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{{Redirect|Fox News}}{{Distinguish2|[[ImageFox News Radio]] and local news bulletins on the [[List of Fox television affiliates (by U.S. state)|Fox Network Affiliates]]}}{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2012}}{{pp-semi-indef}}{{Pp-move-indef}}<!--- WARNING:FNC Please Adhere to Wikipedia' Neutral Point of View policy; any uncited controversies will be reverted!--->{{Infobox TV channel|logofile=Fox News Channel.svg|logosize=200px|logocaption='''Fox News Channel logo'''|branding=Fox News Channel|logoalt=|launch=October 7, 1996|closed date=|share=|share as of=|share source=|owner=[[News Corporation]]|picture format=[[720p]] ([[HDTV]])<br> [[480i]] ([[SDTV]]/16:9 letterbox)|slogan=Fair & Balanced|country=United States|language=English|broadcast area=Worldwide|headquarters=New York City<br />United States|former names=|replaced names=|sister names=[[Fox Business Network]]<br />[[Fox Broadcasting Company]]<br />[[Sky News]]<br />[[Sky News Australia]]<br />[[Sky TG24]]|timeshift names=|web=[http://www.jpgfoxnews.com/ FoxNews.com]|rightsat serv 1=[[DirecTV]]|175pxsat chan 1=360 (HD/SD)|sat serv 2=[[Dish Network]]|sat chan 2=205 (HD/SD)<br />9477 (HD)|sat serv 3=[[Bell TV]]|sat chan 3=507|sat serv 4=[[Shaw Direct]]|sat chan 4=503 / 154|sat serv 5=[[Foxtel]]|sat chan 5=604|sat serv 6=[[Sky Network Television]]|sat chan 6=092|sat serv 7=[[Sky Italia]]|sat chan 7=514|sat serv 8=[[Sky (UK & Ireland)|Sky]]|sat chan 8=509|sat serv 9=[[Digital+]]|sat chan 9=77|sat serv 10=[[DishHD]] (Taiwan)|sat chan 10=6515|cable serv 1=Available on most cable systems|cable chan 1=Check local listings|cable serv 2=In-House (Washington)|cable chan 2=18|cable serv 3=[[Verizon FiOS]]|cable chan 3=618 (HD)<br/> 118 (SD) |sat radio serv 1=[[Sirius Satellite Radio|Sirius]]|sat radio chan 1=131|sat radio serv 2=[[XM Satellite Radio|XM]]|sat radio chan 2=121|adsl serv 1=[[Sky Angel]]|adsl chan 1=318|iptv serv 1=Bell Fibe TV (Canada)|iptv chan 1=507|online serv 1=|online chan 1=}}'''Fox News Channel''' ('''FNC'''), also known as '''Fox News''', is a [[cable news]] channel owned by the [[Fox Entertainment Group]], a subsidiary of [[News Corporation]]. As of April 2009, the channel was available to 102 million households in the United States and to viewers internationally, broadcasting primarily from its [[New York City|New York]] studios.
The '''Fox News Channel''' is a channel was created by [[United StatesAustralian American|Australian-American]] [[cablemedia mogul]] and [[satelliteRupert Murdoch]] , who hired former NBC executive [[newsRoger Ailes]] as its founding [[CEO]] channel. It is a 24-hour general <ref>{{cite news service covering breaking news as well as political|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E4DE1F3FF934A35753C1A960958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/A/Ailes, business and entertainment news%20Roger%20E. The average age of its viewership |title=At the new Fox News Channel, the buzzword is 65 years oldfairness, separating news from bias| work=The New York Times| first=Lawrie| last=Mifflin| date=October 7, 1996| accessdate=May 4, 2010}}</ref> It launched on October 7, 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/1996/10/07_mpp.html|title=Marketplace: News Archives|author=Brancaccio, David|date=October 7, 1996|work=|publisher=Marketplace|accessdate=May 12, 2010|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRTqDrOb|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> to 17&nbsp;million cable subscribers. It grew during the late 1990s and even 70 years old for its 2000s to become the dominant [[O'Reilly Factorcable news]]network in the United States. Much of Fox News Channel is self<ref>Gillette, Felix (October 1, 2008). [http://www.observer.com/2008/media/viewers-serving continuing-flock-cable-news-networks "happy talk," telling its elderly audience what it wants Viewers Continuing to hear, or selling OFlock to Cable News Networks"]. ''The New York Observer'Reilly's latest book.</ref>
The <!--Please see the talk page and FAQ before making edits to these sentences. Removal will be reverted. -->Critics have stated that Fox News Channel heavily promotes [[RINO BackersConservatism in the United States|conservative political positions]] <ref>{{cite news|last=Memmott|first=Mark|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2004-07- commentators who may appear to be [[conservative]] but side with [[RINO]]s just when it matters most11-outfoxed_x. Examples include [[Bill O'Reilly]]htm|title=Film accuses Fox of slanting the news|publisher=Usatoday.Com|date=July 12, [[Sean Hannity]]2004|accessdate=2009-08-15|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRTs2pSz|archivedate=November 22, [[Karl Rove]]2010|deadurl=no}} {{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/1009/Dunn_Fox_is_arm_of_Republican_Party.html|title=Dunn stands by Fox slam|author=Barr, Andy|date=October 11, 2009|work=|publisher=Politico|accessdate=May 13, 2010|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRTs2pSz|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> and [[Rush LimbaughFox News Channel controversies|biased reporting]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Maddow Accuses Fox News Of Ginning Up Anti-Obama Scandal With Disregard To Facts|url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/maddow-accuses-fox-news-of-ginning-up-anti-obama-scandal-with-disregard-to-facts/|work=Maddow Accuses Fox News Of Ginning Up Anti-Obama Scandal With Disregard To Facts|publisher=Mediaite|accessdate=May 16, who savaged 2012}}</ref> Commentators, news anchors, and reporters at Fox News Channel have responded that news reporting and [[Todd Akinopinion journalism|political commentary]] for making a [[prooperate independently of each other, and have denied any bias in news reporting.<ref>{{cite news|last=Memmott|first=Mark|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-life]] statement pointing out that pregnancy from rape is rare due to feminine biology09-01-fox-news_x. '''''The htm|title=Fox newspeople say allegations of bias unfounded|publisher=Usatoday.Com|date=September 2, 2004|accessdate=2009-08-15|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRTx6pMd|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}} {{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/12/white-house-escalates-war-words-fox-news/|title=White House Escalates War of Words With Fox News Channel gives Karl Rove a platform to raise money against [[pro|publisher=Fox News|date=October 12, 2009|accessdate=2009-life]] Republican candidates'''''10-12|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRTx6pMd|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}} {{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/business/media/12fox.html|title=Fox’s Volley With Obama Intensifying|publisher=The New York Times|date=October 12, 2009|accessdate=2009-10-12|first=Brian| last=Stelter|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRTx6pMd|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref><!-- Please see the talk page and FAQ before making edits to these sentences.-->
Even center-right pundit [[Sarah Palin]] is too [[conservative]] for ==History=={{Main|History of Fox News Channel, as when it canceled some of her interviews at a key political moment in August 2012,<ref>"[[Sarah Palin]]: 'Fox canceled my interviews.''" [http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/08/sarah-palin-fox-cancelled-my-interviews-133729.html]</ref> and then refused to renew her contract.}}
More generally===Early years===In May 1985, the Fox News Channel heavily favors Australian publisher Rupert Murdoch announced that he and American [[neoconservativesBusiness magnate|industrialist]] and generally avoids or even sides against [[liberalsPhilanthropy|philanthropist]] on most political issues. The Fox News Channel is particularly weak in criticizing the [[homosexual agendaMarvin Davis]] and intended to develop "a network of independent stations as a fourth marketing force" to compete directly with [[abortionCBS]]. The Fox News Channel often helps elect less conservative , [[RepublicanNBC]]s, as when it repeatedly featured and promoted [[John McCainAmerican Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and through the purchase of six television stations owned by [[Chris ChristieMetromedia]] while excluding their more .<ref>Lenzner, Robert. (May 5, 1985) Boston Globe ''[[conservative]] primary opponentshttp://nl. It drifted further from newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEAE8781FD7AD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Murdoch, partner plan 4th network.]'' Section: National/Foreign; Page 1 (the six stations cover many of the nation's major markets—New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston and Washington)</ref> In July 1985 [[Conservative Movement|conservative movement20th Century Fox]] by petulantly declaring announced that Murdoch had completed his purchase of 50 percent of [[conservativeFox Filmed Entertainment]] [[Newt Gingrich]] would not be accepted back, parent company of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation.<ref>New York Times (July 11, 1985) ''[http://wwwquery.politiconytimes.com/blogsgst/burns-habermanfullpage.html?res=9400E5D81738F932A25754C0A963948260&sec=&spon= $55.9 Million Fox Film Loss.]'' Section: D; Page D19.</2012ref> A year later 20th Century Fox earned $5.6&nbsp;million in its fiscal third period ended May 31, 1986, in contrast to a loss of $55.8&nbsp;million in the third period of the previous year.<ref>[[Chicago Tribune]] (July 17, 1986) ''[http:/04/ailes-newt-cant-come-back-to-fox-120421pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24921105.html?dids=24921105:24921105&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&type=current&date=Jul+17%2C+1986&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=TURNAROUND+FOR+FOX+FILM Turnaround for Fox Film]'' Section: Business; Page 1. {{dead link|date=November 2010}}</ref>
==Founding==The Fox News channel was started Prior to founding FNC, Murdoch had gained experience in 1996 by the 24-hour news business when News Corp.'s [[Rupert MurdochBSkyB]] and subsidiary began Europe's first 24-hour news channel ([[Roger AilesSky News]]) in the United Kingdom in 1989.<ref>Shah, who perceived a need for a news organization that offered more balanced reportingSaeed. (September 24, one where the facts from all sides would 2002) The Independent ''[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1704677.html Business Analysis: Unstoppable Sky machine rolls on as ITV troubles worsen Dawn Airey's free-to-air television experience will be presentedinvaluable to BSkyB as it moves beyond its pay-TV model. [[Mainstream media]] "'' Section: Business; Page 21.</ref> With the success of his [[political correctnessThe Fourth Network|fourth-network]]" was banishedefforts in the United States,<ref>Schulberg, Pete. As an example(July 15, 1994) The Oregonian ''Fox news [[anchor]]s call [[terrorist]]s what they areis a business, if not artistic, success.'' Section: Television; Page E1.</ref><ref>Braxton, Greg. (terrorists)April 6, instead of referring 1997) Chicago Sun-Times ''[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4395441.html How Fox broke from the pack to them as "militantsbecome cutting-edge network." As ]''</ref> experience gained from Sky News and the turnaround of February20th Century Fox, 2007Murdoch announced on January 31, polls show 1996 that over 20% of Americans say their main source of News Corp. would launch a 24-hour news is channel on cable and satellite systems in the Fox United States as part of a News ChannelCorp."worldwide platform" for Fox programming: "The appetite for news—particularly news that explains to people how it affects them—is expanding enormously".<ref>Williams, Scott. (January 31, 1996) Associated Press ''[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB8296FA53CDCD2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Murdoch taps Ailes for new network; Former CNBC chief set to direct 24-hour news channel, take on CNN.]''</ref>
Fox News has dominated the ratings of other cable news outlets.<ref>[http[File://wwwFoxBox at Saint Anselm.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-anderson4oct04,0,2195035.story?coll=la-opinion-centerJPG|thumb|left|[[Saint Anselm College]</ref> Launched by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and former political consultant Roger Ailes as a refuge for viewers fed up ] Quad with real or perceived liberal bias everywhere in the so"Fox-called Box", from which the network reported live during the 2004 and 2008 [[mainstream mediaNew Hampshire primary|New Hampshire primaries]]", |alt=Modular building on snowy college campus]][[File:Fox is the undisputed ratings champion of cable newsNews Channel newsroom. Itjpg|thumb|left|FNC's been trouncing [[CNNnewsroom]], [[MSNBC]] and [[CNBC]] for yearsNovember 15, and draws a much larger audience share than all competitors, including the three major broadcast 2007|alt=Television news shows, combined. It is by far the most profitable news network in the world, on track to earn more than $700 Million in 2010.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/media/10ailes.html New York Times, January 9, 2010studio]</ref> But the profit motive may cause some of the hostility Fox News has to the [[conservative]] positions on important social issues.
IndeedIn February 1996, for over 100 consecutive months, FNC has been the most-watched cable after former U.S. Republican Party political strategist and NBC executive<ref>{{cite news channel in the country|url=http://query. FNC is available in more than 90 million homesnytimes. It is part of com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E4DE1F3FF934A35753C1A960958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/A/Ailes,%20Roger%20E.|title=At the new Fox Television Stations GroupNews Channel, a subsidiary of the buzzword is fairness, separating news from bias| work=The New York Times|first=Lawrie|last=Mifflin|date=October 7, 1996|accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref> [[Australia|AustralianRoger Ailes]]left cable-born media mogul television channel [[Rupert Murdoch]]America's [[News CorporationTalking]]. (now [[Roger AilesMSNBC]] was named Chairman of the ), Murdoch asked him to start Fox Television Stations Group News Channel. Ailes demanded five months of 14-hour workdays and several weeks of rehearsal shows{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}} before its launch on August 15October 7, 20051996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newscorp.com/management/foxnewschannel.html|title=News Corporation: Fox News Channel|accessdate=2008-04-21|date=April 18, 2008|publisher=News Corporation|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRTzXbU5|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref>
==Fair At its debut 10 million households were able to watch FNC; however, it was absent from the media markets of New York City and Balanced==[[Image:Fair_balancedLos Angeles.jpg‎ |thumb|left|Fair And Balanced Logo]]Critics have been known According to complain about published reports, many media reviewers had to watch the "Fair & Balanced" slogan. Former President [[Bill Clinton]] exploded first day's programming at ''Fox News Sunday'' anchor [[Chris Wallace]] in studios because it was not readily available via cable.{{citation needed|date=September of 2006, accusing him of "a nice little conservative hit job" after being lightly pressed by Wallace about his record on fighting [[Al Qaeda]]. Democratic politicians and advocates have relentlessly attacked 2012}} Rolling news coverage during the cable network, sometimes accusing it day consisted of being a Republican [[propaganda|propaganda mill]]. Former Vice20-President and environmentalist [[Al Gore]] has likened Fox to a rightminute single-wing "[[fifth column]]." Groups, topic shows such as [[MoveOn.org]], funded a classic [[schlockumentary]] entitled ''OutfoxedFox on Crime'', which purports to expose the channelor 's 'nefarious Republican agendaFox on Politics'', surrounded by news headlines. Some have referred to FOX News as "Interviews featured facts at the propaganda arm bottom of the Republican Party" screen about the topic or "Faux Newsthe guest." In a grandstanding gesture of political theater the group unsuccessfully petitioned The flagship newscast at the time was ''The Schneider Report'', with [[Federal Trade CommissionMike Schneider (news anchor)|Mike Schneider]] to stop Fox's from using its slogan as "deceptive advertising"fast-paced delivery of the news. It was unanimously rejected. <ref>[httpDuring the evening, Fox featured opinion shows://www.showbizdata.com/news/36127/FTC-REJECTS-COMPLAINTS-AGAINST-FOX-NEWS FTC: "It's best to ignore nuts"'The O'Reilly Report'' (now ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]</ref> Fox News spokesman Rob Zimmerman told today's (Tuesday') Wall Street Journal: "If they can attack Fox News to this extreme, ''then all news organizations are at risk to be targeted The Crier Report'' (hosted by similar attacks. ... It[[Catherine Crier]]) and 's best to ignore nuts."'[[Hannity & Colmes]]' '.
Rolling Stone magazine charged that Ailes From the beginning, FNC has “built placed heavy emphasis on visual presentation. Graphics were designed to be colorful and attention-getting; this helped the most formidable propaganda machine ever seen outside of viewer to grasp the [[Communist]] bloc.” Ailes responded accusing NBC, CBS, ABCmain points of what was being said, The New York Times, and even if they could not hear the rest host (with on-screen text summarizing the position of running the interviewer or speaker, and "bullet points" when a liberal propaganda machinehost was delivering commentary). {{cquote| If they did fair and balanced newsFox News also created the "Fox News Alert, we’d be out of business" which interrupted its regular programming when a breaking-news story occurred.}}
A recent comprehensive study To accelerate its adoption by cable companies, Fox News paid systems up to $11 per subscriber to distribute the channel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-18396534/bold-grab-subs-murdoch.html|author=Richard Katz|date=1996-05|title=Bold grab for subs: Murdoch offers $11 to carry Fox News|publisher=Multichannel News| accessdate=September 1, 2010|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRU0fPQa|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> This contrasted with the normal practice, in which cable operators paid stations carriage fees for programming. When [[UCLATime Warner]] political scientist Tim Groseclose and University of Missouri-Columbia economics professor Jeffrey Milyo found bought [[Brit HumeTed Turner]]'s ''Special Report'' — [[Turner Broadcasting]], a federal [[antitrust]] [[consent decree]] required Time Warner to carry a second all-news channel in addition to its own [[CNN]]. Time Warner selected MSNBC as the secondary news channel, not FoxNews. Fox News claimed that this violated an agreement (to carry Fox News). Citing its agreement to keep its U.S. headquarters and a large studio in New York City, News Corporation enlisted the help of Mayor [[Rudolph Giuliani]]'s most straightforward news show — more centrist than any administration to pressure Time Warner (one of the three major networkscity' evening newscasts, all of which are liberals two cable providers) to transmit Fox News on a city-owned channel. <ref>[{{cite news|url=http://rcpquery.missourinytimes.educom/articlesgst/milyo_mediafullpage.html]?res=9504E3DA123FF937A35753C1A960958260|title=Giuliani Pressures Time Warner to Transmit a Fox Channel| work=The New York Times|first=Mark|last=Landler|date=October 4, 1996|accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref> The program is a model of smart City officials threatened to take action affecting Time Warner's cable franchises in the city.<ref>{{cite news television|url=http://query. nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E7DB103FF936A35753C1A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=City Hall Threatens Action if Time Warner Rejects Channel|work=The New York Times|first=Clifford J.|last=Levy|date=October 5, 1996|accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref>
Although it is true that A lawsuit was filed by Time Warner against the Fox's opinion shows City of New York, claiming undue interference with (as opposed to its news showsand inappropriate use of) are, as theythe city're supposed s educational channels for commercial programming. News Corporation countered with an antitrust lawsuit against Time Warner for unfairly protecting CNN. This led to be, frequently bombastic an acrimonious battle between Murdoch and opinionated; it is equally true that Fox's biggest super-starTurner, with Turner publicly comparing Murdoch to [[Bill O'ReillyAdolf Hitler]] is not a mainstream Republican, but a registered ; Murdoch's ''[[IndependentNew York Post]] who sides with conservatives'' ran an editorial questioning Turner's sanity. He regularly charges the oil companies with price-gouging and attacks big business for quashing the little guy. Greta Van SusterenGiuliani's politics are unclearmotives were also questioned, as she mostly covers the since his wife was a producer at Murdoch-owned [[crimeWNYW-TV]]-of-. In the-day stories. end, Time Warner and News Corporation signed a [[Geraldo Riverasettlement (law)|settlement]] is traditionally liberal agreement permitting Fox News to be carried on most issuesNew York City cable systems beginning in October 1997, with the exception of being a strong supporter of the military and stiff penalties for [[sex offender]]son all Time Warner cable systems by 2001 (although Time Warner still does not carry Fox News in all areas). {{citation needed|date=June 2012}}
Some liberal commentators, such as news analyst During the [[Marvin KalbSeptember 11th attacks|September 11, 2001 attacks]], and Fox News was the first news organization to run a [[Eleanor Cliftnews ticker]], are affiliated on the bottom of the screen to keep up with the channelflow of information that day. In generalThe ticker has remained, informing viewers about additional news which reporters may not mention onscreen and repeating news mentioned during a broadcast; it has proven popular with viewers.<ref name="The Fox News is closer to mainstream America than [[CBS]]Ticker">{{cite web|url=http://www.mandatory.com/2012/09/11/11-direct-effects-9-11-had-on-the-sports-and-entertainment-indus/#photo=2|title=11 Direct Effects 9/11 Had on the Sports and Entertainment Industries|last=Dudak|first=Gary|date=September 11, [[ABC]], [[NBC]] or [[CNN]]2012|publisher=Mandatory.com|accessdate=September 13, its founding mission.2012}}</ref>
Conservatives have criticism for the ===Recent history===On May 1, 2008 Fox News Channel as well. For example, conservatives have complained about launched [[Fox News and homosexualityHigh-definition television|how Fox News has covered the homosexuality issuehigh definition]]. In 2006, the channel [[conservativesimulcast]] reporter [[Peter LaBarbera]] wrote that "Fox News and Wal-mart are among s of its programming in selected regions of the high-level ($10United States. Time Warner Cable is carrying this channel in New York, New York, San Antonio, Texas,000) sponsors of the [[National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association]]’s (NLGJA) 2006 Convention in Miami."Kansas City, Missouri;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americansfortruthwww.broadcastingcable.com/issuesarticle/corporate-promotion/corporations/food-beverage-household-brands/coca-cola</ref> In addition, their 'Fair and Balanced' motto allows [[liberal propaganda]], lies, deceit, and half-truths to gain an audienceCA6555936. In reality, html|title=Fox was judged News Channel to actually provide a more "fair and balanced" coverage in the Take HD Leap – 4/29/2008 Presidential race than all three MSM networks, who had a decidedly pro3:12:00&nbsp;pm—Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Broadcastingcable.com|date=|accessdate=2009-Obama tilt, a study by the ''Center for Media and Public Affairs''. <ref>[05-27|archiveurl=http://www.cmpawebcitation.comorg/pdf/08summer.pdf Center for Media and Public Affairs: ''How TV News Has Covered McCain5uRU33PYN|archivedate=November 22, Obama and Hillary'']2010|deadurl=no}}</ref>Cablevision is making it available in New York, New York and on Long Island.
On Friday, October 17, 2008 at 6&nbsp;am ET, DirecTV launched the high-definition channel. This was the first national launch of the channel in HD.<ref>{{cite web|last=Murph|first=Darren|url= Fox http://hd.engadget.com/2008/10/17/fox-news-turns-hd-on-directv/|title=FOX News Liberals Turns HD on DirecTV|publisher=Engadget|date=October 17, 2008|accessdate=Talk to any Fox News2009-hating liberal and you'll here the same old regurgitated talking point05- ''"Fox is not Fair & Balanced,"'' ''"Rightwing propaganda27|archiveurl=http://www."'' One network, Fox News, has twice the number of opposing commentators than does all media sources combinedwebcitation. If you add up the major media properties; ABCorg/5uRU3pzCz|archivedate=November 22, NBC2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> On January 9, CBS2009, MSNBC, CNN, PBS, New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek -- you get a total of five [[Token conservative | so-called conservativeCox Communications]] personalities among hundreds of liberals. At added the leastHD channel:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cox.com/gocox/pdf/pdf_new/Wichita.pdf|title=Cox Communications|format=PDF|date=|accessdate=2010-08-27}}</ref> on February 3, 2009 Dish Network did also. Fox News employs the following switched from a 4:3 [[liberalaspect ratio]]sto a 16:9, [[letterbox]] ratio for its standard-definition channel at 6&nbsp;am ET on September 28, 2009.
*[[Juan Williams]]==Outlets==*[[Alan Colmes]]*File:FOX News Channel Stand.jpg|thumb|FNC airport [[Kirsten Powersnewsagent|newsstand]]*at [[Shepard SmithMinneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport]]*[[Geraldo Rivera|alt=Fox News airport newsstand]]*FNC maintains an archive of most of its programs. This archive also includes [[Mara LiassonFox Movietone]]*[[Bill Schulz]]*[[Susan Estrich]]*[[Bob Beckel]]*[[Santita Jackson]]*newsreels. Licensing for the Fox News archive is handled by ITN Source, the archiving division of [[Simon RosenbergITN]].
===Television===
{{Main|Fox News Channel programming}}
FNC presents a variety of programming, with up to 15 hours of live broadcasting per day in addition to programming and content for the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]]. Most programs are broadcast from Fox News headquarters in New York City (at [[1211 Avenue of the Americas]]), in its streetside studio on [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] in the west wing of [[Rockefeller Center]]. The remaining programs are broadcast from Fox News's [[Washington, D.C.]] studio, located on [[Capitol Hill]] across from [[Union Station (Washington, D.C.)|Union Station]] in a secured building shared by a number of other television networks (including [[NBC News]] and [[C-SPAN]]). Audio simulcasts of the channel are aired on [[XM Satellite Radio]] and [[Sirius Satellite Radio]].
A 2009 national survey showed that 46% of those who watch FOX News “just about every day” are [[Democrat]]s or IndependentsFile:Fox News 6th 48 jeh. JPG|thumb|left|[[Dick MorrisSixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] interpreted the numbers and determinesheadquarters|alt=Large New York building with plantings in front]]In an October 11, 2009 ''"Could it be New York Times'' article, Fox articulated that the its hard-news programming runs from "9&nbsp;a.m. to 4&nbsp;pm and 6 to 8&nbsp;pm on weekdays" and "[[Obama Administration]] is concerned about FOX News not because ] objective"; however, it is 'an arm makes no such claims for its other broadcasts, which primarily consist of the Republican Party' but because it is so widely seen among Democrats editorial journalism and Independents?"'' commentary.<ref>[http://www.dickmorrisnytimes.com/blog2009/fox-news-reaches-across-party-lines10/ FOX NEWS REACHES ACROSS PARTY LINES12/business/media/12fox.html Stelter, Dick MorrisBrian. "Fox’s Volley With Obama Intensifying."] NYT. Oct.11, 2009. Retrieved via nytimes.com, October 19on Nov.16, 2009].</ref>
=== The Five {{anchor|High definition}}High-definition===The show that replaced Glenn Beck's ratings dominance is 'The Five'[[720p]], described as a “roundtable ensemble high-definition simulcast of five rotating FOX personalities...Fox News Channel launched on May 1, 2008." <ref>[{{cite web|url=http://mediadecoderwww.blogs.nytimesmultichannel.com/2011/06/30article/fox-news89931-Fox_News_To_Make_HD_Bow_With_Time_Warner.php|title=Multichannel News April 29, 2008 Fox News to-replace-beck-make HD bow withTime Warner|publisher=Multichannel.com|date=|accessdate=2009-the08-five15|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRU7Qnvg|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> Most of the programs available in HD (''[[Fox News to Replace Beck With ‘The Five’& Friends]]'', NYTimes''[[America's Newsroom]]'', June 30''[[Happening Now]]'', 2011''[[America Live with Megyn Kelly]]'', ''[[Studio B with Shepard Smith]]'', ''[[Your World with Neil Cavuto]]'', ''[[Special Report with Bret Baier]]'', ''[[Fox Report]]'', ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'', ''[[Hannity]]'' and ''[[On the Record with Greta Van Susteren]]'') are shown in [[16:9]] widescreen. Fox News Channel began producing its standard-definition programs in letterbox format on September 28, 2009; therefore, high- and standard-definition viewers now both see the same picture and [[pillarbox]]es are no longer needed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/355467-FNC_Pushes_Widescreen.php|title=Broadcasting & Cable September 28, 2009 FNC Pushes Widescreen – Will deliver letterboxed standard-def feed|publisher=Broadcastingcable.com|date=|accessdate=2010-08-27|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRU8AjJn|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref>
Most often, the show pits Bob Beckel, a consistent defender of every Democratic Party talking point, against a panel of conservative or libertarian opponents===TV Studios===FOX News has 7 studios in NYC and 1 in DC used by FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network. 'The Five' features Bob Beckel, Greg Gutfeld<br>Studio B, NY [[Juan WilliamsFOX Business Network]]shows. <br>Studio G, NY [[Dana PerinoFOX Business Network]]shows and FNC show Justice with Judge Jeanine. <br>Studio D, [[Andrew Napolitano]]NY is the only studio with an area for a studio audience. It is used by The Five and Huckabee. <br>Studio E, Geraldo RiveraNY used fox Fox & Friends, Andrea TantarosYour World with Neil Cavuto, Eric BollingRed Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld and America's News HQ.<br>Studio H, Monica CrowleyNY used for Fox & Friends First, Happening Now, Studio B and Kimberly GuilfoyleThe Fox Report. <br>Studio J, NY used for America's Newsroom, America Live with Megyn Kelly, Hannity and FBNs Money with Melissa Francis. <br>DC Studio used for Special Report with Bret Baier, On the Record and America’s News HQ. <br>Web Studio, NY used for FOX News Live internet shows.
== Ratings Dominance =Radio==={{Main|Fox News Channel was Radio}}With the 2nd highest rated cable channel on all growth of television during FNC, the first quarter of 2009 company introduced a radio division ([[Fox News Radio]]) in prime time Total Viewers2003. CNN was 17th and MSNBC 24th for [[Syndicated radio show|Syndicated]] throughout the first three months of United States, the year. FNC beat CNN division provides short newscasts and MSNBC combined and gained talk radio programs featuring personalities from the most compared to the first quarter of 2008, up 24%. 2009's first quarter was FNC's 3rd highest rated quarter in prime time in the network's history — just behind Q4 '08 television and Q3 '05radio divisions. In prime time, ages 25-54 demo2006 the company also introduced [[Fox News Talk]], a [[satellite radio]] station featuring programs syndicated by (and in total day in both categories, FNC grew more year-to-year than CNN and MSNBC combined. FNC had nine of the top 10 programs on cable news in Total Viewersfeaturing) Fox News personalities.
[[Bill O'Reilly===Online===Introduced in December 1995,{{citation needed|The O'Reilly Factor]] has now been #1 on cable news for 100 consecutive monthsdate=June 2012}} the Fox News website features the latest coverage (including columns by FNC television, up 27% in Total Viewers year-over-yearradio and online personalities). Video clips are also available on Foxnews.com and Foxbusiness.com. [Citation Needed]
[[Glenn Beck]] dominated the ratings before leaving the network In September 2008 FNC joined other channels in June 2011introducing a live streaming segment to its website: ''The Strategy Room,'' designed to appeal to older viewers. Beck broke every single record for the 5 PIt airs weekdays from 9&nbsp;a.Mm. timeslot. The leftist mob learned to hate him 5&nbsp;p.m. and takes the form of an informal discussion, with running commentary on the news. Regular discussion programs include ''Business Hour'', ''News With a passion View'' and ''God Talk''.<ref>[[Center http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/business/media/16fox.html "For American Progress]Talking Heads, a Spot to Relax and Sip Coffee, on Webcam "]' senior fellow 'The New York Times''. February 15, 2009.</ref> In March 2009 [[Van JonesThe Fox Nation]] was launched as a website intended to encourage readers to post, commenting on the news.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,511334,00.html Welcome to the Fox Nation] Foxnews.com, March 30, 2009</ref> Fox News Mobile is taking credit the portion of the FNC website dedicated to [[Streaming media|streaming]] news clips formatted for Beck's retirementvideo-enabled mobile phones.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/mobile/index.html|title=Fox News Mobile website|publisher=Foxnews.com|date=June 12, 2008|accessdate=2009-08-15|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUB4nyU|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref>
==Personalities=={{See also|Fox News Channel programming#Personalities|l1=Fox News Channel personalities}}Producing a variety of programming, FNC has a number of program hosts, news anchors, [[correspondent]]s and contributors who appear daily on the channel. Hosts include [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]], [[Sean Hannity]], [[Greta Van Susteren]], [[Mike Huckabee]], [[Shepard Smith]] and [[Neil Cavuto]], all of whom host programs on the top-ten list of the most-watched programs on cable news.<ref>{{cite web|title=April 2007 Weekday Ranker|publisher=TV Newser|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/apr07ranker.pdf|format=PDF|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5sQ1JOeTB|archivedate=September 1, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> In January 2009 statistics showed three new programs beat , former [[CNN ]] commentator [[Glenn Beck]] was added to Fox's weekday lineup;<ref>{{cite news|title=Glenn Beck Sounds Off on Washington State Christmas Controversy and MSNBC Blagojevich Scandal|accessdate=December 19, 2008|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,467244,00.html|publisher=Fox News|date=December 15, 2008|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUBvuCS|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> his last FNC show was June 30, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Glenn Beck's Final Show|publisher=News Corp| url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/glenn-beck/transcript/glenn-becks-final-show|date=June 30, 2011}}{{dead link|date=June 2012}}</ref> Beck was replaced on Fox News by 'combined‘The Five’'(featuring [[Greg Gutfeld]], [[Juan Williams]], [[Dana Perino]], [[Andrew Napolitano]], [[Geraldo Rivera]], and [[Monica Crowley]]) on July 11, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glenn Beck Replaced By ' in total viewers during their respective time slotsThe Five' on Fox News |url=http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/GlennBeckReplacedByTheFiveonFoxNews/2011/07/01/id/402206 |publisher=Newsmax |date=July 1, 2011}}</ref>
On the Record with Greta Van Susteren is up 55% in total viewers ==Ratings and 75% in the demo. Your World with Neil Cavuto is up 60% in Total Viewers and 102% in the demo. Glenn Beck, is up 212% in the demo and up 128% in total viewers. <ref>reception==[[httpFile://wwwFox News Channel's Hannity and Colmes production area.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/april_ratings_fnc_beats_cnn_and_msnbc_combined_115179.asp Media Bistro: April Ratings: jpg|thumb|left|FNC Beats CNN and MSNBC Combined's ''[[Hannity]]'' production area|alt=Newsroom, with political signs on the wall]]</ref>
== Fox News Canada ==Liberals have successfully painted Fox News as being blocked in [[Canada]] because of laws against lying, FNC saw a large ratings jump during the premise is false. While they don't operate in Canada because early stages of the legal tactics of direct competitor and wholly-owned government entity Canadian Broadcast Corporation ([[CBC2003 invasion of Iraq|Iraq conflict]]). According to some reports, at the height of the conflict Fox News does have had as much as a broadcast presence by way of independent media companies like Bell, Rogers and 20 other companies300-percent increase in viewership (averaging 3.3&nbsp;million viewers daily). <ref>[{{cite news|url=http://wwwnews.foxnewsbbc.comco.uk/story2/0,2933,184837,00hi/business/3148015.html Where in the World is FOX?, Fox stm|title=War coverage lifts NewsCorp|publisher=[[The British Broadcasting Corporation]]|accessdate=November 29, march 12005|date=August 13, 2011]2003|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUCY6gc|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref>
== Anti-elitist ==Conservatives argue that Fox's real ethos is not Republican or conservativeIn 2004, but anti-[[elitist]] — a major reason it connects with so many Americans and annoys so many coastal elites. "ThereFNC's a whole country that elitists will never acknowledge," Ailes once observed. "What people resent deeply out there are those in the 'blue states' thinking they're smarter." This anti-elitism shows itself in Fox's pro-U.S. stance in covering ratings for its broadcast of the [[Afghanistan2004 Republican National Convention|Republican National Convention]] and [[Iraq war]]s and its broadcasters' use exceeded those of terms such as "terrorist" instead of the politically correct "militant" to refer to terroristsall three broadcast networks. Since the During President [[Vietnam WarGeorge W. Bush]] era's address, Fox News attracted 7.3&nbsp;million viewers nationally; NBC, ABC, mainstream [[journalist]]s have tended to see such blunt language and side-taking as unsophisticated, CBS had a betrayal viewership of journalistic [[objectivity]]5.9 million, or perhaps their own ingrained biases against government in general5.1 million and 5.0 million respectively.
Another aspect In late 2005 and early 2006, FNC saw a brief decline in ratings. One decline was in the second quarter of 2006, when Fox's antiNews lost viewers for every prime-elitism is time program compared with the treatment previous quarter. The audience for ''[[Special Report with Brit Hume]]'', for example, dropped 19 percent. Several weeks later, in the wake of the [[evangelicalNorth Korean missile test, 2006|North Korean missile crisis]] and the [[fundamentalist Christian2006 Lebanon War]]s with respect, far from Fox saw a surge in viewership and remained the normal liberal media#1-rated cable news channel.<ref>[http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/fncs_2554_prime_downward_spiral_20939.asp FNC's depiction as lunatics or extremists. 25–54 Prime "We regularly have on the Rev. Franklin GrahamDownward Spiral"], TV Newser</ref><ref>[[Drhttp://www. James Dobsonstateofthemedia.org/2005/narrative_cabletv_contentanalysis.asp?cat=2&media=5 Cable TV: Content Analysis]] and other religious leaders{{dead link|date=June 2012}}, just as we put on Pat Ireland and Eleanor CliftThe State of the News Media 2005</ref> Fox produced eight of the top ten most-watched nightly cable news shows," Ailes said, continuing, with ''"Most Americans believe in God and have that as their foundation in life. So why shouldnThe O't we have as guests people that they like, respect and want to hear from?" Reilly Factor'' Ailes said he didn't get "too worked up" by a Pew Foundation study that showed that Fox has more Republican viewers than CNN, CNBC or MSNBC and that his reporters and anchors insert their opinions into stories far more than competitors do. Numbers might have something to do with it: Fox is beating the combined audience of the other three. But Ailes dismissed Pew as a "liberal ''[[lobbyist|lobbyingHannity & Colmes]] organization." He said, "Most polls today are not taken to provide information to the public but to get press for the organization taking the polls. I took a poll of Pew, '' finishing first and 98% of my organization found that they were biased", Ailes said with a winksecond respectively. <ref>[http://www.usatodaymediabistro.com/lifetvnewser/columnist/mediamixoriginal/ranker_april05.pdf April 2005Competitive Program Ranker (M-04F 6a-06-media-mix_x.htm11p programs)], TV Newser</ref>
In responseFNC ranked No. 8 for all cable channels in 2006, Project director Tom Rosenstiel said the study "was not a polland No. It was a content analysis designed by a four6 in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6517290.html|title=Fox News Channel Leads in 2007 Cable News Ratings|publisher=Broadcastingcable.com|date=|accessdate=2010-university research team 08-27|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUENQ1Z|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> The channel ranked No. 1 during the week of Barack Obama's election (November 3–9) in 2008, and executed at reached the top spot again in January 2010 (during the week of the [[University of AlabamaUnited States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010|special Senate election in Massachusetts]])." <ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60R0F720100128 Fox News Channel tops USA in cable ratings] ''One plus for Reuters'' January 27, 2010</ref> Comparing Foxto its 24-hour-news-channel competitors, he saidin May 2010 the channel drew an average daily prime-time audience of 1.8&nbsp;million (versus 747, was that researchers found Fox News stories were more forthcoming about sourcing than their cable rivals000 for MSNBC and 595,000 for CNN).'' <ref>[http://www.usatodaytheglobeandmail.com/life/columnist/mediamixreport-on-business/2005fox-04news-06north-mediaprimed-mix_x.htmfor-launch/article1603483/ Fox News North’ primed for launch] ''The Globe and Mail'' June 15, 2010</ref>
== Fringe views Versus Fox News =="What really frustrates liberals about FoxIn September 2009, though, is simply that, along with [[talk radio]] and the conservative [[blogospherePew Research Center]], it has helped shatter published a report on the left's near-monopoly on public view of national news and informationorganizations. The report indicated that 72 percent of Republican Fox's opinion-driven programming gives conservatives and liberals a chance to get a fair hearing for their ideas. But viewers rated the channel as "favorable", while 43 percent of Democratic politicians viewers and activists who go on Fox also must defend their views, often against tough questioning, something 55 percent of all viewers shared that happens less often on the networks, where most journalists are left-of-center, survey after survey has shown", said columnist Brian Andersonopinion. "Even more significantHowever, Fox came on had the scene a decade ago as a professional news organization that could define and highest "unfavorable" rating of all national outlets studied (25 percent of all viewers). The report news as something different from what the elite consensus says it is. To take one of many exampleswent on to say, the corruption "partisan differences in views of the [[United Nations]]' oilFox News have increased substantially since 2007".<ref>{{cite web|title=Press Accuracy Rating Hits Two-Decade Low|url=http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1341/press-accuracy-rating-hits-fortwo-food initiative in [[Iraq]]decade-low|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUF5PM6|archivedate=November 22, initially downplayed by the mainstream media because of their sympathy for internationalism, was uncovered — deemed newsworthy — on Fox." 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref>
All this wouldn't matter if Fox News wasn't so influential. But it is. According to On the Pew Research Center, more than 20% night of Americans now claim to get news from itOctober 22, and lots of them (37%) are Democrats or independents. The network's success has also sparked a "Fox effect2012," leading some competitors to become more open to rightFox set a record for its highest-of-center opinions: MSNBC's "Scarborough Country," hosted by former Republican congressman rated [[Joe ScarboroughBroadcasting|telecast]]ever, is a prime examplewith 11. Until a few years ago5 million viewers for the third [[United States presidential election debates, Democrats never had to deal 2012|U.S. presidential debate]].<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/final-obama-romney-debate-gives-381956 Final Debate Breaks Fox News Ratings Record With 11.5 Million, Topping Cable Competition]</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Patten|first=Dominic|title=UPDATE: 59.2M Watch Final Presidential Debate; NBC Wins Coverage Battle|url=http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/fox-news-breaks-ratings-record-with all these conservatives in -third-presidential-debate/#utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter|publisher=Deadline}}</ref> In prime time the mediaweek before, Fox averaged almost 3.7 million viewers with a total day average of 1.66 million viewers. <ref>{{cite news|last=Flint|first=Joe|title=Fox News scores big ratings win|url=http://www.latimes.com/newsentertainment/opinionenvelope/cotown/la-oeet-ct-fox-news-ratings-anderson4oct0420121023,0,2195035240248.story?coll|newspaper=la-opinion-centerLos Angeles Times|date=October 23, 2012}}</ref>
Ailes said Fox News has no agenda. His charge to his reporters and anchors is simple: "If you make a mistake, get on A Public Policy Polling poll reported in 2013 that perceptions of FNC had declined during the air as fast as you can and admit it. previous four years... Do your homework. Make sure you reach out to a point 41% of view you don't agree with to be sure you have some balance polled voters trust it down from 49% in your piece2010, because journalistswhile 46% distrust Fox, despite the public perception, are not empty-headed foolsup from 37% in 2010. They actually come to FNC is also the job with some ideas and biases." When asked whether the media have a "conscious biasmost trusted network," Ailes said: "I don't know whether with 34% of Americans saying it's conscious or not. I think people who are biased to is the left and right are by and large honest people who bring their life experience to whatever their beliefs are. I don't think there's some conspiracy of bias to network they trust the left, ''but I do think that [[New York]] and [most.<ref>[Los Angeles]] have different views than many people that I know from other parts of the countryhttp://www."'' publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_National_206.pdf Fox News’ Credibility Declines] Public Policy Polling February 6, 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.usatodaythedailybeast.com/lifearticles/columnist2013/mediamix02/200506/distrust-04of-06fox-medianews-mix_xgrowing.htmhtml Distrust of Fox News Hits Record High] ''The Daily Beast'' by Howard Kurtz</ref>
== Obama Administration versus Fox News Slogan==[[Barack Hussein ObamaFile:Fairbalanced.png|thumb|2005 "Fair & Balanced" graphic|alt="Fair & Balanced" against blue, black and red background]] has thin skin when it comes to criticism of his policies"Fair & Balanced" is a [[trademark]]ed slogan used by the broadcaster, originally used in conjunction with the phrase "Real Journalism". The entire Comedian [[mainstream mediaAl Franken]] has thrown its support to Obama and refuses to questions used the slogan in the subtitle for his policies2003 book ''[[Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them|Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right]]''. In the book, he cites examples of what he claims to be Fox News is the lone station that will criticize Obama fairly' [[Media bias|bias]]. Obama saidOn August 7, 2003 Fox News sued for copyright infringement.<refname="foxsuit">de Moraes, Lisa (August 12, 2003). [http://www.newsmaxwashingtonpost.com/insidecoverac2/media_critic_fox_newswp-dyn/2009/06/19/227121.html Media CriticA46985-2003Aug11?language=printer Three Little Words: Fox Only Press Doing Its JobNews Sues.] NewsMax, June 19, 2009''[[Washington Post]]''</ref>{{cquote| “I’ve got one television station that is entirely devoted to attacking my administration…That’s a pretty big megaphoneThe lawsuit was dropped three days later, after Judge [[Denny Chin]] refused its request for an [[injunction]]. You’d be hard pressed if you watched In his decision, Chin ruled that the entire day to find a positive story about me case (''[[Fox v. Franken]]'') was "wholly without merit, both factually and legally". He went on to suggest that frontFox News' trademark on the phrase "fair and balanced" could be invalid.” }}<ref name="foxloss">Phil Hirschkorn (August 22, 2003). [http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/22/fox.franken/ Fox News loses attempt to block satirist's book]. ''CNN''</ref>
The President has praised MSNBC In December 2003 FNC won a legal battle concerning the slogan, when [[AlterNet]] filed a cancellation petition with the [[United States Patent and berated Fox News. Considering that MSNBC devoted itself Trademark Office]] (USPTO) to attacking George W Bush and his administration, this is hypocritical on Obamahave FNC's parttrademark rescinded as inaccurate. To sum it up, all other major news networks have let themselves become servile heralds of AlterNet included the liberal agendadocumentary film ''[[Outfoxed]]'' as supporting evidence in its case.<ref name="coyle">Coyle, while Jake (July 19, 2004). Advocacy Groups Challenge Fox news is News Slogan. Associated Press</ref> After losing early motions, AlterNet withdrew its petition; the only station that will call Obama out on anything he doesUSPTO dismissed the case.<ref>[http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92042790&pty=CAN&eno=1 Official Documentation of Petitioned Cancellation of "Fair & Balanced" trademark phrase], Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System</ref> In 2008 FNC used the slogan "We Report, You Decide", referring to "You Decide 2008" (FNC's original slogan for its coverage of election issues).
Media critic David Zurawik said “Thank goodness at least one TV outlet, =={{anchor|Criticism and controversies}}Controversy==<!--SEE TALK PAGE BEFORE ADDING ANYTHING RELATED TO FNC'S POSSIBLE EDITS TO WIKIPEDIA-->{{Main|Fox, is questioning Team Obama as it pushes for the kind of massive change in American life not seen since the era of Franklin Roosevelt,” and "...ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CNBC and the others allow their news operations to be used by the White House for partisan political reasons."News Channel controversies}}
== Roger Ailes =Objectivity and Bias===Critics of the channel in [[Image:Rogerailes_1.jpg‎ Progressivism in the United States|thumbAmerican progressive]] organizations such as the [[Democratic Party]], [[Media Matters]], and [[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting]] contend that it has a bias favoring the [[Right-wing politics|political right]] and the Republican Party.<ref name="democrats.org">[http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/09/dean_on_preside_3.php Dean On President Clinton Standing Up To Right-Wing Propaganda On Fox News Sunday]{{dead link|400px|Roger Ailesdate=June 2012}}, The Democratic Party, September 25, 2006</ref><ref>[http://mediamatters.org/items/200407210007 O'Reilly: "FOX does tilt right"], Media Matters for America</ref><ref>[http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067 The Most Biased Name in News – Fox News CEOChannel's extraordinary right-wing tilt], FAIR, July/August 2001</ref> [[Timothy Noah]] stated in an editorial in [[Slate Magazine]] that Fox News had a conservative bias.<ref>Timothy Noah, [http://www.foxnewsslate.com/storyid/02119864/ Fox News admits bias!],2933''Slate'',205966May 31,002005. Retrieved September 26, 2006.</ref> Fox News has publicly denied such statements.<ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5b77af92-548c-11db-901f-0000779e2340.html This is a Interview transcript: Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes] of , the Financial Times, October 6, 2006</ref> Murdoch and Ailes speaking ' replies have included Murdoch's statement that Fox has "given room to both sides, whereas only one side had it before".<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/26/1098667750250.html News Corp denies Fox News bias] Australian Associated Press, October 26, 2004</ref><ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5b77af92-548c-11db-901f-0000779e2340.html Interview transcript: Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes], the Television Critics AssociationFinancial Times, which will be enlightening to readers digging into October 6, 2006</ref> In 2004 director [[Robert Greenwald]] produced the Fox take documentary film ''[[Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on reporting Journalism]]'', which argues that Fox News has a conservative bias. The film includes clips from Fox News and its reaction internal memos from editorial vice president [[John Moody (journalist)|John Moody]] directing Fox News staff on how to controversy about its missionreport certain subjects. <ref name="tilting">{{Citation| last=Kurtz|first=Howard|author-link=Howard Kurtz|title=Tilting at the Right, Leaning to the Left|newspaper=The Washington Post|pages=D01|date=July 11, 2004|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41604-2004Jul10.html}}</ref>
On November 20, 2008, A leaked memo from Fox News vice president [[Roger AilesBill Sammon]], who now holds to News staff at the titles height of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, FOX News and Chairman the [[health care reform in the United States]] debate has been cited as an example of FOX Television Stationsthe pro-[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican party]] bias of Fox News. His memo asked the staff to "use the term ‘government-run health insurance, signed ’ or, when brevity is a new five year contract with News Corporationconcern, it was announced by Rupert Murdoch‘government option, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer’ whenever possible". The contract will pay him over 23 million dollars in 2009memo was sent shortly after Republican pollster [[Frank Luntz]] advised [[Sean Hannity]] on his Fox show that "If you call it a public option, the American people are split. If you call it the government option, the public is overwhelmingly against it". <ref>[http://www.mediabistrobusinessinsider.com/tvnewser/fnc/roger_ailes_signs_new_5year_deal_with_news_corp_101312.asp Ailes Inks 5 Year Deal With NewsCorpleaked-fox-news-memo-reveals-news-division-told-to-echo-gop-talking-point-2010-12 Leaked Fox News Memo Reveals News Division Told To Echo GOP Talking Point, Business Insider, December 9, 2010]</ref>
During Ailes' time with [[A Pew Research poll released on October 29, 2009 found that Fox News Corporation|is viewed as the most ideological channel in America. 47 percent of those surveyed said Fox News Corp]]is "mostly conservative", 14 percent said "mostly liberal" and 24 percent said "neither". In comparison, [[FNCMSNBC]] passed [[CNN]] in ratings in all day parts in 2002 to become the number one news network in the countryhad 36 percent identify it as "mostly liberal", nearing full distribution with more than 90 million subscribers11 percent as "mostly conservative" and 27 percent as "neither". In 2007, he launched the [[Fox Business ChannelCNN]] which currently reaches more than 40 million homes had 37 percent describe it as "mostly liberal", 11 percent as "mostly conservative" and served 33 percent as the biggest launch in cable television history"neither". Throughout Mr. Ailes' tenure, FOX Television Stations has increased its market share each of the last three years with all time record shares in the last two years. In addition, Fox Television Stations has expanded its local news presence by nearly 100 hours a week in a challenging economic climate.<ref>{{cquotecite web|'''At a time when the broadcast networks are struggling with diminishing audiences and profits in news, he has built Fox News into the profit engine of the News Corporationurl=http://people-press. ''org/report/559/|title=Fox News is believed to make more money than CNN, MSNBC and the evening newscasts of NBC, ABC and CBS combinedViewed as Most Ideological Network|publisher=People-press.'' The division is on track to achieve $700 million in operating profit this yearorg|date=October 29, according to analyst estimates.''' <small>2009|accessdate=2010-08-- The New York Times, 127|archiveurl=http:/9/www.webcitation.org/5uRUIme70|archivedate=November 22, 2010 |deadurl=no}}</smallref> A 2004 [[Pew Research Center]] survey showed that FNC was cited (unprompted) by 69 percent of national journalists as a conservative news organization. The survey showed that 34 percent of national journalists describe themselves as liberal, compared with 7 percent who describe themselves as conservative.<ref>[http://wwwpeople-press.nytimes.com/2010org/01report/10214/business/media/10ailes.html?pagewanted=all Ailesbottom-line-pressures-now-hurting-coverage-say-journalists Bottom-Line Pressures Now Hurting Coverage, Say Journalists: Fox News Chief at Overview – Pew Research Center for the Pinnacle of Media and Politics People & the Press]</ref> }}
== Tony Snow ==In April, 2006 the A poll by [[White HouseRasmussen Reports]] selected [[Tony Snow]], found that 31 percent of Americans feel Fox News Anchormanhas a conservative bias, to be the new White House Press Secretaryand 15 percent that it has a liberal bias. "SnowThe poll also reported that 36 percent believed Fox News delivers news with neither a conservative or liberal bias, compared with 37 percent who in his roles as a [[pundit]] said NPR delivers news with no conservative or liberal bias and 32 percent who said the same of CNN.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/media/americans_see_liberal_media_bias_on_tv_news|title=Americans See Liberal Media Bias on TV News – Rasmussen Reports|publisher=Rasmussenreports.com|date=July 13, 2007|accessdate=2010-08-27}}</ref> A 2007 study looked at the introduction of Fox News into local U.S. markets between 1996 and elsewhere has rapped Bush on several occasions2000, joined the White House only after extracting a promise and found that he would become an adviser to in the president on day-2000 presidential election "Republicans gained 0.4 to-day strategy..0.7 percentage points in the former columnist will be the first outsider to become part of Bushtowns that broadcast Fox News". The study's revamped inner circle.estimates "imply that Fox News convinced 3 to 28 percent of its viewers to vote Republican, said depending on the [[Washington Post]]audience measure". <ref>Stefano DellaVigna and Ethan Kaplan (2007), "[http://www.washingtonpostmitpressjournals.comorg/wp-dyndoi/contentabs/article/200610.1162/04/26/AR2006042600558qjec.html122.3.1187 The Fox News Effect: Media Bias and Voting]", ''Quarterly Journal of Economics'', August 2007, Vol. 122, No. 3, Pages 1187–1234</ref>
Snow, 50, worked most recently as host for ''A 2010 study by Sean Aday comparing Fox News Sunday, with Tony SnowChannel's ''Special Report With Brit Humes'' and as host NBC's ''Nightly News'' coverage of his own radio talk show. He the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during 2005 found that both underplayed bad news; it concluded that "Fox News was a director much more sympathetic to the administration than NBC", suggesting that "if scholars continue to find evidence of speech-writing for President [[George Ha partisan or ideological bias at FNC.W. Bush]] and has worked .they should consider Fox as a [[USA Today]] columnistalternative, Editorial Page Editor of the [[Washington Times]]rather than mainstream, deputy editorial page editor of media". Aday also stated, however, that the [[Detroit News]] and frequent substitute for radio host [[Rush Limbaugh]]data used in his study may have come late enough in the war to be consistent with accepted practice. {{clarify|date=September 2012}}<ref>Aday, S. (2010), "[http://whitehousewww3.gov/news/releasesinterscience.wiley.com/2006journal/04123303811/20060426abstract Chasing the bad news: An analysis of 2005 Iraq and Afghanistan war coverage on NBC and Fox News channel]", ''Journal of Communication'' 60 (1), pp.html144–164</ref> Snow died July 12, 2008, after an unsuccessful battle with colon cancer.
==Bill O'Reilly==The [[O'Reilly FactorDavid Carr (journalist)|David Carr]] has been the most watched cable news segment for eight years. , media critic at ''[[Bill O'ReillyThe New York Times]] has interviewed Barack Obama and other high profile guests on his show.:"FOX News destroys NBC and CNN on cable every night. We cover the news. We don't ignore it. And we don't denigrate it." - Bill O'ReillyBill O'Reilly is a registered independent, but sides with Republicans on most issues, excluding several Christian causes. Bill O'Reilly wrote praised the best seller "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity." Like [[Sean Hannity2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]] and other commentators results coverage on Fox, O'ReillyNews for the network's role is that of an independent contractor, expressing his own opinions, not those of response to Republican adviser and Fox News, as opposed to contributor [[Karl Rove]] challenging its call that [[Barack Obama]] would win Ohio and the networks news anchors, like Shepard Smithelection.Fox's prediction was correct. Carr wrote:
{{quote |text==Sarah Palin==The network confirmed in January of 2010 Over many months, Fox lulled its conservative base with agitprop: that the former President Obama was a clear failure, that a majority of Americans saw [[AlaskaMitt Romney|Alaskan]] governor [[Sarah PalinMitt]Romney] had signed ] as a multiyear contract good alternative in hard times, and that polls showing otherwise were politically motivated and not to appear be believed. But on Tuesday night, the news station periodically. Potentially people in charge of Fox News were confronted with a format similar to LtCol (ret) Oliver Lstark choice after it became clear that Mr. North's "War stories" documentary seriesRomney had fallen short: was Fox, first and foremost, a place for advocacy or a place for news? In this moment, at least, Fox chose news. <ref>David Carr, [http://mediadecoder.blogswww.nytimes.com/2010/012012/11/sarah12/business/media/fox-palinnewss-toelection-contributecoverage-tofollowed-foxjournalistic-news/instincts.html?scp=2&sq=Palin&st=csehp "Election News Over Agenda for Fox"], ''The New York Times'', 11 November 2012.</ref>}}
==Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld=Misrepresentation of facts===Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld is [[Media Matters for America]], which bills itself as a hybrid news "[[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformationin the U.S. media,"<ref name="About">{{cite web|url=http:/ comedic satire show hosted by Greg Gutfeld/mediamatters. The show appears on org/about|title=About|publisher=Meda Matters|accessdate=23 January 2013}}</ref> cataloged what it called the ten most "egregious examples" of "distortion" by both Fox News at 3:00 a.m. EST on weekdays. Their ratings are remarkable for the time slotand its TV personalities. <ref>[{{cite news|url=http://www.mediaitehuffingtonpost.com/online2009/red10/20/the-eyeten-resurgencemost-moreegregious-demo-viewers-watch-foxfo_n_327140.html|title=The Ten Most Egregious Fox News Distortions|publisher=The Huffington Post|accessdate=2010-at05-3am-than-cnn-at-8pm/ Red Eye Resurgence04|archiveurl=http: More Demo Viewers Watch Fox At 3am Than CNN at 8pm//www.webcitation.org/5uRUMkMMe |archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no|first=Rachel|last=Weiner|date=October 5th20, 2009]}}</ref>Criticism includes several examples of cropping quotes from President Obama, Vice President Biden and Vice President Gore so they appear out of context, using image-manipulation software to edit the appearance of reporters from ''[[The New York Times]]'' and using footage from other events during a report on the November 5 Tea Party rally in Washington, D.C.; Media Matters said the intention of Fox News was to make it appear as if a larger number of protesters attended the event.<ref>{{cquotecite web|The ratings came out for September and Red Eye is url=http://mediamatters.org/research/200911110019|title=Hannity video switch-up over 30% in total viewers and up 50% in is only the key demo (25tip of Fox News' video-54) since Julydoctoring iceberg|author=D. They have more overall viewers than every CNBC showC.P.|date=November 11, every MSNBC show that is on before Hardball2009|publisher=Media Matters for America|accessdate=May 12, most of HLN2010|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUNmQyk|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> The group also called attention to the December 4 edition of ''[[Fox and American Morning on CNNFriends]]'', accusing the program of misleading its viewers with a "questionable graphic" showing the result of a [[Rasmussen Reports]] climate-change poll totaling 120 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediamatters.org/blog/200912080002 |title=Fox News fiddles with climate change polling|author=Simon Maloy|date=December 8, 2009|publisher=Media Matters for America|accessdate=May 12, 2010|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5omPV9mKq|archivedate=April 6, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref>
September 2010 marks In November 2009 Fox News anchor [[Gregg Jarrett]] told viewers that a [[Sarah Palin]] book signing in Grand Rapids, Michigan had a massive turnout, showing footage of Palin with a large crowd. Jarrett stated that the former Republican vice-presidential candidate is "continuing to draw huge crowds while she's promoting her brand-new book", adding that the third anniversary images being shown were "some of RedEye wthe pictures just coming in to us.... The lines earlier had formed this morning".<ref name="news.yahoo.com">[http:// Greg Gutfeldnews. It yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091119/ts_ynews/ynews_ts988 Fox News again accused of airing misleading video – Yahoo! News]{{dead link|date=June 2012}}</ref> The video was noted that their rating actually taken from a 2008 McCain-Palin campaign rally. Fox senior vice president for 3:00 news Michael Clemente issued astatement saying, "This was a production error in which the copy editor changed a script and didn't alert the control room to update the video".m<ref name="news. EST beat out yahoo.com"/> Fox offered an on-air apology the following day during the same "Happening Now" segment, expressing regrets for what it described as a "video error" with no intent to mislead.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://video.foxnews.com/11739702/for-that-we-apologize/?category_id=949437d0db05ed5f5b9954dc049d70b0c12f2749|title=For That We Apologize|author=FoxNews|date=November 19, 2009 |accessdate=November 21, 2009|work=Fox News|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUQ4wNH |archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> Fox also apologized for fabricated quotes attributed to [[CNNJohn Kerry]] in an article on its website during the [[2004 US presidential campaign|2004 presidential campaign]], <ref>Burkeman, Oliver. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/oct/04/digitalmedia.uselections2004 "Fox News apologises for Kerry fabrication."] ''The Guardian'', October 4, 2004.</ref> stating that the piece was a joke which accidentally appeared on the website.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fox Posts Reporter's Kerry Spoof on Website |author=Times Staff Writer |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/oct/02/nation/na-fox2 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, CA|date=October 2, 2004 |accessdate=April 29, 2011 |quote=The chief political correspondent for "Fox News" wrote a fictitious story Friday referring to Sen. John F. Kerry as a "metrosexual" who does manicures that was temporarily posted on the network's website.}}</ref>
{{cquote|This time===Obama administration conflict with Fox News===In September 2009, the show had better ratings [[Obama administration]] engaged in a verbal conflict with Fox News Channel. On September 20 [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] appeared on all major news programs except Fox News, a snub partially in response to remarks about the A25-54 demographic than Campbell Brown at 8pmET president by commentators Glenn Beck and Larry King at 9pmET, Sean Hannity and tied Anderson Cooper at 10pmET (MondayFox coverage of Obama's health-Thursday)care proposal.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/business/media/12fox.html|work=The New York Times|title=Fox's Volley With Obama Intensifying|first=Brian|last=Stelter|date=October 12, 2009|accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref><ref name="usnews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/obama/2009/10/23/fox-pushed-team-obama-over-the-brink.html |title=White House: Fox Pushed Team Obama Over the Brink – US News Channel and Homosexuality World Report |publisher=Usnews.com |date=October 23, 2009 |accessdate=2010-07-29|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUSCZjg |archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref>
''see also:'' In late September 2009, Obama senior advisor [[Fox News and homosexualityDavid Axelrod]] and Roger Ailes met in secret to attempt to smooth out tensions between the two camps. Two weeks later White House officials referred to FNC as “not a news network", communications director [[Homosexuality in Anita Dunn]] stating that “Fox News often operates as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/10/23/the-fox-news-war-whats-the-upside-for-obama/|title=The Fox News war: What’s the upside for Obama?|publisher=CSMonitor.com|date=|accessdate=2009-10-23|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUTCrgh|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/us/politics/23fox.html?_r=1|work=The New York Times|title=Behind the War Between White House and Fox|first=Jim|last=Rutenberg|date=October 23, 2009|accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref> President Obama observed, "If mediais operating basically as a talk radio format, then that's one thing, and if it's operating as a news outlet, then that's another".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/23/eveningnews/main5415921.shtml?tag=stack|title=President Obama's Feud with FOX News – CBS Evening News|publisher=CBS News|date=October 23, 2009|accessdate=2010-07-29|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUTlhWd|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> White House chief of staff [[Rahm Emanuel]]stated that it was important "to not have the CNN's and the others in the world basically be led in following Fox".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-rutten24-2009oct24,0,3009088.column|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Obama's misguided Fox hunt|date=October 24, 2009|accessdate=May 2, 2010|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUVTHlE|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref>
Currently, the Within days it was reported that Fox Broadcasting Company website declares concerning the had been excluded from an interview with administration official [[National Lesbian and Gay Journalists AssociationKen Feinberg]] , with bureau chiefs from the White House press pool (NLGJAABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN):coming to Fox's defense.<ref>{{cquotecite news|NLGJA Annual Conference url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/us/politics/23fox.html|work=The New York Times|title=Behind the War Between White House and Job FairFox News is a regular exhibitor at these annual Job Fairs|first=Jim|last=Rutenberg|date=October 23, 2009|accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref> A bureau chief stated, "If any member had been excluded it would have been the same thing, it has nothing to do with Fox or the White House or the substance of the issues". News Corp sponsored <ref>{{cite web|author=Christina Bellantoni|date=October 23, 2009|url=http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/wh-were-happy-to-exclude-fox-but-didnt-yesterday-with-feinberg-interview.php|title=WH: We're Happy To Exclude Fox, But Didn't Yesterday With Feinberg Interview &#124; TPMDC|publisher=Tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com|accessdate=2010-07-29|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUXNrxX|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref> Shortly after the opening reception for first time attendees in 2006story broke the White House admitted to a low-level mistake, saying that Fox had not made a specific request to interview Feinberg. Fox White House correspondent Major Garrett responded by stating that he had not made a specific request, but that he had a "standing request from me as well as sponsoring workshops senior White House correspondent on Journalism in various colleges in 2007Fox to interview any newsmaker at the Treasury at any given time news is being made".<ref>{{cite web|author=Facebook User says:|url=http://www.foxmediaite.com/diversitytv/outreachfinally resolved-major-garrett-reveals-his-side-of-pay-czar-gate/lgbt|title=Finally Resolved? Major Garrett Reveals His Side of Pay Czar-Gate|publisher=Mediaite|date=October 27, 2009|accessdate=2010-07-29|archiveurl=http://www.htmwebcitation.org/5uRUYQ2oX|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref>}}
In 2010On November 8, 2009, the ''[[National Lesbian and Gay Journalists AssociationLos Angeles Times]] declared '' reported that [[Kelly Wright]], a an unnamed Democratic consultant was warned by the White House not to appear on Fox News Channel representative, attended NLGJA's 15th Annual New York Benefitagain.<ref>http://www.nlgja.org/news/NYE2010.htm</ref> According to the Fox News Channel website: "Kelly Wright is coarticle, Anita Dunn claimed in an e-anchor of mail to have checked with colleagues who "FOX & Friends Weekenddeal with TV issues" as well as a general assignment correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC)and had been told that nobody had been instructed to avoid Fox."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/bios/talent/kelly-wright/</ref> Wright is a graduate of the [[ChristianPatrick Caddell]] university , a Fox News contributor and former pollster for President [[Oral Roberts UniversityJimmy Carter]], said he had spoken with other Democratic consultants who had received similar warnings from the White House.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.foxnewslatimes.com/biosnews/talentnationworld/kelly-wrightnation/</ref> In January of 2010, the [[prola-life]] website published by Jill Stanek claimed Kelly Wright is a pastor.<ref>http://www.jillstanek.com/pregnancy/foxsna-kellyobama-wrig.html</ref> According to [[Christianity]] and the [[Bible]]fox8-2009nov08, [[Homosexuality and the Bible|homosexuality is a sin]]0,507227.[[Image:Rev. Louis P. Sheldon Photo.jpgstory?test=latestnews|thumbwork=Los Angeles Times|Reverend [[Louis Sheldon]] of the [[Traditional Values Coalition]] ]] The [[Traditional Values Coalition]] states the following regarding the title=Democratic consultant says he got a warning from White House after appearing on Fox News Channel and the issue of [[homosexuality]]:{{cquote|The [[National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association]] has hundreds of members and is heavily funded by Hearst newspapersfirst=Peter|last=Nicholas|date=November 8, Knight-Ridder2009|accessdate=May 2, [[CBS News]], [[CNN]], Gannett, [[NBC]], [[Los Angeles Times]], [[Fox News]], and more. Major newspapers throughout the U.S. have homosexual activists on their staffs who filter what you read about homosexuality.<ref>2010|archiveurl=http://www.traditionalvalueswebcitation.org/pdf_files/Homosexuality101.pdf5uRUZStRy |archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref>}}
[[Accuracy in Media]] declared concerning the Fox News Channel:==International transmission=={{cquote|Media organizations which underwrote the convention included NBC News, Times Inc., Turner Broadcasting, Knight-Ridder, the Washington Post and Fox News Network. That’s right - Fox News. This The FNC feed is supposed to be available internationally via a conservative network. ABCnumber of providers, NBC, CBS, the New York Times, and USA Today all sent recruiters to the event, to hire open gays as journalists. Fitzpatrick comments, "By treating the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association as a legitimate counterpart to black and Hispanic journalists’ associations, these media organizations showed that they agree with the notion that homosexuals, a group defined by behavior rather than immutable characteristics, constitute a bona fide minoritywhile ''Fox Extra'' segments provide alternate programming."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ghrollwww.blogspotfoxnews.com/2008story/03/homosexuality0,2933,77537,00.html|title=Fox Around the World|work=Fox News.com|publisher=Fox News Channel|date=March 6, 2012|accessdate=2012-in05-media.html07}}</ref>}}
=== Bill O{{anchor|Fox Extra}}''Fox Extra''Reilly and the homosexuality issue ===Initially, US advertisements were replaced on FNC with viewer e-mail and profiles of FNC anchors set to music. In 2002, these were replaced with international weather forecasts. In 2006 the weather forecasts were replaced with ''Fox Extra'' (originally ''Fox News Extra'', prior to the international launch of [[Fox Business]]) segments, narrated reports from Fox on a variety of topics. These reports generally concern lighter issues unrelated to current news events, and the segments are repeated. FNC also shows international weather forecasts when Fox Extra segments run short. In the United Kingdom, after a period when local commercials were inserted into breaks ''Fox Extra'' now fills most breaks.
''see also:'' ===Australia===In [[Bill O'Reilly and Australia]], FNC is broadcast on the homosexuality issuethree major pay-TV providers: [[Foxtel]], [[Austar]] and [[Homosexuality in the mediaOptus Television]]. Foxtel is 25-percent owned by News Corporation. [[Sky News Australia]] is Fox's sister channel.
The [[American Family Association]] reported the following in regards ===Brazil===Since 2002, FNC has been broadcast to [[Bill O'ReillyBrazil]] who host the O; however, commercials are replaced with ''Reilly Report which is a popular program on the Fox News Channel:{{cquote|On February 11, 2004, Bill OExtra'Reilly, host of The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel, featured Kevin Jennings, the executive director of GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network.) Jennings, former teacher turned homosexual activist, along with a lesbian counterpart, discussed GLSEN's new pro-homosexual curriculum on marriage being marketed to children and youth It is available in public schools all across America under the guise digital packages of "tolerance."[[Net S.A.|NET]].
O'Reilly===Canada==={{copyedit|section|date=March 2013}}In 2003, watched heavily by conservatives the [[Canadian Radio-television and Christians alike, shocked much Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) rejected a Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association (CCTA) application to bring Fox News to Canada because Fox News U.S. and [[Global Television]] were planning to create Fox News Canada (a combination of his constituency on September 3U.S. and Canadian news). In 2004, 2002 when he publicly announced his support of homosexual rights in after a Fox U.S. executive said there were no plans to create the nation's largest “gay” publicationcombined channel, ''The Advocate''. His sympathetic, lenient views on “gay” adoption and his mixed-message stance on “gay” marriage have caused great dissent among his loyalists - and no doubt cost him viewersthe CRTC approved an application to bring Fox News to Canada.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.afacbc.netca/homosexual_agendacanada/GetArticlestory/2004/11/18/fox_crtc041118.asp?idhtml|title=115CRTC approves Fox News for Canada |publisher=cbc.ca|date=November 18, 2004|accessdate=2010-08-27|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUZpdxg|archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref>}}
Fox News Channel is currently{{When|date=February 2013}} offered by [[WorldNetDailyAccess Communications]] stated the following regarding O'Reilly and his exchange with the , Bell TV, [[Ex-HomosexualsCogeco]], [[EastLink (company)|ex-homosexualEastlink]] , [[Manitoba Telecom Services]], Rogers, [[SaskTel]], Shaw Cable, Shaw Direct and evangelical minister Stephen Bennett:{{cquote|[[Telus TV]]. An exception is Vidéotron, Canada's third-largest cable company, which has not added Fox News is threatening Channel to sue a prominent evangelical minister in the ex-homosexual movement who engaged in a volatile exchange over biblical morality on the top-rated television program "The O'Reilly Factor" in Septemberits lineup.
Stephen Bennett, who says he left his homosexual lifestyle nearly 11 years ago, has distributed a 60-minute audio tape program called the "The O'Reilly Shocker," in which he responds to host Bill O'Reilly's characterization of people who take the Bible literally as "religious fanatics."===France===Fox News is available on cable through [[France|French]] Internet providers [[Free (ISP)|Free]] and [[Orange (telecommunications)|Orange]].
Bennett said he has received hundreds of e-mails from viewers ===Ireland===FNC is carried in the [[Republic of Ireland]] by the segment who said they were outraged at OBritish Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) satellite-television network (Sky), which is 40-percent owned by FNC'Reillys parent (News Corporation). It is run as a sister channel to BSkyB's "anger and verbal abusepopular Sky News." <ref>http://wwwFNC is usually broadcast as a [[VideoGuard]]-encrypted channel; during major news stories it may be simulcast on Sky Active, which is [[free-to-air]].worldnetdailyAs of September 2006 the channel has carried UK-specific advertising, headlines and weather provided by Sky News during its breaks.com/These run under the brand of Fox News International. Due to the shared ownership of Fox and Sky, Fox News and Sky News share bureaus and reporters for breaking news/articlestories worldwide.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30300</ref>}}
===Israel===In response to the threatened lawsuit [[Israel]], FNC is broadcast on Channel 105 of the Fox News Channel the Agape Press reported:{{cquotepay-TV cable operator [[YES Network|But Mike DePrimo, senior litigation counsel for the American Family Association Center for Law & Policy, which represents Bennett, says Bennett has YES]] digital platform. It is run as a right sister channel to distribute a recording of the program -- and that his use of the tape is legal under copyright law[[BSkyB]]'s allowance of fair use and commentpopular [[Sky News]], which is broadcast on Channel 103.
"The law provides that even copyrighted material may be used===Italy===In [[Italy]], provided FNC was launched on the now-defunct Italian digital satellite-television platform [[Stream TV]] in 2001. Part of its programming was translated into Italian and broadcast on the defunct Italian news channel Stream News. In 2003 it's used not for commercial gain but for commentmoved to [[SKY Italia]]," DePrimo sayswith U. "Stephen Bennett used the material from the OS. commercials replaced by 'Reilly show simply to rebut the arguments O'Reilly put forwardFox News Extra'' segments. It is available to 4,600,000 subscribers and 160,000 hotel rooms. [[SKY TG 24]] is a sister channel to Fox News."
The attorney implies there may be another reason the popular O'Reilly wants distribution of ===Netherlands===In the tape stopped -- and it [[Netherlands]] Fox News has to do with image. "O'Reilly promotes himself as a been carried by cable providers [[conservativeUPC]]," DePrimo explains. "In fact, Bennett's tape shows that O'Reilly is simply another media elite who's advancing the and [[Homosexual Agenda|homosexual agendaCASEMA]] -- and he doesn't want to be exposed for what he issatellite provider [[Canaldigitaal]]; all have dropped the channel in recent years."<ref>http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/32003aAt this time only cable provider [[Caiway]] (available in a limited number of towns in the center of the country) is broadcasting the channel.asp</ref>}}
Bill O'Reilly describes himself as a practicing ===New Zealand===In [[Roman CatholicNew Zealand]], FNC is broadcast on Channel 092 of pay satellite operator [[SKY Network Television|SKY]] TV's digital platform.<ref>http://www.billoreilly.com/newslettercolumn?pid=29184</ref> According It was formerly broadcast overnight on free-to the -air [[VaticanUHF]] individuals should not engage New Zealand TV channel [[Prime Television (New Zealand)|Prime]] (owned by SKY); this was discontinued in homosexual acts as they are acts of serious depravityJanuary 2010, reportedly due to an expiring broadcasting license.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wwwskytv.vaticancusthelp.vacom/roman_curiaapp/congregationsanswers/cfaithdetail/documentsa_id/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20030731_homosexual909/~/why-unions_enis-fox-news-no-longer-airing-on-prime%3F |title=Why is Fox News no longer airing on Prime? |date=January 26, 2010 |publisher=skytv.htmlco.nz |date=January 26, 2001 |accessdate=2010-08-27|deadurl=no}}</ref>Fox News parent corporation News Corp has a stake in both SKY and Prime.
=== Peter LaBarbera Concerning Fox News and homosexuality Pakistan===In [[Pakistan]], FNC is available on [[PTCL Smart TV]] and a number of cable and [[IPTV]] operators.
''See also:'' ===Philippines===In the [[Homosexuality in the mediaPhilippines]] FNC was available on cable operator [[Global Destiny Cable|Global Destiny]]channel 21.
[[Image:Peter.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Peter LaBarbera]] ]]===Scandinavia===In April of 2009Between 2003 and 2006, in [[Peter LaBarberaSweden]] of and the other [[Americans for TruthScandinavian countries]] wrote:{{cquote|How fascinating that FNC was broadcast 16 hours a day on [[Wayne BesenTV8 (Sweden)|TV8]] (left) is given the opportunity to appear on FOX with Fox News, of all placesExtra segments replacing U.S.advertising)., to critique alleged “Fox News was dropped by TV8 and replaced by German news channel [[homophobia|homophobicDeutsche Welle]]” attitudes and speech toward homosexuals — when he has such a well-deserved reputation for being one of the nastiest “queer” activists in the business.<ref>http://americansfortruth.com/news/gays-hating-ex-gays-wayne-besens-verbal-assault-on-greg-quinlanSeptember 2006.html</ref>}}
===Singapore===In March of 2009, [[Peter LaBarberaSingapore]] declared:{{cquote|Temple U. Professor Dr. Marc Lamont Hill (left), a frequent guest FNC is broadcast on FOX News, believes Americans are “Channel 702 of the pay-TV cable operator [[homophobia|homophobicStarHub TV]]” because most still don’t like to see homosexuality (compared to heterosexuality) on TV or the big screen. We say Prof. Hill should get off his liberal high horse and stop lecturing Americans for their normal reaction to unnatural and immoral behavior..digital platform.It also broadcasts its sister channel, Sky News.
Enough already. Gay sex is wrong, ===South Africa===In [[Homosexuality and health|unhealthy (especially between men)South Africa]], and my hunch FNC is it’s still pretty off-putting to most FOX viewers who are honest with themselves. And that’s OK. But I’ll go further: if there is a growing acceptance broadcast on Channel 405 of homo-sexual behavior, especially among young people, that’s not a good thing but a sign of America’s descent into decadence, and our departure from a transcendent Judeo-Christian moral code that has served this nation wellpay satellite operator [[TopTV]]'s digital platform.<ref>[http://americansfortruthtoptv.com/news/were-all-homophobes-now-letter-to-foxs-red-eyeco.htmlza/bouquet TopTV Bouqet]</ref>}}
In 2006, ===United Kingdom===FNC is also carried in the [[Peter LaBarberaUnited Kingdom]] wrote:{{cquote|Fox News and Wal-mart are among by the high-level British Sky Broadcasting ($10,000BSkyB) sponsors of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association’s satellite-television network (NLGJASky) 2006 Convention in Miami (Sept 7, which is 40-10 at Loew’s Miami Beach Hotel)percent owned by FNC parent News Corporation. Every year, the NLGJA garners hundreds of thousands of dollars in Big Media sponsorships for its conventionIt is run as a sister channel to BSkyB's own Sky News. FNC is usually broadcast as a VideoGuard-encrypted channel; this year during major news stories it appears (based may be simulcast on Sky Active, which is free-to-air. As of September 2006 the sponsorship list below) that channel has carried UK-specific advertising, headlines and weather provided by Sky News during its breaks. These run under the total is around half a milliion dollars brand of Fox News International. Beginning in corporate supportwinter 2011, most breaks resumed ''Fox Extra''.Due to the shared ownership of Fox and Sky, Fox News (and Fox Business) and Sky News share bureaus and reporters for breaking news stories worldwide.[[File:Fox News World Providers Map.svg|thumb|Countries where Fox News is provided|alt=World map, with countries carrying terrestrial FNC in red and satellite providers in orange]]
Our question for ===Other countries===Fox News executives Channel is: if you are truly “fair and balanced,” will you now give an equal and corresponding grant carried in more than 40 other countries. Although service to Americans for Truth or another pro-family organization, say, Accuracy [[Japan]] ceased in Mediasummer 2003, that counters the ubiquitous pro-”gay” spin in the media? We’ll it can still be awaiting your answer.seen on Americable (distributor for American bases),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americansfortruthamericablejapan.com|title=Americable|archiveurl=http:/issues/corporate-promotionwww.webcitation.org/corporations5uRUb12tL |archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</food-beverage-household-brandsref> Mediatti (Kadena Air Base)<ref>{{cite web|url=http:/coca-cola/www.mccokinawa.com/cable|title=Mediatti}}{{Dead link|date=September 2010}}</ref>and Pan Global TV Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panglobaltvjapan.com/|title=Pan Global TV Japan|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uRUbaGQX |archivedate=November 22, 2010|deadurl=no}}</ref>
=== Rupert Murdoch =See also==[[Image:HillaryRupert1V.jpg{{Portal|rightNew York City|thumbCompanies|200px|Hillary Clinton with media magnate Ruppert Murdoch.<br><small>''Photo Courtesy Democrats Against Hillary''.</small><ref>[http://democratsagainsthillary.blogspot.com/ ''Democrats Against Hillary''].</ref>]]The Fox News Channel is a [[Television in the United States]] }}* [[cableFox Business Network]] and * [[satelliteFox effect]] * [[news]] channel. It is part of the The Fox Television Stations Group, a subsidiary of [[AustraliaNation (website)|AustralianThe Fox Nation]]{{-born media mogul [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News Corporation]].}}==References=={{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
Slated reported in 2008 that since 1997, ==Further reading=={{Refbegin}}* ''[[RepublicansThe Fifth Estate (TV)|The Fifth Estate]] have received a slight majority - 56% of the $4.76 million in campaign donations from the Murdoch family and the '': [[News Corporation]]'s political action committees and employees.<ref>http://www.slatecbc.comca/idfifth/2196085/</ref> Howeversticksandstones.html "Sticks and Stones"], [[SlateCanadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] also reported in 2008: "Since Democrats won control of Congress in —Bob McKeown investigates Fox News for the 2006 electionsCanadian Broadcasting Corporation, the company and its employees have given more than twice as much to 45&nbsp;min.* {{Cite book|first=Scott|last=Collins|title=Crazy Like a Fox: The Inside Story of How Fox News Beat CNN|isbn=978-1-59184-029-9|year=2004|publisher=Portfolio}}* {{Cite news|last=Crupi|first=Anthony|work=[[DemocratsMediaWeek]] |title=FNC Ratings Soar as to [[Republicans]]."<ref>War in Lebanon Rages|url=http://www.slateallbusiness.com/idservices/2196085business-services-miscellaneous-business/</ref> Generally speaking4782022-1.html|date=July 26, 2006}}{{dead link|date=June 2012}}* {{Cite news|last=Cuprisin|first=Tim|work=[[RepublicansMilwaukee Journal Sentinel]] have less favorable views and policies concerning homosexuality than [[Democrats]].<ref>|date=July 31, 2006|title=Fox's Smith tops cable news ranks in ratings|url=http://www.gallupjsonline.com/pollstory/137357/Four-Moral-Issues-Sharply-Divide-Americansindex.aspx<?id=478008|archiveurl=http:/ref> The Pew Research Center reported in 2010/web.archive.org/web/20080411115431/http: "In broad terms, voters view the Democratic Party's ideology as the opposite of the Republican Party's: 58% say the Democratic Party is either very liberal or liberal//www.jsonline.com/story/index."<ref>aspx?id=478008|archivedate=April 11, 2008}}* {{citation|last=Dickinson|first=Tim|title=The Fox News Fear Factory|url=http://pewresearchwww.orgrollingstone.com/pubspolitics/1669news/politicalhow-ideologyroger-democratsailes-seenbuilt-fartherthe-fromfox-centernews-thanfear-republicans</ref> In the United Statesfactory-20110525?print=true|work=Rolling Stone|issue=1132|date=June 9, twice 2011|pages=54–64, 66, 82, 84}}* {{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=NH GOP drops out as many liberals as conservatives (46% versus 22%) believe people are born homosexual and [[Views on HomosexualityFox forum partner |liberals generally have more favorable opinions about homosexuality]].<ref>url=http://people-pressseattletimes.orgnwsource.com/reporthtml/?pageid=764<politics/ref> In recent years, Rupert Murdoch has formed a relationship with the [[liberal]]s/[[Democrats]] [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Hillary Clinton]]2004109251_apforumsponsor05. In 2005, he invited musician html |work=[[BonoThe Seattle Times]] and Bill Clinton to a company conference on the environment|date=January 5, [[Islam]] in 2008|accessdate=June 15, 2011}}* {{cite book|last=Groseclose|first=Tim|title=Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the WestAmerican Mind|date=July 19, and future of the world2011|publisher=St.<ref>http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_KeithMartin's Press|isbn=978-Rupert0-Murdoch_639W.html</ref>312-55593-1}}{{Refend}}
=== Knighthood by Roman Catholic Organization and Roman Catholic teaching on homosexuality =External links==Rupert Murdoch has been married three times and divorced two times. Before Rupert Murdoch left his second wife, he was anointed as a member of the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great, for his "unblemished character."<ref>{{commons category|FOX News Channel}}* {{official website|http://weeklywirewww.foxnews.com/ww/01-20-98/alibi_opinion.html</ref>}}
The [[Roman Catholic Church]]'s position is that having homosexual desires can be a choice in individuals but having homosexual desires is not a choice {{Navboxes|list1={{Television news in respect to all individuals.<ref>http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20030731_homosexual-unions_en.html</ref><ref>http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19861001_homosexual-persons_en.html</ref> However, as noted earlier, according to the [[Vatican]] individuals should not engage in homosexual acts as they are acts of serious depravity.<ref>http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20030731_homosexual-unions_en.html</ref>United States}}{{FoxNewsChannelPrograms}}== See Also ==* '''[[{{Fox News and homosexuality]]'''personalities}}* '''[[Bill O'Reilly and the homosexuality issue]]''' {{International news channels}}* '''[[Homosexuality in the media]]'''* '''[[{{Fox Television and Religion]]'''Entertainment Group}}* '''[[Roger Ailes]]'''{{XMChannels (talk)}}{{SiriusChannels (talk)}}== External Links ==* [http://www.foxnews.com/ Fox News official website] ==References=={{Subscription television channels in Australia}}{{reflist|2Channels on Sky Network Television}}}}
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