Dear fellow MoveOn member,
This is disturbing. On Friday, of the top 10 most popular Facebook posts,
nine were from far-right extremists, including Ben Shapiro and Franklin
Graham.^1
And every weeknight, more than 3 million people tune in to watch Tucker
Carlson on Fox News. It's the largest audience of any show on cable
news.^2
The right wing is dominating on TV and social media, reaching tens of
millions of people and feeding them baseless lies and propaganda. Which is
why it's no surprise that dangerous conspiracy theories about the COVID-19
vaccine and wild lies about a stolen election are spreading like wildfire
across the country. In fact, a new poll shows that more than half of all
Republicans still believe the 2020 election was stolen from Donald
Trump.^3
With our democracy and lives on the line, we cannot allow despicable
figures like Carlson and Shapiro to spread their hate and lies and control
the message.
To fight back, I've partnered with MoveOn to use our massive combined
social media audience to beat back right-wing lies and disinformation.
Together, MoveOn and I will create hard-hitting, viral videos and other
content that dispels far-right conspiracy theories and gets the truth out
to critical constituencies around the country.
But MoveOn relies on small donations from members like you to help power
it and get its message out to the widest audience possible. Will you chip
in $5 a month today to help MoveOn fight back against the
right-wing media machine, and keep up the fight for as long as it takes?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
John, according to MIT, false news travels six times faster on
Twitter than the truth.^4
We saw on January 6 the deadly consequences of the right-wing echo
chamber, when Trump and his enablers ignited a white supremacist
insurrection that left lawmakers running for their lives, dozens injured,
and five people dead. And it could have been much worse.
So our work to beat back right-wing lies couldn't be more urgent. And
MoveOn is uniquely poised to do this work through social media and on the
ground.
MoveOn is a progressive powerhouse. For more than 20 years, MoveOn has
taken on the right wing online and offline.
When Fox News, Trump, and other right-wing figures gained millions of
followers and likes on social media, MoveOn launched its in-house Creative
Lab to make videos and other content that could directly push back against
the onslaught of Republican and right-wing talking points, racism, and
lies. Since its launch, Creative Lab has produced thousands of powerful,
fact-based videos that have been viewed hundreds of millions of times.
But, right now, MoveOn has a big problem. Donations to MoveOn have fallen
sharply since last year, and unless MoveOn members step up, MoveOn won't
have the resources to take on the right wing's conspiracy theories and
lies.
If you are able to, please, rush a $5 monthly donation to
MoveOn and help beat back right-wing lies.
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Thanks for all you do.
–Robert Reich
Sources:
1. Tweet by @FacebooksTopTen, May 7, 2021
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2. "Sean Hannity used to rule Fox. But in the post-Trump era, Tucker
Carlson is king," CNN, May 7, 2021
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3. "Majority of Republicans still believe the 2020 election was stolen
from Donald Trump," Ipsos, April 2, 2021
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4. "False news travels 6 times faster on Twitter than truthful news," PBS
NewsHour, March 9, 2018
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Want to support MoveOn's work? The GOP is launching an all-out campaign to
take down the Democratic majority in Congress and reinstall Mitch
McConnell as Senate majority leader in 2022. To defeat the GOP, MoveOn is
going all-in with TV ads, a nationwide grassroots organizing campaign, and
more.
Will you chip in to power our effort to defeat McConnell and the GOP in
2022?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
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