Dear fellow MoveOn member,

We need to talk about Fox News.

In a stunning development, we now know that Rupert Murdoch, chairman of
the media empire that owns Fox News, admitted under oath that Fox hosts
"endorsed" Donald Trump's Big Lie on air despite knowing full well that
the claims were false.^1

This latest bombshell comes on the heels of other documents in the same
lawsuit against Fox documenting Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Sean
Hannity, and other top Fox hosts and executives privately in text messages
and emails calling the Trump team's claims of voting irregularities "mind
blowingly nuts," "insane," "shockingly reckless," and "dangerous as
hell."^2

Of course, those same hosts then became a megaphone for the Big
Lie—spreading the Big Lie to millions of viewers—all in pursuit of ratings
and revenue.

John, we cannot underestimate how destructive Fox News is to
our country. President Joe Biden has called Murdoch "the most dangerous
man in the world."^3 And he's right.

That's why I'm writing to you today with a personal request: My friends at
MoveOn are launching a huge ad campaign to expose Fox News for its lies,
fraud, and deceit. They produced a hard-hitting ad, and they need our help
to get it to those who need to see it the most: Fox viewers, advertisers,
and cable providers.



Can you chip in $3 now to help get MoveOn's ad in front of
millions of Fox News viewers, expose Fox News, and push advertisers and
cable providers to drop the network?

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



MoveOn tried to run its hard-hitting ad during primetime on Fox News—going
right to the belly of the beast—but Fox is so scared of the truth that
they rejected the ad.^4

Fox is also censoring its hosts and contributors from talking about the
lawsuit and bombshell court documents on air.^5

Politico described Fox executives as being "assiduous" in keeping their
audience in the dark about the blockbuster lawsuit—rejecting the MoveOn ad
and censoring its broadcasts.^6

That's where we come in, John, you and I.

After Fox rejected MoveOn's TV ad, MoveOn decided to use digital platforms
to reach Fox News viewers. They also want to microtarget their ad to
executives at the cable providers that carry Fox News and those who work
for companies that still purchase advertisements on the network. The more
attention they can bring to Fox's deceptions, the more likely that
advertisers drop Fox and cable providers allow users to opt out of
receiving the channel.



[ [link removed] ]I've seen the damage that Fox News has done to our country for decades,
and I truly believe that this is a one-off opportunity to take them down.
Will you join me and chip in $3?



Together, we can hold Fox News, Tucker Carlson, and their other
propagandists responsible for the work they have done to destroy our
country and for the white supremacy, misogyny, homophobia, and hate that
is core to their business model.

This is a fight for our democracy. This is a fight for our future. And it
is a fight we can, and must, win.



[ [link removed] ]Join us.



–Robert Reich

Sources:

1. "Murdoch Acknowledges Fox News Hosts Endorsed Election Fraud
Falsehoods," The New York Times, February 27, 2023
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2. "'Mind Blowingly Nuts': Fox News Hosts And Execs Repeatedly Denounced
2020 Election Fraud Off-Air—Here Are Their Most Scathing Comments,"
Forbes, February 17, 2023
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3. "The unique, damaging role Fox News plays in American media," The
Washington Post, April 4, 2022
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4. "Playbook: What's in Ron DeSantis' new book," Politico, February 27,
2023
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5. "Fox News media analyst says network won't let him cover Dominion
lawsuit," The Washington Post, February 27, 2023
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6. "Playbook: What's in Ron DeSantis' new book," Politico, February 27,
2023
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Want to support MoveOn's work? Together, we must work to end the
filibuster, codify abortion rights into law, and defend our freedoms, our
families, and our futures. We can accomplish all this and more, but only
if we work together.

Will you chip in right now to power MoveOn's critical work?



[ [link removed] ]Click here to chip in $3, or whatever you can afford.





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