Dear MoveOn member,
Here are the five most-watched cable news shows in America:
Notice a pattern? The far right is dominating cable news in America, pushing their agenda to tens of millions of Americans for hours and hours each and every day.
This is exactly how lies about COVID, conspiracy theories about the election, and despicable attacks on the LGBTQ+ community are spread.
But MoveOn has a plan to fight back. Our in-house communications team is made up of professional video producers and digital content creators who are experts at getting the truth out to the public and making it go viral.
Can you chip in $5 a month to help create viral videos, posts, memes, and other digital content that reaches millions of people so we can combat right-wing lies?
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
John, MAGA isn't winning just on cable news. The far right is also winning over converts on social media platforms.
In fact, one study found that tweets containing falsehoods were 70% more likely to be retweeted than truthful tweets.2
And now that right-wing billionaire Elon Musk owns Twitter, the problem is only getting worse. In the 12 hours after Musk became Twitter CEO, there was a 500% increase in use of the N-word.3
Twitter has also since seen a rise in antisemitism, misogyny, and transphobia.4
To combat MAGA's takeover of social media, MoveOn's communications team creates videos and other content for social media that directly pushes back against the onslaught of right-wing talking points, racism, and outright lies with powerful, fact-based content that inspires viewers and encourages them to get involved.
Since its launch in 2016, MoveOn's Creative Lab has produced thousands of videos that have been viewed hundreds of millions of times.
MoveOn is always at the cutting edge and ready to use our grit, determination, and creativity to fight back against the forces that want to take away our freedoms, strip rights away from vulnerable communities, and break our spirits.
And we're able to do it on a budget that is a fraction of what Fox News, Tucker Carlson, and their deep-pocketed friends spend.
But we need your help to keep going. Will you chip in $5 a month to help fight right-wing lies and get the truth to the American people, for as long as it takes?
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Thanks for all you do.
–Anne, Emma, Chrissy, Saskia, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "These Are the Top-Rated Cable News Shows for November '22," TVNewser, December 1, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/170080?t=6&akid=340771%2E40999114%2Ev81JiM
2. "Fake news spreads faster than true news on Twitter—thanks to people, not bots," Science, March 8, 2018
https://act.moveon.org/go/170078?t=8&akid=340771%2E40999114%2Ev81JiM
3. "Why is Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover increasing hate speech?" Brookings, November 23, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/170079?t=10&akid=340771%2E40999114%2Ev81JiM
4. Ibid.
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Will you start a monthly donation right now to power our critical work?
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