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Fox News

USA · Bias: Right

Owner

Murdoch family (Fox Corporation)

About

Founded by Rupert Murdoch and the late Roger Ailes in 1996, Fox News has been the single most-watched cable news network in America for a jaw-dropping 97 straight quarters — basically 24 years without losing the ratings crown. In early 2026 it was still pulling around 2.6 million primetime viewers, more than CNN and MS NOW combined. That dominance came at a price: in 2023, Fox paid Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit over hosts repeatedly airing false 2020 election-fraud claims — the largest known media defamation settlement in U.S. history. The network never really apologized on air; it just wrote the check and moved on, which tells you plenty about how it treats being factually wrong. The family drama is over, too: after a two-year court fight over the Murdoch trust, a 2025 settlement bought out the more moderate siblings and left Lachlan Murdoch — the most politically aligned of Rupert's children — in undisputed control of the empire.

Landmark Story

In May 2017, Fox News ran a story claiming murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich — not Russian hackers — had leaked the Democratic Party's emails to WikiLeaks. The motive was obvious: it fit neatly into a narrative that Russia hadn't interfered in the 2016 election at all. There was just one problem: it wasn't true. Fox retracted the story within a week, but not before it spread across right-wing media as gospel. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, the FBI, and the U.S. intelligence community all later confirmed it was Russian military intelligence that hacked the DNC. Rich's grieving parents sued Fox for exploiting their son's murder to push a political narrative, and in October 2020 the network quietly settled for a seven-figure sum rather than let the case go to trial.

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The Headline Heard a Game.#598The Word 'Pardon' Vanished the Day Hunter Conceded It#591How Fox, Bloomberg, NPR and Al Jazeera Introduced Colombia's New President de la Espriella#573Trump Declared. The Data Just 'Claimed.'#564Held in Contempt — by Eight Senators and One Headline#560Fox's Socialist-of-the-Week Machine Found Its Next Contestant#554He Won the Primary. Fox Covered the Funeral.#544He Said 'I'm Simply Not a Socialist.' Fox's Headline Overruled Him.#541The Fund Would Pay the President's Allies $1.776 Billion. Fox's Headline Called It 'a Fund.'#539Michigan Held an Election. Fox Covered an Insurgency.#538We Kept a File on Fox's FIFA Coverage for a Month. The Pattern Finally Snapped Into Focus.#533He Died in ICE Custody. Fox Introduced Him by His Deportation.#527One Ship, Four Headlines: How Fox, NBC, BBC and France 24 Covered the Strait of Hormuz Cargo Ship Attack#520Iran Says There Are No Talks. Fox's Headline Already Booked the Room.#508How Fox, CNN, NPR and Al Jazeera Told You Trump Called Off the Iran Attack#506One Tick Bite in New York Made Fox's Front Page. 1,556 Ebola Deaths Didn't.#505Fox Found Two 'Rogue' Senators. Trump Said He Doesn't Even Blame Them.#499One Avalanche, Ten Climbers — and the Name You Learned Depended on Your Passport#495How BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera and Fox Told You FIFA Scrapped Its $20 Billion World Cup Investment Plan#494The Arrest Made Fox's Politics Page. The Innocence Made Sports.#491Hackers Hit 30 Water Plants. Fox's Headline Hit the Governor of Minnesota.#483Europe Quit the World Cup. Fox Blamed Europe. And Got the Wrong Kushner.#482How Fox, CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera Each Graded Trump's Hamas Disarmament Deal#475How Fox, CNN, Bloomberg and Al Jazeera Each Told You America Bombed Iran Again#465Fox Saw a War Planning Session. CNN Saw Trump Pumping the Brakes.#464Who's Winning the Iran War? Fox Asked the Guy Playing.#457Same Tape, Three Headlines: A Verdict, an Inventory, and a Quote#456The Arrest Was a Felony on Fox. The Walk-Back Can't Find a Headline.#453Trump Posted Fan Art of a War. Fox Called It 'Spilling the Beans.'#450Fox Printed the Memphis Brochure. NPR Walked the Building.#443The Judge Split the Ruling Down the Middle. Fox Kept the Half Trump Won.#442Fox Saw One Horrific Night in Seattle. CNN Saw Number 271.#439Fox Lined Up Four Suspects for Europe's Fires. The Fifth Wasn't Invited.#433How Fox, CNN, AP and Al Jazeera Each Covered the First Night Without US Strikes on Iran#426Trump Told the Press to Smile. Fox Covered the Party.#423One Word Was Carrying That Whole Headline. Fox Left It Out.#417How Fox, CNN, NPR and Al Jazeera Each Told You About the House's $70 Billion Iran War Funding Vote#416Fox Says 'Fraud.' The Paperwork Says 'Smells Like.'#412They Pressed 'No.' The Machine Said Yes. Fox Heard 'Scandal.'#411Mamdani Posted One Video. Fox Saw a Cave. France 24 Saw an Ultimatum.#402Hegseth 'Reveals' a War Price. The Pentagon's Own Ledger Says Double.#39642 Charges, One Job Title: The Press Still Calls Andrew Tate an Influencer#388Fox Reviewed the Halftime Show. Guess Which Channel It Aired On.#379Gas Hit $4 Going Up and Coming Down. Fox Only Saw a President One of Those Times.#374How Fox, BBC, NBC and Al Jazeera Each Introduced New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham#373'America Has Won': Fox Called the World Cup Two Days Before Kickoff#371Trump Billed Canada for the Weather. Fox Wrote It Up Like a Trade Dispute.#360Trump Threatened to Take NBC Off the Air. Fox's Headline Said NBC Skipped Class.#354How Fox, CNN, NBC and Al Jazeera Each Handled Trump's 'China Stole 220 Million Voter Files' Speech#353On Fox, Iran Was Still 'Threatening.' Three Entries Down, a Child Was Already Wounded.#345Fox Put Quotes Around 'Poisonous.' CNN Put Them Around the Entire Threat.#340Fox Called It a Fracture. The X-Ray Shows a Trend Line.#337The Headlines Gave Epstein's Favorite Lawyer a Job She Left in 2014#332One Hearing, Four Verbs: How Fox, CNN, NBC and Al Jazeera Covered Jay Clayton's DNI Confirmation Hearing#326Fox Wrote an Obituary for the Pause. The Dead Men Got Paragraph Nine.#316Trump Threatened Iran's Bridges and Power Plants. Here's How Fox, the BBC, Al Jazeera and France 24 Ran It.#310The Hormuz Toll Booth Lasted One Day. The Victory Lap Is Still Going.#303A Man Is Dead, the Cameras Were Missing, and the Explanation Was “Democrats”#300The Ruling Said 'Bad Faith.' The Headline Said 'Obama.'#302The Headline Has Terrorists. Paragraph Seven Has the Bomber.#297The New Senator Has a Name. Fox's Headline Preferred the Math.#293The First Blockade in History Whose Selling Point Is That It's Open#288Agents Knocked on Reporters' Doors. Fox Heard a Leak Probe.#285Why Was Mitch McConnell in the Hospital? How Fox, CNN, NBC, AP and NPR Each Broke His Silence#281Rifles Are a Fact. The Congressman Is a Claim.#275A Senator Died Saturday Night. By Brunch, the Seat Was Accepting Applications.#257Trump Posted '1,000 Missiles' Before Dawn. Fox Filed It Under 'Warns.'#255Armed Settlers Boxed In a Congressman. Fox's First Verb Was 'Claims.'#253The Wildlife Rule Died in an 'Exclusive.' The Exclusive Was a Press Release.#240US–Iran Ceasefire Over, Talks Back On: How Fox, CNN, Bloomberg and Al Jazeera Each Sold You the Same 40 Words#123Nobody Ended the Ceasefire. It Just 'Crumbled.'#114Fox Said OpenAI Needed Trump's Blessing. The White House Says There Was No Blessing to Give.#051How Fox, CNN, NPR and The Washington Post Each Told You the Iran Ceasefire Is Over#048Fox Says Turkey Was 'Once' a Headache. The Russian Missiles Haven't Moved.#045Fox's Headline About McConnell's Hospitalization Was About His Wife's Vacation.#042Fox Picked Which Punch Started the Iran Fight. It Wasn't the First One Thrown.#035A Lawsuit Says the US Hand-Delivered Asylum Seekers' Files to Tehran. Fox Found Room for a Mascot Fight Instead.#015Fox Framed the $15,000 World Cup Visa Bond Waiver as a Win. Trump Personally Got $15,000 in Free World Cup Tickets From FIFA's Boss.#013Fox Called Trump's Speech 'Celebrating Freedom.' NPR Called It a Campaign Speech With Sparklers.#010"All-American GOAT: Joey Chestnut Devours 66 Dogs for Historic 18th Mustard Belt on July 4th"#008"Brutal Summer Scorcher: 150 Million Americans Sweat Through Record July 4th Heat"#005"President Trump's Business Empire Roars Back: Personal Income Hits Record $2.2 Billion"#003"Tiger Woods Arrested Again: Bloodshot Eyes, Refused Sobriety Test in Shocking New Mugshot"#001"Exposed: The $3 Billion Communist Network Behind the 'No Kings' Protests"