian Punnett

Nationwide
See List1-5 am.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Blanquita Cullum
40 stations
800-510-TALK2-3 pm202-408-1087ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Matt Drudge
"Heard in all 50 States"
866-4-DRUDGESundays 10 pm-1 am..Web SiteE-Mail
Larry Elder
Nationwide & L.A. KABC 790 AM
.3-7 pm PT310-838-5222.Web SiteE-Mail
Air America
67 Stations
866-303-2270..ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Roger Fredinburg
200 Stations
800-449-825510pm-1am M-F541-774-9202ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Tom Gresham "Gun Talk"
92 Stations
800-298-TALK2-5 pm Sundays.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Sean Hannity
Nationwide
800-941-73263-6 pm.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Roger Hedgecock
San Diego KOGO 600 AM
800-600-KOGO12:20-4 pm619-285-4395ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Hugh Hewitt
112 Stations
800-520-12346-9 pm.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Larry King
CNN
.9-10 pm..Web SiteE-Mail
Don Kroah
WAVA Wash DC/Balto MD
888-293-92825-7 pm..Web Site.
KABC Shows:
  Al Rantel
  Doug McIntyre
  Rob Nelson 
  Kevin James

790 AM Los Angeles
800-222-KABC(all times PST)
11-11:45 am, 6-9 pm M-F
5-9 am M-F
4-7pm Sundays
1-5 am Tues- Sat
.ListenWeb SiteE -Mail
Rantel
McIntyre
Nelson
James
KFYI Shows:
  Bruce Jacobs
  Joe Crummey
  Terry Gilberg

550 AM Phoenix
602-260-KFYI
5-8 am
4-7 pm
5-7 pm Sunday
.ListenWeb Site
E-Mail
E-Mail
E-Mail
Henry Kriegel
Bozeman, MT KMMS AM 1450
 4-6 pm MT    
Mark Levin
Nationwide
877-381-38116-8 pm..Web SiteE-Mail
G. Gordon Liddy
Nationwide
800-GG-LIDDY10 am-1 pm.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Rush Limbaugh
600+ stations
800-282-288212-3 pm212-445-3963.Web Site
unofficial sites
E-Mail
Michael Medved
Nationwide
800-955-17763-6 pm.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Dennis Miller
Nationwide
866-509-RANT 10 am - 1 pm..Website.
Bob Mohan
KFYI
602-258-KFYI7-9 pm602- 817-1199ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Chuck Morse
Nashua, NH WSMN 1590 AM
603-883-99009-11 am.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Marty Nalitz
Denver KNUS 710 AM
303-696-19719 am-1 pm mountain303-740-9019...
Jill Nicholson
Las Vegas KLAV
866-820-KLAVThurs 2-4pm702-796-7433ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Bill O'Reilly
Nationwide
877-9-NO-SPINNoon-2 pm..WebsiteE-Mail
Janet Parshall
70 stations
800-343-92823-6 pm703-807-2248ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Steve Peroutka
Annapolis MD WNAV
410-267-7777Wed 6-7 pm410-268-5360ListenWeb Site .
Point of View
Nationwide
800-351-12122-4 pm.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Jim Quinn
6 Stations in PA, OH, WV
800-507-10476-10 am.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Mike Reagan
Nationwide
800-468-MIKE6-9 pm.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Diane Rehm
188 NPR Stations
800-433-885010 am-noon.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Right Side
4 Stations in MS
601-261-0898
Hattiesburg
601-649-0898
Laurel
5:30 pm.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Lee Rodgers
San Francisco KSFO 560 AM
415-808-56006-10 am Pacific & 5-7 am Sat/Sun415-658-5401ListenWeb SiteE-mail
Michael Savage
Nationwide
415-808-56004-7 pm Pacific415-658-5401ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Mark Scott
Detroit WXYT 1270 AM
248-356-127010 am- noon248-455-7362.Web SiteE-Mail
Dick Staub
50 stations
800-775-10675-8 pm847-956-5040.Web SiteE-Mail
Talk Back Live
CNN
800-510-52663-4 pm888-310-4FAXWatch
Listen
Chat
Web SiteE-Mail
Randall Terry
WRKP 96.5 FM
Moundsville, WV
800-777-27853-4 pm..Web Site.
Washington Journal
C-SPAN
See List7-10 am.WatchWeb SiteE-Mail
Kirby Wilbur
Seattle  KVI 570 AM
206-421-57575-9 am Pacific206-516-3196ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Andrew Wilkow
WGY 810 AM Albany NY
WABC 770 AM NY City
800-TALK-WGY
800-848-WABC
WGY: 9a-Noon Weekdays
WABC: 10a-1p Sun
...Web SiteE-Mail
WMAL Shows:
Chris Plante
Evening Show
630 AM Wahington, DC
888-630-WMAL
9-11:45 am & Sunday 12-2 pm
8-10 pm
.ListenWeb SiteE-Mail
Plante
 

Write a Letter to the Editor

Spread the word to readers and key decision makers across the country: Write a letter to the editor on-line!  Enter Letter to Editor on the Subject line; and be sure to include your name, home address and daytime telephone number.  Keep your letter brief (under 200 words is best) and to-the-point for a better chance of publication.  If you send your email to more than one newspaper, none will use it regardless of merit because they wouldn't have an exclusive letter--send it to just one, and after a week of no reply, then send it to another.  Letters which respond to a story or commentary in that paper often have the best chance of publication.  You can alert readers about important issues, correct liberal media distortions, ask readers to contact their representatives, and even praise or expose a Congressman's or Senator's vote on an issue in their home state paper! Please send us the e-mail addresses for the letters-to-the-editor department of your local daily and weekly papers.

Hold reporters and editors to high ethical standards--write or e-mail them with your comments, complaints, praise, or reports of liberal bias. Here's Gannet's ethical rules as a sample.

Magazines

American Spectator Conservative MonthlyGeorge Magazine
Human Events Conservative WeeklyInsight Magazine Conservative Weekly
Mother Jones MagazineNational Review Magazine
Newsweek MagazineReaders Digest
Slate online Magazine By Microsoft, edited by Michael KinsleyTime Magazine
U.S. News & World Report.

National Newspapers & Internet News Sites

Army TimesChristian Science Monitor
Covenant News Link to this siteInternational Herald-Tribune
(sold abroad, published by Wash. Post & N.Y. Times)
NewsMax.com
Link to Chris Ruddy's news service
USAToday
The Wanderer Conservative Catholic weekly LinkWall Street Journal
Washington Times National Weekly EditionWorldNetDaily.com  Link to this site

Major Daily Newspapers

AKAlaska Star Anchorage & areaAnchorage Daily News
ALMobile RegisterHuntsville Times
ARArkansas Democrat-Gazette Little RockMorning News of N.W. Arkansas (Link)
AZArizona Daily Star TucsonArizona Republic Phoenix
CABakersfield CalifornianFresno Bee
Inland Valley Daily BulletinLompoc Record News Release Writing Tips
Long Beach Press-TelegramLos Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Times   News release infoModesto Bee (Link)
Oakland TribuneOrange County Register
Pasadena Star-NewsRedlands Daily Facts
Riverside Press-EnterpriseSacramento Bee (link) Writing Tips
Sacramento GazetteSan Bernardino County Sun
San Diego Daily TranscriptSan Diego Union-Tribune
San Francisco ExaminerSan Gabriel Valley Tribune
San Jose Mercury-NewsSanta Rosa Press Democrat
Whittier Daily News.
COColorado Springs GazetteDenver Post
Rocky Mountain News Denver.
CTConnecticut PostHartford Courant
New Haven Register.
Connecticut Local & Weekly Papers: 
Bristol Press Bristol, Plymounth, Plainville, BurlingtonThe Chronicle Willimantic area
Darien TimesGreenwich Time
Guilford Courier *The Harbor News * Clinton, Westbrook, Old Saybrook
Lewisboro LedgerMiddletown Press
New Britain HeraldNew Canaan Advertiser
The News-TimesNorwalk Citizen-News
Record-Journal Meriden, Wallingford, CheshireRedding Pilot *
Register Citizen Torrington, Winsted & areaRidgefield Press
The Sound * BranfordThe Source * Madison
Westport NewsWeston Forum *
Wilton Bulletin * = Specify which paper you want your letter published in
DCRoll Call Newspaper about & read by CongressWashington Post (Link)
Washington Times D.C.'s conservative paper.
DEDelaware State News DoverThe News Journal Wilmington
FLFlorida Times-Union Jacksonville (Link)Miami Herald
Orlando Sentinel InfoPalm Beach Post
Sarasota Herald-TribuneSt. Petersburg Times
Sun-Sentinel South Florida Submit News StoryTampa Tribune Info
GAAtlanta ConstitutionAtlanta Journal
Augusta Chronicle.
HIHonolulu Star-Bulletin.
IACedar Rapids Gazette (Link)Sioux City Journal
IDLewiston Tribune.
ILChicago Sun-TimesChicago Tribune
Daily Herald Arlington HeightsPeoria Journal Star
State Journal-Register Springfield.
INIndianapolis NewsIndianapolis Star
KSTopeka Capital-JournalWichita Eagle
KYLouisville Courier-Journal (Link)Murray Ledger
LABaton Rouge AdvocateNew Orleans Times-Picayune
MABoston Globe (Link)Boston Herald
MDBaltimore SunThe Capital Annapolis
Cumberland Times-NewsEaston Star-Democrat
MEBangor Daily NewsPortland Press-Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
MIDetroit News.
MNMinneapolis Star-Tribune (Link).
MOKansas City StarSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
MSBiloxi Sun HeraldClarion-Ledger Jackson
MTBillings Gazette.
NCChapel Hill HeraldCharlotte Observer
Durham Herald-SunRaleigh News & Observer
NDThe Forum FargoGrand Forks Herald
NEGrand Island IndependentLexington Clipper-Herald
Lincoln Journal StarNorth Platte Telegraph (Link)
Sidney TelegraphStar Herald Scottsbluff, Gering
NHThe Manchester Union Leader.
NJAsbury Park Press.
NMAlbuquerque Journal.
NVLas Vegas Review-Journal.
NYAlbany Times-UnionNewsday Long Island
New York Daily NewsNew York Post
New York Times Letters Tips  Op-ed infoVillage Voice
OHAkron Beacon JournalColumbus Dispatch
Dayton Daily NewsCincinnati Enquirer
OKThe Oklahoman Oklahoma CityTulsa World (Link)
ORPortland OregonianPortland Press Herald/Telegram
PAPhiladelphia InquirerPittsburgh Tribune-Review Tips
RIProvidence Journal-Bulletin.
SCCharleston Post & CourierThe State Columbia
SDAberdeen American NewsArgus Leader Sioux Falls
TNThe Commercial Appeal  Memphis.
TXAustin American StatesmanCorpus Christi Caller-Times
Dallas Morning News (Link)Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Houston ChronicleSan Antonio Express-News
Seguin Gazette-Enterprize.
UTThe Deseret News Salt Lake CitySalt Lake Tribune
VADanville Register & Bee (Link)The Freelance Star (Fredericksburg)
Hampton Roads Daily PressThe Journal (Alex., Arlington & Fairfax)
Lynchburg News & AdvanceNorfolk Virginian-Pilot
Richmond Times-DispatchLoudoun Independent
VTBurlington Free PressSt. Albans Messenger
WASeattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Times
Spokane Spokesman-ReviewTacoma News Tribune
Vancouver Columbian Letter Tips Web Forum.
WIEau Claire Ledger-TelegramMilwaukee Journal-Sentinel (Link)
WVCharleston Daily Mail.
WYCasper Star-Tribune.

TV Networks, News Shows, and Entertainment Companies

Give these TV & radio networks and entertainment companies your opinion about their reporting, programs, and sponsors--pro or con.  Concerned citizens can make a difference.  Include your street address and a request for a reply if you wish one. The links to the network e-mail web pages often give you a menu to select particular shows or management offices to which you can write.

 

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Where You Can  Publish or Share Your Story

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Create an Anonymous eMail

It is a good idea to set up a couple of emails that contain anonymous information for your privacy.  These emails can be used when creating blogs or signing up for groups. They are easy to set up if you have already picked out a city and a zip code that goes with it.  Make up the street address.   It is just an extra step in remaining anonymous while your case is still active.  Social workers known as “moles” do monitor some sites for ideas in their cases and hopefully find “You” to see what is going on.  Privacy in what you are doing in your case is imperative.

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Contact Your Legislator

Article on: Contacting Your State Legislator For Help

 

Originally Posted: 16 Sep 2007 12:06 PM CDT

If your CPS social workers are lying, violating court orders, or just being unreasonable, you might get some relief from their tyranny by contacting your state legislator. I’ve done this many times when dealing with unscrupulous agencies, and each time had a pleasant resolution to my situation.

 

Let’s go back to how I discovered how effective this could be. Back in the 80’s I was a welfare eligibility worker for the Department of Social Services. Occasionally unhappy clients would contact their legislators, and whenever that happened we’d see the supervisor scrambling to get the case file to take it into the program manager’s office. We knew that these people hated to have anyone call their legislators because then the head of the entire Department of Social Services would get a call from Sacramento where our State Department of Social Services is. In other words, a lot of pressure was applied from the top management because they didn’t like getting these calls! What was even more frustrating to the supervisor was that every time there was a call to a legislator, the client got what she wanted.

 

A few years back a local Department of Social Services caseworker was harassing me after learning about this site. He came out here four or five times with totally facetious or trivial complaints, such as the accusation that I was home schooling - something that is legal in all fifty states. After the last time, I decided to take action before he got the bright idea of detaining my children on the basis of the number of complaints he’d either manufactured or followed up on. What I did was to write a letter to this caseworker detailing each of his visits to my family, telling what his reasons were each time and what my response was. I sent him a copy of the letter, and sent a copy to his Program Manager, my county supervisor, a few legislators, and a few newspapers. Maybe a few other people, but I honestly don’t remember who at this point. There was a list of these people at the bottom of the letter, so he knew who was getting it. The state legislator wrote to me telling me he had contacted the head of the Department of Social Services for California. Talk about applying pressure from the top! Then the pressure no doubt reached the local office and I didn’t hear from the guy again for years.

 

I’ve done similar things regarding other agencies. My experiences with writing to state legislators for help have all been good, and so I’m telling you about it in case anyone wants to try it. If you do, here’s some pointers.

 

  •  Write the legislator a formal letter. Handwriting is OK - it looks authentic. Second best is a typed letter. Worst, and probably useless, is email. I’ve heard that legislators in Washington DC have to delete a lot of email unread because they have no way of processing it. I don’t know if a state legislator would do that, but I wouldn’t trust email. In this case, paper is better.

  • Be sure you use proper spelling and grammar. I know that’s a problem for many people who use this site, but if you know you have a problem then you can ask the local high school English teacher or some other expert for help making the letter look good.

  • Tell the legislator in the first line that you are his constituent. And by the way, you should be sure you’re writing only to legislators that preside over your section of the state. As a constituent you are a person who can vote or not vote for him next time he runs for office.

  • Keep it short! One page is sufficient. Three paragraphs, better. When I wrote the letter I mentioned above, I sent the entire three page letter I’d sent to the social worker, but the cover letter to the legislator was only three very short paragraphs. The letter will probably be read by a staff member who doesn’t have a lot of time to wade through many pages of case information. They want to know your specific complaint and needs, and will be able to process it and act on it quickly. It wouldn’t hurt to attach any evidence you may have on hand.

 

You will probably get a letter back from the legislator’s office telling you whether or not they took action on your complaint. They are there to watch out for their constituents, so in most cases they’ll try to do something to help. They need to know when the laws they make aren’t being followed properly. They can’t change a court order, but if a CPS social worker is violating a court order or in any way breaking social service regulations, they can probably do something to create change. After getting your letter, you might want to write back and thank them for helping.

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