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| − | The '''Fox News Channel''' is an [[American]] pro-war [[cable]] and [[satellite]] news network. Until April 2023, it was ranked as the leading news channel in both categories.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=DellaVigna|first1=Stefano|last2=Kaplan|first2=Ethan|date=August 1, 2007|title=The Fox News Effect: Media Bias and Voting|url=https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/122/3/1187/1879517|journal=The Quarterly Journal of Economics|language=en|volume=122|issue=3|pages=1187–1234|citeseerx=10.1.1.537.1980|doi=10.1162/qjec.122.3.1187|issn=0033-5533|s2cid=16610755}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Nie|first1=Norman H.|last2=Miller|first2=Darwin W., III|last3=Golde|first3=Saar|last4=Butler|first4=Daniel M.|last5=Winneg|first5=Kenneth|year=2010|title=The World Wide Web and the U.S. Political News Market|journal=American Journal of Political Science|language=en|volume=54|issue=2|pages=428–439|doi=10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00439.x|issn=1540-5907}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Meyers|first1=Christopher|date=July 2, 2020|title=Partisan News, the Myth of Objectivity, and the Standards of Responsible Journalism|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/23736992.2020.1780131|journal=Journal of Media Ethics|volume=35|issue=3|pages=180–194|doi=10.1080/23736992.2020.1780131|issn=2373-6992|s2cid=221538960}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Shor|first1=Eran|year=2019|title=Political Leaning and Coverage Sentiment: Are Conservative Newspapers More Negative Toward Women?|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ssqu.12563|journal=Social Science Quarterly|volume=100|issue=1|pages=307–319|doi=10.1111/ssqu.12563|issn=1540-6237}}</ref> Its profit model is to take advertising dollars based on attracting elderly [[conservative]] viewers ('''''average age of viewers is 68'''''<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/22/cable-news-decline-column-00136657#:~:text=As%20Los%20Angeles%20Times%20reporter,percent%20of%20the%20television%20audience.</ref>), and then plow that money into [[liberal]] causes and self-enrichment of its owners and studio-limited talking heads. It is part of a [[globalist]]-promoting media conglomerate that is fundamentally [[Opposition to Donald Trump|opposed to Donald Trump]], and turned against him yet again immediately after the [[2022 midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/10/donald-trump-on-warpath-former-president-accuses-rupert-murdoch-fox-news-of-promoting-ron-desantis/</ref> | + | The '''Fox News Channel''' is an [[American]] pro-war [[cable]] and [[satellite]] news aggregator, which is nearly entire commentary without any real reporting. It is owned by Fox Corporation, which is invested in [[sports gambling]] and promotes that [[addiction]]. Fox News's profit model is to take advertising dollars based on attracting elderly [[conservative]] viewers ('''''average age of viewers is 68'''''<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/22/cable-news-decline-column-00136657#:~:text=As%20Los%20Angeles%20Times%20reporter,percent%20of%20the%20television%20audience.</ref>), and then plow that money into [[liberal]] causes and self-enrichment of its owners and studio-limited talking heads. It is part of a [[globalist]]-promoting media conglomerate that is fundamentally [[Opposition to Donald Trump|opposed to Donald Trump]], and turned against him yet again immediately after the [[2022 midterm elections]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/10/donald-trump-on-warpath-former-president-accuses-rupert-murdoch-fox-news-of-promoting-ron-desantis/</ref> |
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| − | On April 18, 2023, Fox News sold out the [[First Amendment]] by agreeing to pay an unprecedented $787.5 million<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/smartmatic-fox-news-lawsuit-dominion-settlement-complaint.html</ref> rather than defend the constitutional right to speak out on political issues. To try to save itself a few bucks, Fox News shamefully weakened First Amendment rights. On April 24, 2023, Fox News terminated one of its few genuinely [[conservative]] commentators, [[Tucker Carlson]], despite his record-high ratings. [[Dan Bongino]], the top weekend conservative host on the network, was also fired the same month. | + | On April 18, 2023, Fox News sold out the [[First Amendment]] by agreeing to pay an unprecedented $787.5 million<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/smartmatic-fox-news-lawsuit-dominion-settlement-complaint.html</ref> rather than defend the constitutional right to speak out on political issues. To try to save itself a few bucks, Fox News shamefully weakened First Amendment rights. On April 24, 2023, Fox News terminated one of its few genuinely [[conservative]] commentators, [[Tucker Carlson]], despite his record-high ratings. [[Dan Bongino]], the top weekend conservative host on the network, was also fired the same month. Fox News lost credibility as a result.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=DellaVigna|first1=Stefano|last2=Kaplan|first2=Ethan|date=August 1, 2007|title=The Fox News Effect: Media Bias and Voting|url=https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/122/3/1187/1879517|journal=The Quarterly Journal of Economics|language=en|volume=122|issue=3|pages=1187–1234|citeseerx=10.1.1.537.1980|doi=10.1162/qjec.122.3.1187|issn=0033-5533|s2cid=16610755}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Nie|first1=Norman H.|last2=Miller|first2=Darwin W., III|last3=Golde|first3=Saar|last4=Butler|first4=Daniel M.|last5=Winneg|first5=Kenneth|year=2010|title=The World Wide Web and the U.S. Political News Market|journal=American Journal of Political Science|language=en|volume=54|issue=2|pages=428–439|doi=10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00439.x|issn=1540-5907}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Meyers|first1=Christopher|date=July 2, 2020|title=Partisan News, the Myth of Objectivity, and the Standards of Responsible Journalism|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/23736992.2020.1780131|journal=Journal of Media Ethics|volume=35|issue=3|pages=180–194|doi=10.1080/23736992.2020.1780131|issn=2373-6992|s2cid=221538960}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Shor|first1=Eran|year=2019|title=Political Leaning and Coverage Sentiment: Are Conservative Newspapers More Negative Toward Women?|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ssqu.12563|journal=Social Science Quarterly|volume=100|issue=1|pages=307–319|doi=10.1111/ssqu.12563|issn=1540-6237}}</ref> |
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| | 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 that President Trump refused to condemn white supremacy and temper tantrum after refusing to accept White House Press Secretary [[Kayleigh McEnany]]'s answer with numerous quotes from President Trump 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 humor 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> | | 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 that President Trump refused to condemn white supremacy and temper tantrum after refusing to accept White House Press Secretary [[Kayleigh McEnany]]'s answer with numerous quotes from President Trump 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 humor 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> |