| Dear Friend, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has handed the full cache of January 6 videos over to . . . Tucker Carlson.(1) Just days ago, court filings proved that Fox "News" pundits -- including Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham -- knew that there was zero evidence of voter fraud, while at the same time they were on the air pushing Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories and calling President Biden’s election illegitimate.(2) Now Tucker Carlson has been handed the January 6 video so he can rewrite that narrative?! Fox "News" has done outrageous things before, but this is beyond the pale. We must stop Fox "News." Our coalition has already collected hundreds of thousands of signatures, demanding that cable companies drop Fox and that advertisers pull their dollars, and most of the largest advertisers have dropped the channel.(3) Now we need to ensure that as many people as possible demand that their cable companies to stop paying for Fox "News." Will you donate to help put an end to Fox "News"’ assault on the truth?
Fox "News" played a role in causing the January 6 insurrection. Full stop. Fox "News" isn’t a real "news" channel at all, but a propaganda machine that has zero ethical standards. Yet Speaker McCarthy promised, under pressure from MAGA Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene, to give Carlson access to 40,000 hours of tapes from January 6. And now Carlson has access to video that no one else has -- video that could be cut, edited, and recast to tell more lies about what happened on January 6.(4) Fox "News" may have power over Kevin McCarthy, but we have power over Fox "News." The channel has lost so many advertisers that the network depends on fees from 70 million cable subscribers -- but only a tiny fraction of those subscribers are regular viewers. If enough of us demand that cable providers cut Fox "News" from our cable packages, we can weaken the fake news channel for good. We are going to post ads, op-eds, and social media alerts to let as many people as possible know the danger that Fox "News" poses to our democracy and our society. Will you donate? Thanks for your critical support. –Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Isidra, Lindsay, Mai, Mai, and Scottie (the Courage team)
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