MoveOn Members Protest at Fox’s Upfront and Rally to Cease Funding Fox
This week, Fox hosted its largest pitch of the yr to potential advertisers, hoping to woo huge advert buys to bankroll its lie-riddled programming.
Everyone knows that this occasion comes mere weeks after Fox Information agreed to the most important lawsuit settlement in U.S. media historical past and fired Tucker Carlson. Collectively, we made certain that Fox’s potential advertisers don’t overlook that that’s the similar model they’re being requested to fund.
Right here’s a fast snapshot of what advertisers noticed on Monday:
MoveOn members protested exterior Fox’s New York Metropolis occasion, demanding all advertisers cease funding Fox! We additionally rallied, delivered our petition, and launched cellular billboards at company headquarters of choose advertisers. Our message was clear: Each greenback given to Fox Information funds the hate and conspiracy theories they blast on air.
And that’s not all. If in-person occasions weren’t sufficient, we made certain these name-brand firms presently funding Fox with their advertisements heard from MoveOn members on-line, as effectively. Hundreds of MoveOn members took to the social media accounts of AT&T, GM, and Subway to ask them to cease funding Fox, and MoveOn launched a web based advert, contrasting these manufacturers with a few of the bonkers claims Fox Information personalities make, exhibiting that Tucker Carlson’s firing doesn’t change the rot on the core of this propaganda machine.
WATCH THE AD MOVEON RELEASED THIS WEEK CALLING ON ADVERTISERS TO STOP FUNDING FOX
Any quantity of promoting on Fox Information subsidizes and helps the community’s far-right propaganda programming. That’s why we’ve launched an advert demanding that @SUBWAY, @GM, and @ATT cease all future promoting on Fox Information instantly. Go to https://t.co/tv9tyJihs9 to take motion! pic.twitter.com/qF6aMbIADK
— MoveOn (@MoveOn) Could 15, 2023
MoveOn has a protracted historical past of taking up Fox’s lies. However since personal correspondence from Fox Information hosts was made public in late February, we’ve turned up the warmth and created sustained stress on Fox Information and its funders. Due to members such as you, we’ve been capable of put stress on cable suppliers and advertisers to cease future offers with Fox.
We’re not finished but, however listed here are some issues we’ve got already finished collectively:
- Launched MoveOn’s Cease Funding Fox webpage!
- Almost 60,000 members demanded that AT&T, Subway, and Basic Motors cease funding Fox, through petitions which had been delivered this week.
- Lots of of hundreds signed different Fox-related petitions, together with Cease Funding Fox, Fireplace Tucker Carlson, Fox Information Apologize, and Demand Cable Suppliers Make Fox Information Optionally available.
- Made hundreds of calls to Comcast, Cox, and Spectrum, who’re doubtless in negotiations with Fox Information proper now and contemplating elevating the “Fox tax” on each cable invoice.
- Left hundreds of feedback and reactions on the social media feeds of AT&T, GM, and Subway.
- Launched a digital advert calling out AT&T, GM, and Subway for funding Fox.
- And extra!
It may be straightforward to doubt that our actions add as much as a lot within the face of the unimaginable energy and wealth of a mega-corporation like Fox. However all of this collective outrage is having an actual impression! In response to a ballot launched this week, two-thirds of People agree that Fox “Information” is basically propaganda, intent on placing its political agenda and income forward of getting the story proper. And Fox Information’ advert income is predicted to go down by over 8% in 2023. So we are able to’t quit, whilst Fox tries to venture stability and confidence.
The one method to shut down Fox Information’ harmful lies is to show those that are financially enabling them with income, via cable information provider charges and promoting assist. MoveOn will proceed holding Fox Information accountable and demand that firms #StopFundingFox!
Take motion:
You possibly can take motion to cease Fox Information from spreading misinformation and bias by signing the Cease Funding Fox petition.
And when you’re fired as much as maintain Fox Information accountable and haven’t reached out to one in every of these firms instantly, you possibly can publish a touch upon Subway’s Fb web page asking it to cease promoting on Fox Information, or name Xfinity/Comcast at 877-959-8439 to talk out out in opposition to growing the per-subscriber fee they pay Fox Information.
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MoveOn is a people-powered pressure for progress. MoveOn mobilizes the left to elect Democrats and enact progressive change. We’re the homebase for thousands and thousands of members who refuse to simply accept the established order and are moved to take motion. For greater than a technology, MoveOn has been a bulwark in opposition to the novel proper, channeling our voices to finish wars, shield democracy, and advance justice for all.
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