Fox News' war on COVID vaccines

[Lede Progress]( First: Fox News refuses to air President Biden's press conference about the urgent need to receive the COVID vaccines. Now, they're going on full attack mode against public health. Today, a Fox News host said, "the focus of this administration on vaccination is mind boggling." What's mind boggling is how Fox News is putting lives at risk. The science is clear: Vaccines save lives. But Fox News wants to keep its audience whipped up in anger and fear. [We're pressuring Fox's advertisers to pull the plug immediately and stop funding right-wing extremism that is putting people's lives at risk. Can you chip in $27 or more to help us keep the pressure building and stop Fox News?]( Begin Forward: --------------------------------------------------------------- President Biden held a press conference today to once again urge Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine. All the major networks aired the press conference, except for Fox News. Fox News has been deliberate in not airing COVID-19 vaccine information, whether it's from the Biden administration or public health officials. They want to keep their audience in fear of the vaccine. This is what we mean when we say right-wing propaganda has real world consequences. Public health is at stake, and the companies who sponsor right-wing misinformation must be held accountable. That’s why we’re targeting their advertisers and applying public pressure to stop funding lies and propaganda with their marketing dollars. And recent analysis shows it’s working. Fox News hosts like Tucker Carlson are begging for advertisers and are being rejected left and right. We can’t take our foot off the gas for a minute. [We don’t have billionaire donors; we rely completely on progressive grassroots support to get the job done. Can you chip in $27 or more to help combat right-wing lies?]( [Stop Right-wing Lies Fund. Donate now!]( If you've saved your payment info with ActBlue Express, your donation will process immediately: [Give $5 ➜]( [Give $10 ➜]( [Give $27 ➜]( [Give $50 ➜]( [Give $100 ➜]( [Other amount]( **We need to raise $50,000 this week to run public pressure campaigns against advertisers who are funding extremism and hate on right-wing media. Our average gift is $27. Please pitch in any amount now.** Blue states are on track to beat COVID-19 by achieving high vaccination rates. But red states are REFUSING the vaccination at a dangerous rate. We don’t blame the citizens of these states. We blame the right-wing hucksters that are feeding them dangerous misinformation. [Chip in now to help us hold Tucker Carlson and the rest of Fox News accountable.]( Thanks, Lede Progress Lede Progress is a progressive, digital-first 501c(4) organization dedicated to monitoring, researching, and correcting right-wing misinformation, and empowering the next generation of nonprofit and independent news organizations in American media. Corporate media organizations have profited for too long off of misinformation with very little accountability. In the wake of the January 6, 2020 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building, the propaganda and lies spread by these news networks was on clear display by the action of the rioters. Our goal is to hold these networks accountable. Lede progress will hold media organizations engaged in right-wing propaganda accountable by (1) reinforcing truth and facts through data-driven digital campaigns to strip the broadcaster of viewers, (2) financially empowering non-profit and independent journalism, and (3) exposing corporate sponsors that fund right-wing propaganda through their advertising dollars. [Donate now]( to help us hold right-wing media accountable! [Donate Now]( This email was sent to: {EMAIL}. Emails are a crucial way to keep supporters up to date on our efforts to hold right-wing media accountable. If you no longer wish to receive these emails click here to [unsubscribe](. Contributions or gifts to Lede Progress are not deductible for income tax purposes. [go.ledeprogress.org]( Paid for by Lede Progress Lede Progress PO Box 15845 Washington, DC 20003 United States