Please sign our petition at Change.org protesting the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. We currently have almost 400 signatures from across the nation. Our goal is 500 signatures by Wednesday.
Here is the video of the segment from NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.
The reason for our protest petition is that Brian Williams said Thursday on the air that convicted murderer and woman abuser,Ariel Castro, was the face of mental illness. This is not true, and it just further reinforces the public opinion of folks with mental illness which are stereotypes.
NBC Nightly News should show the "real faces" of persons with mental health conditions: Mothers, Fathers,Co-workers,Neighbors, Peers, Advocates, etc. We want equal time with the sensationalized news that so often misrepresents persons with psychiatric disabilities as dangerous.
Wed Aug 07, 2013 at 5:55 PM PT: Thanks to all on Daily Kos who took the time to read and to sign the petition to NBC News.
The petition was sent along with 11 pages of names (490 signatures) today by postal mail to NBC News in New York City. We are still adding names. If you have a few minutes, read not just the petition but the moving statements left online at Change.org as to why they wanted to send a message to NBC News and to Brian Williams.
Mon Aug 19, 2013 at 5:13 PM PT: NBC News has yet to respond in any way to the petition sent by postal mail or to any of several phone messages to their Executive Offices in NYC. The petition is still active and now has almost 1800 signatures and many moving comments from those who signed the petition. Please follow the link to the petition and read and sign. Share widely, please.