Fox News

With Tucker, Fox Painted Itself Into a Corner

by Nicole Hemmer

Carlson was the key figure that allowed Fox News to avoid being eclipsed by MAGA and the ability of Donald Trump to command media attention without the network's help. Now the network must reckon with the costs – in legal settlements and journalistic legitimacy—of letting Carlson run the show. 

Tucker Carlson Embodies the GOP's Cynicism

by Tom Nichols

"If you were trying to undermine a nation and dissolve its hopes for the future, you could hardly design a better vehicle than Tucker Carlson Tonight."

How Fox News Helped Break the American Right

by Matthew Dallek

The Republican Party has long struggled to keep extremists within its ranks at bay, if partly for political reasons. But the rise of Fox News has destroyed the guardrails older generations of mainstream conservatives set up against conspiracists, hatemongers, and bigots. 

Fox's Handling of the "Big Lie" was Cowardly, but Not Unusual

by Kathryn J. McGarr

News organizations' standards of objectivity have long allowed public figures and politicians to proclaim lies without pushback, leaving the public to be arbiters of truth and falsity. 

Fox News Texts Show Long History of Ideological Media

The revelation that Fox hosts promoted what they knew were lies about the 2020 election reflects what Nicole Hemmer calls a 70-year effort by the right to sow distrust in mainstream media. 

The Right Wants to Gut Press Libel Protections; Dominion Voting Systems Suit Shows They Might Regret it

The libel standards established by New York Times v. Sullivan are a target for conservatives who loathe the media. If they had their way Fox News would be in big trouble. 

Why Greg Gutfeld is Mad at Me about Ukraine and the Holocaust

by Rafael Medoff

The Ukraine crisis is engendering conspiratorial thinking from defenders of Russia's actions. 

Holocaust Echoes in Ukraine Conspiracy Theories

by Rafael Medoff

Some reactions to the news coverage of horrors visited on civilians echo excuses and minimization of Nazi violence against Jews, including claims that the stories are part of a campaign of emotional manipulation. 

Fox News Has Always Lied to Old People. This Time It May Kill Them.

The pandemic makes obvious what has long been true: Fox News is dangerous.

Rupert Murdoch Put His Son in Charge of Fox. It Was a Dangerous Mistake.

The 48-year-old Lachlan Murdoch stood by as Fox News hosts played down the danger of the deadly coronavirus to their viewers. 

The Upstart Press Mogul Who Changed How We Understand the World

by Bruce Chadwick

A review of Ink--the play about controversial media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

No, Fox’s Katie Pavlich, the US Wasn’t the First to Abolish Slavery

by Juan Cole

Slavery began in British North America in the 1600s. So it took longer than 150 years to abolish it. More like 200 years.

The U.S. should get more credit for ending slavery ‘within 150 years,’ Fox panelist says

Many historians were quick to correct and criticize her remarks. 

Tucker Carlson Attacks Dutch Historian and Defends His Words on Show

Fox News host Tucker Carlson responded Wednesday to a now-viral video of an unaired interview in which he swore at a guest, calling him a “moron” and a “tiny brain."

Trump has consummated the marriage between Fox News and the GOP

by Julian Zelizer

The network has been a major force in American politics, and with Trump's help, it has helped to reshape the modern Republican Party.

NYU’s James Fraser find himself in a rightwing vortex after Fox News attacks his textbook

by Jonathan Zimmerman

Selective quotes taken from the book out of context left a warper impression.

Princeton U. Professor Cancels Lectures After Fox News Labels Her as Anti-Trump

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, an assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton University, canceled all her public lectures this week following an onslaught of email threats after a commencement address she gave was posted by Fox News.

Fox News Gives O'Reilly A "Historical" Series After Years Of Criticism From Historians

O'Reilly, who has written a series of books focused on the deaths of prominent historical figures, has been criticized by historians and critics for shoddy scholarship and ahistorical claims.

Attack on Reza Aslan puts his Jesus book in the spotlight

Not every scholarly study of early Christianity rockets to best-seller status thanks to an attack by a belligerent cable-network reporter.But that became the fate last week of Reza Aslan's Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, just out from Random House in the United States while, in Britain, the Westbourne Press is rushing the book forward from its original August 18 publication date.The fortunes of Zealot offer a cautionary tale for scholars who publish on touchy subjects—or perhaps a primer on how to provoke conservative-media hostility, and then to capitalize on it, even if you're no religious or intellectual radical....

Shaped by history, Gettysburg celebrates milestone

GETTYSBURG, Pa. –  Gettysburg changed the direction of American history 150 years ago, and the town hasn't been the same since.The couple of hundred thousand visitors expected at events to mark the anniversary of the 1863 clash won't have to look far to find remnants of the pivotal campaign of the Civil War, even outside the grounds of the meticulously maintained national park.Cannonballs and shrapnel remain embedded in a few of the roughly 200 buildings that remain from the period.Many of the businesses in the rural county seat cater to the throngs of tourists that stream into one of the country's most historic places, from General Pickett's Buffet to Abraham's Lady, a battle-era clothing shop....