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The website of Fox News Channel, the most-watched cable news
This website generally maintains
network in the United States, publishing news and partisan basic standards of credibility
conservative opinion that often promotes the Trump administration. and transparency—with
significant exceptions.
Score: 69.5/100
Ownership and FoxNews.com and Fox News Channel are subsidiaries
Financing
of the publicly traded, New York-based media company Does not repeatedly publish
false content (22points)
Fox Corporation. Fox Corp. is controlled by media
mogul Rupert Murdoch and his family. Gathers and presents
information responsibly (18)
In March 2019, Murdoch spun off Fox’s movie studio
Regularly corrects or clarifies
and television entertainment divisions, housed within errors (12.5)
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., to the Walt Disney Co.,
Handles the difference between
while retaining Fox News Channel, Fox Sports, and the
news and opinion responsibly
Fox Network on broadcast television. (12.5)
Murdoch also runs major media company News Corp, Avoids deceptive headlines (10)
which owns the daily New York Post, the Dow Jones
Website discloses ownership
business news service (including The Wall Street and financing (7.5)
Sources
Ownership and https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/revenue-at-fox-
Financing
news-cnn-and-msnbc-up-nearly-20-percent/331043
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/07/25/climate-
change-strengthens-earths-heartbeat-and-thats-bad-
news.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-
now/2018/06/21/time-cover-places-photo-crying-
immigrant-child-trumps-feet/721315002/
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/06/22/time
-cover-paints-trump-as-immigration-boogeyman-in-
striking-contrast-with-obama-coverage.html
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/16/trump-
faces-bipartisan-criticism-over-press-conference-with-
putin.html
https://www.google.com/search?
q=neil+cavuto+calls+trump+press+conference+disgusti
ng&oq=neil+cavuto+calls+trump+press+conference+dis
gusting&aqs=chrome..69i57.9913j1j4&sourceid=chrom
e&ie=UTF-8
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/fox-news-launches-
subscription-streaming-service-fox-nation-n940886
Content http://video.insider.foxnews.com/v/6075454037001/?
playlist_id=87937#sp=show-clips
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebritie
s/2019/09/04/fox-news-jeanine-pirro-says-shes-been-
suspended-rips-network/2207515001/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-
announces-51-judicial-picks-including-two-for-liberal-
ninth-circuit
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-theres-
no-sympathy-for-covington-catholic-teens-in-americas-
newsrooms
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/giuliani-may-be-
slowly-dripping-information-to-public-to-lessen-shock-
of-mueller-report-napolitano
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-
president-trump-ends-year-two-with-46-percent-job-
approval
https://www.foxnews.com/shows/special-report
https://www.foxnews.com/shows/tucker-carlson-tonight
https://www.foxnews.com/shows/hannity
https://www.foxnews.com/shows/ingraham-angle
https://www.foxnews.com/shows/fox-and-friends
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle
https://web.archive.org/web/20190919060002/https://w
ww.foxnews.com/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-may-curb-
intelligence-sharing-with-countries-that-criminalize-
homosexuality-intel-chief-says
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-pushes-back-
against-cdc-directors-warning-about-coronavirus-
second-wave
Homepage
https://web.archive.org/web/20190902012902/https://w
ww.foxnews.com/
CNN fails to bleep out Beto's F-bomb during gun control
rant following shooting
https://web.archive.org/web/20190902013100/https://w
ww.foxnews.com/media/beto-orourke-2020-cnn-gun-
control-cursing
Pro-life group claims Facebook is falsely labeling their
post as fake news
https://web.archive.org/web/20190902012902/https://w
ww.foxnews.com/
Homepage
https://web.archive.org/web/20190916053744/https://w
ww.foxnews.com/
NYT updates Kavanaugh 'bombshell' to note accuser
doesn't recall alleged assault
https://web.archive.org/web/20190916054143/https://w
ww.foxnews.com/politics/nyt-kavanaugh-bombshell-
goes-bust-after-2020-dems-use-it-to-call-for-
impeachment
US may curb intelligence sharing with countries that
criminalize homosexuality, report says
https://web.archive.org/web/20200507150452/https://w
ww.foxnews.com/politics/us-may-curb-intelligence-
sharing-with-countries-that-criminalize-homosexuality-
intel-chief-says
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1166712943
196680193?s=20
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1166711516
701347842?s=20
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1107273645
196537857
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1107276504
415854592
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/fox
-news-isnt-worried-about-trumps-tweets/597622/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/2
6/trump-slams-fox-news-poll-showing-him-losing-joe-
biden/1837137001/
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/12494244524
77235200
Transparency https://help.foxnews.com/hc/en-
us/categories/360000135093-General
https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2018/mar/2
3/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-642000-crimes-
committed-immigrants-il/
https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/fe
b/10/sean-hannity/no-9th-circuit-isnt-most-overturned-
court-country-/
https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/o
ct/26/sean-hannity/250000-syrian-refugees-us-fact-
check-trump-hannity/
https://www.snopes.com/ap/2018/05/01/sean-hannitys-
battle-sourcing-new-york-times/
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2019/01/17/fox-
news-spent-months-end-declaring-there-was-no-
collusion-between-trumps-campaign-and-russia/222565
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2019/01/14/hannity
-says-fbi-put-aside-all-values-and-plotted-destroy-
donald-trump/222519
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46610642
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-fox-
news-tucker-carlson-south-africa-20180824-story.html
https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-
blog/bs-fe-zontv-trump-rally-fox-hannity-20181105-
story.html
Martha McCallum
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/fox-news-poll-
many-democrats-want-us-to-move-towards-socialism
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/07/27/fncs
_shep_smith_journalists_are_not_the_enemy_of_the_p
eople.html#!
https://thehill.com/media/413732-shep-smith-rips-trump-
rhetoric-on-migrant-caravan-there-is-no-invasion-no-
one-is-coming
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/404051-shep-
smith-trump-likes-fake-news-but-real-news-is-more-
unpleasant
Media Relations page (August 2018)
https://web.archive.org/web/20180809143546/http://pre
ss.foxnews.com/corporate-info/
Contact Us page https://www.foxnews.com/contact
History https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fox-News-Channel
UNC 2012 lecture http://jomc.unc.edu/events/roger-
ailes-park-lecture-april-12-2012-transcript
https://www.ft.com/content/5b77af92-548c-11db-901f-
0000779e2340
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/the-
making-of-the-fox-news-white-house
https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-fox-
spinoff-20190319-story.html
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/20/705009029/disney-
officially-owns-21st-century-fox
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/fox-
corporation-becomes-stand-alone-company-as-disney-
deal-set-to-close
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-
turn/wp/2017/05/18/roger-ailes-leaves-a-much-
diminished-fox-news/
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/business/media/ro
ger-ailes-fox-news.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/business/media/bi
ll-oreilly-sexual-harassment-fox-news.html?_r=0
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/fox-news-
drops-bill-oreilly-in-wake-of-harassment-allegations
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/business/media/bi
ll-oreilly-sexual-harassment-fox-news.html?_r=0
https://www.adwehttps://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/20
18-ratings-fox-news-is-the-most-watched-network-on-
cable-for-the-third-straight-
year/387943/ek.com/tvnewser/october-2018-ratings-
fox-news-channel-averaged-more-viewers-than-cnn-
and-msnbc-combined/382598/
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/701052337/the-white-
house-and-its-shadow-cabinet-of-fox-news-tv-hosts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-fox-
news-executive-bill-shine-joins-trump-white-house-as-
deputy-chief-of-staff-for-
communications/2018/07/05/3003112c-8075-11e8-
b660-4d0f9f0351f1_story.html?
utm_term=.35563e0ad4f8
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/business/media/sh
epard-smith-fox-news.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/shepard-smith-stepping-
down-from-fox-news
https://www.foxnews.com/media/shepard-smith-steps-
down-from-fox-news-its-been-an-honor-and-a-privilege