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Country | United States |
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Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 720p (16:9 HDTV)[1] |
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Parent | Fox News Media |
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Launched | October 7, 1996[2] |
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Website | foxnews |
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Online stream | Fox News Go (pay-TV subscribers only) |
Service(s) | YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV |
The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City, U.S.[3][4] It is owned by Fox News Media, which itself is owned by the Fox Corporation.[5] It is the most-watched cable news network in the U.S.,[6][7] and as of 2023 it generates approximately 70% of its parent company's pre-tax profit.[8] The channel broadcasts primarily from studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. Fox News provides a service to 86 countries and territories,[9] with international broadcasts featuring Fox Extra segments during advertising breaks.[10]
The channel was created by Australian-born American media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 1996 to appeal to a conservative audience, hiring former Republican media consultant and CNBC executive Roger Ailes as its founding CEO.[11][12] It launched on October 7, 1996, to 17-million cable subscribers.[13] Fox News grew during the late 1990s and 2000s to become the dominant United States cable news subscription network.[14] By September 2018, 87-million U.S. households (91 percent of television subscribers) could receive Fox News.[15] In 2019, it was the top-rated cable network, averaging 2.5-million viewers in prime time.[16][17][18] Murdoch, the executive chairman since 2016,[19][20] said in 2023 that he would step down and hand responsibilities to his son, Lachlan.[21] Suzanne Scott has been the CEO since 2018.[22]
It has been identified as engaging in biased and false reporting in favor of the Republican Party, its politicians, and conservative causes,[23][24][25] while portraying the Democratic Party in a negative light.[26][27] Researchers have argued that the channel is damaging to the integrity of news overall,[28][29] and acts as an expanded part of the Republican Party.[26][30][31][32] It has been described by critics, former employees, and researchers as a propaganda outlet.[a]
The channel has knowingly endorsed false conspiracy theories to promote Republican and conservative causes.[33][34][35] These include but are not limited to false claims regarding fraud with Dominion voting machines during their reporting on the 2020 presidential election,[36][37] climate change denial,[b] and COVID-19 misinformation.[38][39][40] It has also been involved in multiple controversies, including accusations of permitting sexual harassment and racial discrimination by on-air hosts, executives, and employees,[41][42][43] ultimately paying out millions of dollars in legal settlements.[44]
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We do this to illustrate the ways Fox News, Limbaugh, and the print and web editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal play both offense and defense in service of conservative objectives. As these case studies will suggest, the big three reinforce each other's conservative messages in ways that distinguish them from the other major broadcast media, CBS News, NBC News, ABC News, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and major print outlets such as the Washington Post and New York Times.
... the challenge of spreading and germinating the Tea Party idea was surmounted with impressive ease because a major sector of the U.S. media today is openly partisan—including Fox News Channel, the right-wing 'blogosphere,' and a nationwide network of right-wing talk radio programs. This aptly named conservative media 'echo chamber' reaches into the homes of many Americans ... Towering above all others is the Fox News empire, the loudest voice in conservative media. Despite its claim to be "fair and balanced", multiple studies have documented FNC's conservative stance ... Fox News's conservative slant encourages a particular worldview.
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