Fox News

==Political alignment==
{{Further|Media bias in the United States}}
Fox News has been described as practicing [[partisan reporting]] in favor of the Republican Party, the [[George W. Bush]] and [[Donald Trump]] administrations, and [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] causes,<ref name="Jamieson-2010"/><ref name="Skocpol-2016"/> while portraying the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in a negative light.<ref name="Grossman-2016"/><ref name="Bard 2017"/> Critics have argued that the channel is damaging to the integrity of news overall.<ref name="Collings2010" /><ref name="McCollumHebert2014" /> Fox News has denied bias in its news reporting and the channel's official position is that its news reporting operates independently of its [[opinion journalism]].<ref name="Fox News 2009" />{{Update inline|date=August 2022}} Under oath following lawsuits regarding Fox News' coverage of the 2020 presidential election, Fox News owner [[Rupert Murdoch]] testified that Fox anchors endorsed conservative conspiracy theories about the election.<ref>{{cite web | title=Rupert Murdoch says Fox stars 'endorsed' lies about 2020. He chose not to stop them | website=NPR | date=February 28, 2023 | url=https://www.npr.org/2023/02/28/1159819849/fox-news-dominion-voting-rupert-murdoch-2020-election-fraud | access-date=April 7, 2023 | archive-date=March 7, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307012105/https://www.npr.org/2023/02/28/1159819849/fox-news-dominion-voting-rupert-murdoch-2020-election-fraud | url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2004 documentary ''[[Outfoxed]]'', four people identified as former employees said that Fox News made them "slant the news in favor of conservatives".<ref name="Memmott">{{cite news |last=Memmott |first=Mark |date=September 2, 2004 |title=Fox newspeople say allegations of bias unfounded |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-01-fox-news_x.htm |url-status=live |access-date=August 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513140211/http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-01-fox-news_x.htm |archive-date=May 13, 2011}}</ref> Fox News said that the film misrepresented the employment of these employees.<ref name="foxr1">{{cite news |title=FOX News Channel Statement on 'Outfoxed' |website=Foxnews.com |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,125436,00.html |access-date=January 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927182708/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,125436,00.html |archive-date=September 27, 2006}}</ref>

In early 2024 Fox News developed a conspiracy theory involving [[Taylor Swift]], [[Travis Kelce]], and the [[Democratic Party (United States)|American Democratic party]] in hopes to influence voters ahead of the [[United States presidential primary|U.S. presidential primary]] season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaczynski |first=Oliver Darcy, Andrew |date=January 30, 2024 |title=Right-wing media figures target Taylor Swift with absurd conspiracy theory ahead of the Super Bowl {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/30/media/taylor-swift-super-bowl-right-wing-conspiracy/index.html |access-date=February 3, 2024 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=February 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203031859/https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/30/media/taylor-swift-super-bowl-right-wing-conspiracy/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>