Fox News controversies
Fox News is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Fox Corporation. Since its creation by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in 1996, the channel has been the subject of several controversies and allegations. Fox News has been described by academics, media figures, political figures, and watchdog groups as being biased in favor of the Republican Party in its news coverage, as perpetuating conservative bias, and as misleading their audiences in relation to science, notably climate change and COVID-19. Fox News was sued for defamation in 2021 by voting machine companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, alleging the network's hosts and guests knowingly promoted falsehoods that their voting machines were rigged to prevent Donald Trump's reelection in the 2020 presidential election.
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