A Letter from John Cleese and the Avaaz team

Right now, the Daily Mail and Rupert Murdoch’s media machines are feeding readers a never-ending diet of fear, smear and misinformation.   

Forget any kind of balance or deliberative debate on policies - Avaaz’s research shows that the right-wing media has preferred engaging with dirty personality attacks over serious discussion on policies.

The reason? The Murdoch and Mail media mafia fear that a Parliament which has a clear majority of Labour, LibDems and Greens would introduce fair and effective press regulation, and finally deliver the Leveson Report to help unclench their grip over Britain’s democracy.

Let’s come together to make this Murdoch’s last stand, urging undecided voters to cast their votes from a place of hope and love for our beautiful country -- not out of Murdoch-inspired fear and suspicion.

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And if this is something that matters to you, then join me and many other leading figures from the creative world in signing the Leveson Royal Charter Declaration.

Best wishes,
John Cleese and the whole team at Avaaz

p.s. And if you’re still not sure who you’re going to vote for - use this voting app to match yourself to a party based on their policies - and not the media’s ridiculous lies.

More Information
The press campaign so far - the 'coup' gathers pace (OpenDemocracy)
https://opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/oliver-huitson/press-campaign-so-far-'coup'-gathers-pace/feed

Rupert Murdoch berated Sun journalists for not doing enough to attack Ed Miliband and stop him winning the general election (The Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/rupert-murdoch-berated-sun-journalists-for-not-doing-enough-to-attack-ed-miliband-10191005.html

Labour vows to protect media plurality and implement Leveson proposals (The Guardian)
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/13/labour-media-plurality-leveson-manifesto-ed-miliband

Election 2015: Murdoch tells The Sun 'future of company' depends on stopping Miliband becoming PM (International Business Times)
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/election-2015-murdoch-tells-sun-future-company-depends-stopping-miliband-becoming-pm-1497507

Ed Miliband says Rupert Murdoch is 'worried' Labour will win (The Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-ed-miliband-says...