Dear MoveOn member,

Fox News was the #1 most-watched network last week, as Russian President
Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine.^1

And last week, Tucker Carlson, Fox's "ratings king," told his 4.6 million
viewers that it's "not un-American" to support Putin, that the Russian
invasion is just a "border dispute," and that "Ukraine is not a democracy"
but a "puppet" of the West.^2,3

Tucker Carlson is dangerous—truly dangerous. Russia's state propaganda TV
networks have been running clips of Tucker Carlson defending Putin and
trashing Ukraine to sell Putin's war.^4 And The Washington Post reported
last week that new polling shows Republicans view Putin more favorably
than they do President Joe Biden.^5

Carlson has become the tip of the spear of the powerful right-wing media
machine, the de facto leader of the white nationalist, authoritarian,
right-wing media echo chamber, and we need to fight back.

MoveOn's in-house Creative Lab produces powerful videos and other viral
content that directly counters the onslaught of right-wing talking points,
authoritarianism, and lies. Since its launch, the Creative Lab has
produced thousands of hard-hitting, fact-based videos that have been
viewed hundreds of millions of times.

Democracy is at an inflection point, and we cannot let white supremacist,
authoritarians like Carlson shape public opinion.

But unlike Fox News, MoveOn doesn't have billionaire corporate backers.
We're fueled by you, our members. And in this moment, we need you,
John.



If you are able to, will you start a $5 monthly donation to
MoveOn to fight back against the right-wing media machine and keep up the
effort against right-wing disinformation for the long haul?

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On Wednesday, as Putin moved 190,000 troops to the Ukrainian border,
Carlson ranted, "Has Putin ever called me a racist? Has he threatened to
get me fired for disagreeing with him? Has he shipped every middle-class
job in my town to Russia? Did he manufacture a worldwide pandemic that
wrecked my business and kept me indoors for two years? Is he teaching my
children to embrace racial discrimination?"^6

Carlson is telling his viewers that Putin isn't an enemy—but that fellow
Americans are.

A clip of this segment has been viewed on Twitter more than 2 million
times.^7

MoveOn was built more than 20 years ago to be an organizing hub for the
grassroots progressive movement. Our Creative Lab has created
hard-hitting, fact-based viral videos time and again that get the truth
out to millions of people. But now more than ever, we need to fight
right-wing lies and defend democracy, and we can't do it without you,
John.



Will you help fight back against the dangerous right-wing media machine
over the long term by chipping in $5 a month?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.



Together, we'll defend democracy and achieve peace.

Thanks for all you do.

–Mana, David, Cheryl, Casey, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Thursday, Feb. 24 Scoreboard: Fox News Is No. 1 During Ukraine
Coverage, Has Highest-Rated Day in More Than 1 Year," Adweek, February 25,
2022
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2. "Fox News Channel Has Now Spent 20 Years In The #1 Spot On The Cable
News Rankings," Forbes, February 1, 2022
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3. "Tucker Carlson Hoping We Can Just Forget About All the Times He
Insisted Putin Was the Best," Vanity Fair, February 25, 2022
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4. "Russian TV Uses Tucker Carlson and Tulsi Gabbard to Sell Putin's War,"
The Intercept, February 24, 2022
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5. "Republicans view Putin more favorably than they do leading Democrats,"
The Washington Post, February 23, 2022
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6. "Tucker Carlson is steering Republican opinion to support Vladimir
Putin — polling shows he might have an opening," Media Matters for
America, February 24, 2022
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7. "Tucker Carlson, downplaying Russia-Ukraine conflict, urges Americans
to ask, 'Why do I hate Putin?'" The Washington Post, February 23, 2022
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