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Accountability requires an audience. This page gives you practical tools to bring documented facts to local media, elected officials, and your neighbors — in your county, in your own voice.

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Call Scripts: Contact Local Media

These scripts are for calling or emailing local TV stations, radio shows, and newspaper editors in your region. Adapt them to your specific experience and county.

Script: Broadband (for rural residents)

"Hi, my name is [NAME] and I'm calling from [COUNTY] County. I want to report a story about rural internet access. Our county has some of the worst broadband coverage in Tennessee, and Senator Blackburn has voted against every major effort to fix that — from net neutrality to competitive ISP programs to municipal broadband. Meanwhile, she's taken over $130,000 from AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast. I think Tennessee voters should know about this connection before her governor's race. Is this something your station is covering?"

Script: Medicaid / SNAP Cuts (for families and rural social workers)

"Hi, my name is [NAME] from [COUNTY] County. I'm calling about the Medicaid and SNAP cuts Senator Blackburn just voted for. Tennessee has 1.8 million people on TennCare and over 800,000 on food assistance — a lot of them in rural farm counties, a lot of them seniors on fixed incomes. She voted yes on these cuts while campaigning for governor on her loyalty to Trump — who has since declined to endorse her. I think there's a real story here about who she's actually representing. Would your newsroom be interested in covering the local impact?"

Script: Farm Tariff Damage (for farmers and ag communities)

"Hi, I'm a farmer from [COUNTY] County. When Trump put tariffs on China in 2018, China hit us back with tariffs on soybeans and corn. My [income / neighbors / co-op members] took a real hit. Senator Blackburn cheered those tariffs publicly and did nothing to protect Tennessee farmers in the trade negotiations. Now she's running for governor. I think Tennessee farmers deserve to know her record before they vote. Is your outlet planning to cover farm issues in the governor's race?"

Script: January 6 / Accountability (general)

"Hi, my name is [NAME] from [COUNTY] County. I'm calling about Marsha Blackburn's record on January 6. She announced she would object to certifying the 2020 election based on fraud claims that courts had already rejected — backed down only after the Capitol was stormed — and then voted against impeachment and said nothing when Trump pardoned 1,500 defendants. The whole sequence is on the public record. She's now running for governor on her loyalty to Trump — loyalty he has not returned with an endorsement. Would you be interested in covering it?"

Script: The Endorsement That Never Came (talk radio / Republican primary voters)

"I'm a Republican and I like President Trump. I want to call in because I looked up the facts on the governor's race. Trump is not endorsing anyone in this primary — that's been reported directly by the Nashville Banner and NewsChannel 5. He told Tennessee's congressional delegation he'd stay out because both candidates had been loyal to him. So I looked at the actual records instead. Here's what I found about Senator Blackburn: [add your issue from this site — farm losses, the telecom donors, the Medicaid vote, the January 6 sequence]. All of it is sourced to public record at blackburnt.com. I'm not anti-Trump. I'm voting on the record, and I think other Republicans should see it too."

Submit Tips to Tennessee Lookout

Tennessee Lookout is the state's primary independent investigative journalism outlet covering state politics and accountability. If you have first-hand information about the impact of these policies on your family, farm, or community — or if you have knowledge of unreported connections between political decisions and donor activity — submit a tip directly to their newsroom.

Tips can be submitted online at tennesseelookout.com/submit-a-tip/ or by emailing their reporting team. You can submit anonymously.

File FCC Comments on Broadband Policy

The FCC accepts public comments on open proceedings, including those related to broadband access, net neutrality, and ISP regulation. Rural residents in underserved counties have standing to comment on proceedings that affect their service — and those comments become part of the official record.

To file a comment, go to fcc.gov and use the ECFS (Electronic Comment Filing System) for open dockets. Search for current proceedings on broadband access, ISP regulation, or rural connectivity. Include your county, your actual service situation, and be specific about what you do or don't have access to.

FCC comments have been cited in court challenges to ISP regulation decisions. Your experience matters in the administrative record.

Newspaper Submission Contacts

Publication	Region	Submission Email	Word Limit
The Tennessean	Nashville / Middle TN	[email protected]	200 words
Murfreesboro Post	Rutherford County	[email protected]	250 words
Chattanooga Times Free Press	Southeast TN / Hamilton County	[email protected]	200 words
Kingsport Times-News	Northeast TN / Sullivan County	[email protected]	300 words
Nashville Scene	Nashville metro	[email protected]	200 words
Jackson Sun	West TN / Madison County	[email protected]	250 words

Verify current submission addresses directly with each publication before submitting — contact information may change. Include your name, city, phone number for verification (not for publication), and keep letters factual and specific to documented public record.

Important: Letters to the editor must be written in your own words and reflect your own experience. Papers routinely reject form letters and increasingly screen for AI-generated text. Use this site's facts and sources as a starting point — the letter you submit should be yours.