[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Stop forcing Fox on consumers—it's not "news"!

Dear MoveOn member,

A bombshell court filing has just pulled the curtain back on Fox "News,"
showing in private text messages what we've known for decades: that Fox
peddles hate and fear, not news.^1

Hundreds of pages of internal text messages between top Fox propagandists,
made public as part of a lawsuit alleging that they knowingly aired lies
about the 2020 election, show Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and other
right-wing anchors, all the way up to Fox News's CEO, knew they were lying
to their viewers and the public by trumpeting Trump's fraudulent claims to
undermine the election.

The texts aren't merely embarrassing—they provide chilling evidence that
Fox hosts lie on the air, seek retribution for basic journalistic
fact-checking, and provide a national platform to conspiracy theorists
they know are not credible.^2

I don’t want to pay for Fox News's manipulation, lies, and lack of
evidence. Join me to put pressure on cable service CEOs to make the
channel optional for all of us who still believe in democracy and truth. 

[2]Sign the petition

Over the years, many advertisers have pulled away from Fox due to its
overt racism, right-wing disinformation, and blatant partisan lies.
However, it's not advertisers alone that keep it afloat—it's the payments
it receives directly from cable providers.^3 These deals have insulated
Fox from outrage directed at advertisers. If cable providers dropped Fox
News—or allowed viewers to opt out of Fox News in their cable package—it
would defund this megaphone of hate, racism, and lies.

In the coming months and years, a slew of these deals between Fox and
cable providers are expected to be renegotiated.^4 And Fox is playing
dirty: Days before the the World Cup men's final, they threatened to pull
Fox Sports, which carried the game, from a major cable provider unless
they were given a lucrative sweetheart deal.^5

[ [link removed] ]Add your name to the petition signed by over 36,000 MoveOn members who
have already called for Fox to be removed from mandatory cable packages.

MoveOn has been part of the movement opposing the rise of Fox's lies for
decades. But we've never before seen the boldfaced lies that Fox pretends
are real on the air be called out so explicitly by its top brass when the
cameras aren't rolling. We must use this revelation to demand
accountability. 
 
Thanks for all you do. 

–David, Bekir, Vickie, Nakia, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Fox Stars Privately Expressed Disbelief About Election Fraud Claims.
'Crazy Stuff.'" The New York Times, February 16, 2023
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2. "Analysis: Fox News has been exposed as a dishonest organization
terrified of its own audience," CNN, February 17, 2023
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3. "Tucker Carlson is losing advertisers left and right. But Fox’s bottom
line doesn’t suffer." The Washington Post, December 19, 2018
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4. "DirecTV And Fox Reach Carriage Renewal, Averting Blackout," Deadline,
December 3, 2022
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5. Ibid.


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