Thermonuclear Splodey Head Warning:  Liberals Coast To Coast rabid with worry about the potential sale of the Tribune Co. media organization to the Koch Brothers.

Nothing would bring such joy to the Patriot movement than to see this sale take place.  Far-left “Liberals” have historically held a death grip on the media complex – this would be a serious blow to their media stranglehold.   

Los Angeles […]  As Tribune Co. emerges from a four-year bankruptcy, the predominantly Democratic city is quivering at the rumor that libertarian billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch may be interested in buying the LA Times. The brothers are believed to be the only group prepared to buy all eight Tribune papers, including the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel and Hartford Courant, as a package — how Tribune would like to sell them.  (link)

(Via Huffington Post)  The fight is on against possible Koch Brothers ownership of the Tribune papers, which include the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.

Unions and liberal advocacy groups are planning protests and running ads (see photo) on the Los Angeles Times and New York Times websites starting Thursday, according to liberal groups Courage Campaign Institute and Forecast the Facts.

[…]   The LA AFL-CIO is planning a protest for next Tuesday in front of Karsh’s downtown LA office. In addition to carrying signs, some of the protestors will wear Koch brothers masks, organizers say.

About 25 Chicago protesters gathered outside the Tribune Tower in Chicago Wednesday, the Chicago Sun Times reports. When their request to meet with Karsh was denied, they settled for presenting an oversized letter outlining their concerns about Koch ownership.

There are various online petitions against a Koch Tribune purchase, including by the Courage Campaign, by Common Cause, by Daily Kos/SEIU, by FreePress and by SignOn.org. There is also a letter to Peter Liguori, CEO of the Tribune Company, from Sen. Bernie Sanders, who claims in an email to have 65,000 signatures so far.

The Courage Campaign Institute and Forecast the Facts said that, with other groups, they delivered more than 250,000 signatures against Koch ownership to the Los Angeles Times headquarters in downtown last month.  (read more)