Dear MoveOn member,
BREAKING: Fox News just informed MoveOn that it REFUSES to run our TV ad that quotes text messages and emails from Fox's own top hosts and executives ridiculing the lies and conspiracy theories that Donald Trump's team spread after the 2020 election—and that those same hosts and executives aired and amplified, over and over again.1
The story of the internal Fox text messages and emails, released as part of a lawsuit against Fox, is all over the news—everywhere but on Fox, which in addition to rejecting our TV ad also is censoring its hosts and analysts from speaking about it.2
Politico reported that Fox's rejection of our ad "further highlights how its audience has been kept in the dark about the blockbuster lawsuit—an assiduous decision by Fox executives."3
Andra, Fox News is by far the No. 1 watched cable news network in the country.4 Millions of people watch Fox News night after night—and believe what they see and hear to be the truth.
We need to hold Fox accountable and get the truth to its viewers. Fox rejected our ad, but we're not giving up. Not in the least.
Instead, we're launching our ad on social media and other digital platforms, and our data scientists are specifically targeting the ad to Fox News viewers as well as others who need to hear and see the truth. But we need your help to reach all of those millions of viewers.
Will you chip in $3 today to help expose Fox News to as many people as possible?
"Sidney Powell is lying by the way. I caught her. It's insane," Tucker Carlson wrote to Laura Ingraham on November 18, 2020.5 Powell was an adviser to Trump and a leading proponent of Trump's Big Lie.
Ingraham responded: "Sidney is a complete nut. No one will work with her. Ditto with Rudy [Giuliani]."6
Sean Hannity went further, calling Powell and Giuliani "f**king lunatics."7
Yet, on air, they praised Powell and Giuliani and went along with the Big Lie because it fueled their ratings.
Shameful.
Andra, Fox News has been caught red-handed in hundreds of text messages and emails written by senior Fox News executives and hosts. We have to get the truth to Fox viewers and hold Fox accountable.
That's why we're working hard to ensure that Fox News viewers still see our hard-hitting ad by delivering the ad directly to their digital platforms.
But Fox News is the most-watched cable news network in the country. In order to match the reach of going on Fox's own platform, our digital ad campaign needs to be ambitious—which is why we need your help.
For decades, Fox News has used its power to spread racism, misogyny, homophobia, and hate. It's long past time Fox is held to account.
Thanks for all you do.
–David, Emma, Erica, Kathy, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Off the air, Fox News stars blasted the election fraud claims they peddled," NPR, February 16, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/170528?t=4&akid=346183%2E53570607%2ErlpVwq
2. "Fox News media analyst says network won't let him cover Dominion lawsuit," The Washington Post, February 27, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/170611?t=6&akid=346183%2E53570607%2ErlpVwq
3. "Playbook: What's in Ron DeSantis' new book," Politico, February 27, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/170612?t=8&akid=346183%2E53570607%2ErlpVwq
4. "Fox News' 'The Five' topples 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' to become new cable news ratings leader," Los Angeles Times, December 19, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/170613?t=10&akid=346183%2E53570607%2ErlpVwq
5. "Fox Stars Privately Expressed Disbelief About Election Fraud Claims. 'Crazy Stuff.'" The New York Times, February 16, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/170486?t=12&akid=346183%2E53570607%2ErlpVwq
6. Ibid.
7. "'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
https://act.moveon.org/go/170614?t=14&akid=346183%2E53570607%2ErlpVwq
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