Dear MoveOn member,
Huge news! We just finished producing our hard-hitting ad that exposes that, while Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and other Fox News hosts knew the Big Lie was a total sham, they kept lying on air to their viewers because conspiracy theories about the 2020 election kept Fox News ratings high.
We plan to air our ad right in the belly of the beast—on Fox News itself—to expose these fraudsters to their own viewers. Already, MoveOn members like you have donated tens of thousands of dollars to power the effort.
Last week, after records in a federal lawsuit against Fox News became public, we learned that Fox News hosts and executives have long agreed that the Big Lie was bogus.1
Tucker said Trump's lawyer Sidney Powell "is lying by the way. I caught her. It's insane."2 Yet Carlson still had Powell on his show.
Laura Ingraham, who also had Sidney Powell on her show multiple times and went so far as to call on the U.S. attorney general to take action to overturn the election, responded to Carlson: "Sidney is a complete nut. No one will work with her. Ditto with Rudy."3
This provides us the perfect opportunity to expose Tucker, Laura, and all of Fox News as frauds.
Their viewers deserve to know that their favorite Fox News celebrities lied right to their face. And this ad does exactly that.
MoveOn supports advertiser boycotts of Fox—indeed, we have a longstanding policy against placing any ads with them ourselves. But we're making an exception because this is an exceptional moment for accountability—placing an ad on Fox is the best way we can expose their lies to their own viewers and make an outsize impact on their overall business.
Beyond getting the truth out and letting millions of Fox News viewers know that they can never again trust Fox News, our ad is important for another reason.
Huge public backlash, from advocates like you and Fox News viewers alike, will increase the pressure on advertisers to cut ties with Fox News, depriving them of a critical source of income.
Fox News has been allowed to hold on to their power for far too long. And they have abused that power to spread lies, hate, racism, and homophobia. It's time Fox News is held to account.
Help us kick-start that process by getting our ad on Fox News's own air. Chip in $3 now.
Thanks for all you do.
–David, Chloe, Jennifer, Mona, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "A juicy new legal filing reveals who really controls Fox News," Vox, February 18, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/170547?t=5&akid=345960%2E53570607%2EdgMwjz
2. Ibid.
3. "Fox Stars Privately Expressed Disbelief About Election Fraud Claims. 'Crazy Stuff.'" The New York Times, February 22, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/170548?t=7&akid=345960%2E53570607%2EdgMwjz
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