Your Unfiltered View of the Government?
Should C-SPAN be a welcoming place for an election denier, workers’ rights abuser, and media mogul who supports the January 6th insurrection and meddles in the editorial coverage of the news outlets he owns?
C-SPAN knows that Allan Block, a member of its board of directors, has done all of this. And C-SPAN stands by Allan Block. That needs to end.
Democracy needs journalism to survive. And Allan Block undermines both — from the Capitol building to the workplace.
Send an email to the C-SPAN board members asking them to do the right thing, stand up for democracy and the news, and remove Allan Block from the C-SPAN board of directors.
Sign Our Petition to the C-SPAN Board of Directors!
Allan Block's Track Record
Allan Block has:
- flouted a judge’s order to stop violating journalists’ rights at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He has refused to comply, and instead appealed.
- interfered in coverage of the January 6th insurrection at both the Toledo Blade and the Post-Gazette.
- slapped a former employee in the face with a Wendy’s bag at an Ohio Turnpike rest stop.
- been an extremist for decades — spouting sexism, homophobia, and then some. The country’s political and media landscape has increasingly been shaped in his image.
Who is standing with Allan Block?
C-SPAN has not just continued to endorse Allan Block’s behavior, but offered excuses for it.
C-SPAN claims Allan Block has no influence on editorial decisions of the network. But not only does he sit on the board of directors, C-SPAN’s primary source of funding comes from cable and satellite companies like the one Allan Block owns. And then there’s this: when some of Block’s workers called into C-SPAN to raise questions about his behavior, C-SPAN responded by having presenters minimize the relevance of his board seat on air.
C-SPAN's Board should remove Allan Block.
Lou Borrelli
Chief Executive Officer, National Content & Technology Cooperative
Member since 2021
Rocco Commisso
Chairman and CEO, Mediacom LLC
Member since 2000
Teresa Elder
Chief Executive Officer, WOW!
Member since 2018
Dexter Goei
Chairman and CEO, Altice USA
Member since 2017
Mark Greatrex
Incoming President, Cox Communications, Inc.
Member since 2021
Amos Hostetter
Chairman, Pilot House Associates
Member since 1978
Rob Kennedy
Co-CEO, C-SPAN
Member since 2020
Brian Lamb
Founder Director, C-SPAN
Member since 1978
Steve Miron
CEO, Advance/Newhouse Partnership
Member 2011-2016; 2021
Phil Spencer
President and CEO, Vyve Broadband
Member since 2020
Susan Swain
Co-CEO, C-SPAN
Member since 2020