| | The Fox News Channel favors [[neoconservatives]] and is particularly weak in criticizing the [[homosexual agenda]] and [[abortion]]. The Fox News Channel often helps elect less conservative [[Republican]]s, as when it repeatedly featured and promoted [[John McCain]] and [[Chris Christie]] while excluding their more [[conservative]] primary opponents. It drifted further from the [[Conservative Movement|conservative movement]] by petulantly declaring that [[conservative]] [[Newt Gingrich]] would not be accepted back.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/04/ailes-newt-cant-come-back-to-fox-120421.html|title=Ailes: Newt can't come back to Fox|date=April 13, 2012|first=Alexander|last=Burns|work=[[Politico]]}}</ref> In January 2019, Fox News promoted Microsoft's NewsGuard, which blacklisted conservative organizations such as [[Breitbart News]] and [[Judicial Watch]] as "fake news."<ref>Nolte, John (January 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/28/fox-news-promotes-microsofts-newsguard-blacklist-good-idea/ Nolte: Fox News Promotes Microsoft’s NewsGuard Blacklist as ‘Good Idea’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 28, 2019.<br>See also: | | The Fox News Channel favors [[neoconservatives]] and is particularly weak in criticizing the [[homosexual agenda]] and [[abortion]]. The Fox News Channel often helps elect less conservative [[Republican]]s, as when it repeatedly featured and promoted [[John McCain]] and [[Chris Christie]] while excluding their more [[conservative]] primary opponents. It drifted further from the [[Conservative Movement|conservative movement]] by petulantly declaring that [[conservative]] [[Newt Gingrich]] would not be accepted back.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/04/ailes-newt-cant-come-back-to-fox-120421.html|title=Ailes: Newt can't come back to Fox|date=April 13, 2012|first=Alexander|last=Burns|work=[[Politico]]}}</ref> In January 2019, Fox News promoted Microsoft's NewsGuard, which blacklisted conservative organizations such as [[Breitbart News]] and [[Judicial Watch]] as "fake news."<ref>Nolte, John (January 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/28/fox-news-promotes-microsofts-newsguard-blacklist-good-idea/ Nolte: Fox News Promotes Microsoft’s NewsGuard Blacklist as ‘Good Idea’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 28, 2019.<br>See also: |
| | *Nolte, John (January 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/28/nolte-blacklisters-microsofts-newsguard-label-proven-hoaxes-credible/ Nolte: Blacklisters at Microsoft’s NewsGuard Label Proven Hoaxes ‘Credible’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 28, 2019.</ref> | | *Nolte, John (January 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/28/nolte-blacklisters-microsofts-newsguard-label-proven-hoaxes-credible/ Nolte: Blacklisters at Microsoft’s NewsGuard Label Proven Hoaxes ‘Credible’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 28, 2019.</ref> |
| | + | On November 9, 2020, former Fox News employee [[Steven Crowder]] and his colleagues at ''Louder with Crowder'' ran a segment titled, "Fox News Is Not Your Friend! Here's Why..." detailing how the Fox News Channel is politically correct rather than conservative, and why Fox News is virtually no different in most substantive aspects from the left-wing corporate media. They discussed Fox News' suspension of Judge [[Jeanine Pirro]] for planning to review allegations of voter fraud in the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 election]]; Fox News calling the state of [[Arizona]] for [[Joe Biden]] before all other mainstream media outlets; Chris Wallace's subpar performance as a moderator in the first presidential debate of 2020; John Roberts' false assertions to Press Secretary [[Kayleigh McEnany]] that President Trump refused to condemn white supremacy and the former's temper tantrum after he was criticized for refusing to accept McEnany's legitimate answer which included numerous quotes from the President directly condemning white supremacy; Fox News' hiring of former DNC Chairwoman [[Donna Brazile]]; and Fox News' collusion with [[YouTube]] to algorithmically promote itself as an "authoritative source" at the expense of smaller, independent creators. Crowder additionally recalled being "muzzled" during his time at Fox News, and argued that the reason he was censored may have been consistent conservatism, not inappropriate humour as he had previously assumed. This heavy and unrestrained criticism of Fox News lasted for over half an hour before the commentators moved on to a different topic.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSRhdurEnZc Fox News is NOT Your Friend! Here's Why... | Good Morning #MugClub], November 9, 2020.</ref> |
| | However, because it is much more conservative than the rest of the mainstream media, Fox News has been fiercely opposed and targeted by liberals,<ref>Harper, Jennifer (May 25, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/25/inside-the-beltway-the-strategic-war-on-fox-news/ Inside the Beltway: The strategic war on Fox News]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 25, 2017.</ref> the mainstream media,<ref>Scarry, Eddie (April 10, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fox-news-is-under-attack Fox News is under attack]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 10, 2018.</ref> and even some [[Never Trump movement|anti-Trump]] "conservatives."<ref>Hall, Jon N. (April 12, 2018). [https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/04/nevertrumpers_and_fox_news.html NeverTrumps and Fox News]. ''American Thinker''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.</ref> | | However, because it is much more conservative than the rest of the mainstream media, Fox News has been fiercely opposed and targeted by liberals,<ref>Harper, Jennifer (May 25, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/25/inside-the-beltway-the-strategic-war-on-fox-news/ Inside the Beltway: The strategic war on Fox News]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 25, 2017.</ref> the mainstream media,<ref>Scarry, Eddie (April 10, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fox-news-is-under-attack Fox News is under attack]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 10, 2018.</ref> and even some [[Never Trump movement|anti-Trump]] "conservatives."<ref>Hall, Jon N. (April 12, 2018). [https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/04/nevertrumpers_and_fox_news.html NeverTrumps and Fox News]. ''American Thinker''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.</ref> |