64 Facts About Fox News

Fox News Channel, abbreviated FNC, commonly known as Fox News, and stylized in all caps, is an American multinational conservative cable news television channel based in New York City.

Fox News provides service to 86 countries and overseas territories worldwide, with international broadcasts featuring Fox Extra segments during ad breaks.

Fox News grew during the late 1990s and 2000s to become the dominant United States cable news subscription network.

Fox News controversies have included, among others, practicing biased reporting in favor of the Republican Party, its politicians, and conservative causes, while portraying the Democratic Party in a negative light.

Fox News has denied bias in its news reporting and the channel's official position is that its news reporting operates independently of its opinion journalism.

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However, former employees have said that Fox News made them "slant the news in favor of conservatives".

Fox News created the "Fox News Alert", which interrupted its regular programming when a breaking news story occurred.

Fox News has been described as practicing partisan reporting in favor of the Republican Party, the George W Bush and Donald Trump administrations, and conservative causes, while portraying the Democratic Party in a negative light.

Fox News has denied bias in its news reporting and the channel's official position is that its news reporting operates independently of its opinion journalism.

Licensing for the Fox News archive is handled by ITN Source, the archiving division of ITN.

Fox News Group produces Fox News Sunday, which airs on Fox Broadcasting and re-airs on FNC.

Fox News produces occasional special event coverage that is broadcast on FBC.

In 2006, the company introduced Fox News Talk, a satellite radio station featuring programs syndicated by Fox News personalities.

Fox News Latino is the version aimed at the Hispanic audience, although presented almost entirely in English, with a Spanish section.

In March 2009, The Fox Nation was launched as a website intended to encourage readers to post articles commenting on the news.

Fox News Mobile is the portion of the FNC website dedicated to streaming news clips formatted for video-enabled mobile phones.

In 2003, Fox News saw a large ratings jump during the early stages of the U S invasion of Iraq.

Several weeks later, in the wake of the 2006 North Korean missile test and the 2006 Lebanon War, Fox saw a surge in viewership and remained the top-rated cable news channel.

However, Fox News was given the highest "unfavorable" rating of all national outlets studied .

On election night itself, Fox News' coverage had higher ratings than that of any of the other five cable or network news sources among viewers between 25 and 54 years of age.

In 2018, Fox News was rated by Nielsen as America's most watched cable network, averaging a record 2.

Fox News ended the quarter with the top five shows in prime time, with Fox News's Tucker Carlson Tonight finishing the quarter in second overall with an average audience of 4.

The decision was made due to Fox News downplaying the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as allegations of Fox News spreading misinformation about climate change and reporting on the false concept of "no-go zones" for non-Muslims in British cities.

The New York Times described the slogan as being a "blunt signal that Fox News planned to counteract what Mr Ailes and many others viewed as a liberal bias ingrained in television coverage by establishment news networks".

Fox News went on to suggest that Fox News' trademark on the phrase "fair and balanced" could be invalid.

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In mid-November 2020, following the election, Fox News began to use the slogan "Standing Up For What's Right" to promote its primetime lineup.

Fox News Channel has been described as a conservative media, and as providing biased reporting in favor of conservative political positions, the Republican Party, and President Donald Trump.

Under Trump's presidency, Fox News remade itself into his image, as hardly any criticism of Trump could be heard on Fox News' prime-time shows.

In Fox News' news reporting, the network dedicated far more coverage to Hillary Clinton-related stories, which critics said was intended to deflect attention from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.

The Fox News website has become more extreme in its rhetoric since Trump's election; according to Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism, the Fox News website has "gone a little Breitbart" over time.

At the start of 2018, Fox News mostly ignored high-profile scandals in the Trump administration which received ample coverage in other national media outlets, such as White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter's resignation amid domestic abuse allegations, the downgrading of Jared Kushner's security clearance, and the existence of a non-disclosure agreement between Trump and the porn star Stormy Daniels.

Fox News publicly denies it is biased, with Murdoch and Ailes saying to have included Murdoch's statement that Fox has "given room to both sides, whereas only one side had it before".

Fox News's memo asked the staff to "use the term 'government-run health insurance, ' or, when brevity is a concern, 'government option, ' whenever possible".

In June 2018, Fox News executives instructed producers to head off inappropriate remarks made on the shows aired by the network by hosts and commentators.

In October 2018, Fox News ran laudatory coverage of a meeting between Trump-supporting rapper Kanye West and President Trump in the Oval Office.

Several Fox News employees expressed outrage at Hannity's actions, with one stating that "a new line was crossed".

Hannity later asserted that his action was not pre-planned, and Fox News stated it "does not condone any talent participating in campaign events".

However, certain Fox personalities have not had as much of a favorable reception from Trump: news anchors Shepard Smith and Chris Wallace have been criticised by Trump for allegedly being adversarial, alongside Fox analyst Andrew Napolitano, who said Trump's actions in the Trump–Ukraine scandal were "both criminal and impeachable behavior".

Tampa Bay Times reported in August 2021 that it had reviewed four months of emails indicating Fox News producers had coordinated with aides of Florida governor Ron DeSantis to promote his political prospects by inviting him for frequent network appearances, exchanging talking points and, in one case, helping him to stage an exclusive news event.

Fox News has published headlines accusing the English Wikipedia of having a left-wing and socialist bias.

Fox News dedicated extensive coverage to the uranium story, which Democrats said was an attempt to distract from Mueller's intensifying investigation.

German Lopes of Vox said Fox News' coverage has reached "levels of self-parody" as it dedicated coverage to low-key stories, such as a controversial Newsweek op-ed and hamburger emojis, while other networks had wall-to-wall coverage of Mueller's indictments.

FiveThirtyEight analysis of Russia-related media coverage in cable news found most mentions of Russia on Fox News were spoken in close proximity to "uranium" and "dossier".

In December 2017, Fox News escalated its attacks on the Mueller investigation, with hosts and guest commentators suggesting the investigation amounted to a coup.

Experts on coups rejected that the Mueller investigation amounted to a coup; rather, the Fox News rhetoric was dangerous to democracy and mirrored the kind of rhetoric that occurs before purges.

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Fox News omitted that Tapper had said the use of "Allahu Akbar" in the terrorist attack was not one of these beautiful circumstances.

Fox News said it was The New York Times, repeatedly running the chyron "NYT Foils U S Attempt To Take Out Al-Bahgdadi".

Fox News has often been described as a major platform for climate change denial.

Fox News'spard Smith drew attention for being one of few voices formerly on Fox News to forcefully state that climate change is real, that human activities are a primary contributor to it and that there is a scientific consensus on the issue.

In reporting the investigator's claims, the Fox News report reignited right-wing conspiracy theories about the killing.

Fox News did not respond to inquiries by CNN, and the Washington Post.

Fox News was criticized by conservative outlets, such as The Weekly Standard, National Review, and conservative columnists, such as Jennifer Rubin, Michael Gerson, and John Podhoretz.

In 2020, Fox News settled with Rich family, making a payment that was not officially disclosed but which was reported to be in the seven figures.

The average Fox News viewer was likely left with the impression that the media's criticism of Trump and leftist protestors' toppling of some Confederate statues were far greater threats to America than white supremacism or the president's apparent defense of bigotry.

Once a COVID-19 vaccine became widely available, Fox News consistently questioned the efficacy and safety of the vaccine, celebrated evidence-free skepticism, and blasted attempts to promote vaccinations.

In June 2022, a Delaware Superior Court judge again declined to dismiss the Dominion suit against Fox News, and allowed Dominion to sue the network's corporate parent, Fox Corporation.

Fox News aired a graphic detailing the supposed compulsory reductions, falsely indicating the information came from the Agriculture Department, which numerous Republican politicians and commentators tweeted.

Two weeks later, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel referred to FNC as "not a news network" and communications director Anita Dunn said "Fox News often operates as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party".

Fox News attracted controversy in April 2018 when it was revealed primetime host Sean Hannity had defended Trump's then personal attorney Michael Cohen on air without disclosing Cohen was his lawyer.

In mid-2021, Fox News agreed to pay a $1 million settlement to New York City after its Commission on Human Rights cited "a pattern of violating the NYC Human Rights Law".

Fox News is available on cable through French Internet provider Free on channel 352.

In Pakistan, Fox News Channel is available on PTCL Smart TV and a number of cable and IPTV operators.

Fox News was dropped by TV8 and replaced by German news channel Deutsche Welle in September 2006.

Fox News said the decision was unrelated to 21st Century Fox's proposed acquisition of the remainder of Sky plc .