In the past 24 hours, eight of the top ten most popular posts on Facebook were created by far-right extremists—including Donald Trump, Ben Shapiro, and Franklin Graham.1
Every single day, these far-right figures are spreading radical right-wing conspiracy theories to tens of millions of Americans and are poisoning our news feeds with dangerous misinformation that is eroding our democracy.
Which is why Inequality Media—the progressive nonprofit I founded that counters the right wing's lies with clear, factual, and engaging viral videos and other content—has never been more important.
Inequality Media is one of the only progressive groups with a large enough following to match the biggest right-wing propagandists. Just look at our numbers: Our videos and posts are shared seven times more than Sean Hannity's, our Facebook page receives 15 times more engagement per post than Ben Shapiro, and our videos have been viewed more than 440 million times.
With anti-maskers spreading conspiracy theories as the pandemic rages on and with much of the GOP trying to undermine the election results and steal the presidency, combating the spread of misinformation has never been more critical—but we need your help.
As we leave the Trump administration in the trash heap of history and head into a Joe Biden presidency, we all know that the far right will ramp up their efforts to misinform the public and smear popular progressive reforms.
Just look at what the far right is doing right now. Despite the fact that the election results are crystal clear, right-wing extremists in Congress just rejected a resolution recognizing Joe Biden as president-elect.2
But they won't stop there. Over the next weeks, months, and years, right-wing extremists will fight with everything they have to tank our progressive agenda.
The far-right fearmongers will call demanding health care and housing during a public health and economic crisis "socialism."
They'll wage an all-out war against canceling student debt.
They'll spread vicious lies to try to stop us from treating immigrants with dignity and respect.
They'll spend tens of millions of dollars in deceptive attack ads to try to vilify our efforts to address police violence and protect our environment.
They'll peddle lies that taxing the rich will stifle innovation.
They'll say that stopping catastrophic climate change will bankrupt the economy.
Which means we need to fight back harder than ever. I have big plans to produce viral videos and other content to expose the far right's lies and to educate the public about wealth inequality, racial injustice, health care reform, and more—but I'm going to need your help to bring my ambitious plans to life.
Thanks for all you do.
–Robert Reich
Sources:
1. Tweet by Kevin Roose (@FacebooksTop10), December 11, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/147402?t=4&akid=286067%2E3735812%2Eq1vww7
2. "GOP leadership rejects resolution acknowledging Biden as President-elect," CNN, December 9, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/147403?t=6&akid=286067%2E3735812%2Eq1vww7
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