Fox News

===Sexual harassment===
The network has been accused of permitting [[sexual harassment]] and [[racial discrimination]] by on-air hosts, executives, and employees,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roger-ailes-resigns-as-fox-913206 |title=Roger Ailes Resigns as Fox News Chief After Sexual Harassment Accusations |first=Marisa |last=Guthrie |date=July 21, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/business/media/bill-oreilly-fox-news-allegations.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/business/media/bill-oreilly-fox-news-allegations.html |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Bill O'Reilly Is Forced Out at Fox News |last1=Steel |first1=Emily |last2=Schmidt |first2=Michael S. |date=April 19, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=April 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/business/media/fox-news-racial-discrimination-lawsuit.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/business/media/fox-news-racial-discrimination-lawsuit.html |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=11 Sue Fox News, Citing 'Intolerable' Racial Bias |last=Ember |first=Sydney |date=April 25, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=April 27, 2017 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref> paying out millions of dollars in legal settlements.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/06/492797695/fox-news-will-pay-gretchen-carlson-20-million-to-settle-sexual-harassment-suit |title=Fox Will Pay Gretchen Carlson $20 Million To Settle Sexual Harassment Suit |first=Bill |last=Chappell |date=September 6, 2016 |publisher=NPR |access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/04/19/524751613/fox-news-turmoil-highlights-workplace-cultures-role-in-sexual-harassment |title=Fox News Turmoil Highlights Workplace Culture's Role In Sexual Harassment |first=Yuki |last=Noguchi |date=April 19, 2017 |publisher=[[NPR]] |access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> Prominent Fox News figures such as Roger Ailes, [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]] and [[Eric Bolling]] were fired after many women accused them of sexual harassment. At least four lawsuits alleged Fox News co-president [[Bill Shine]] ignored, enabled or concealed Roger Ailes' alleged sexual harassment.<ref name="Grynbaum-2017c">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/business/media/fox-news-sean-hannity-bill-shine.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/business/media/fox-news-sean-hannity-bill-shine.html |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Sean Hannity Defends Executive as Fox News Turmoil Continues |last1=Grynbaum |first1=Michael M. |last2=Steel |first2=Emily |date=April 27, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=October 12, 2017 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Sakoui-2017">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-28/sean-hannity-defends-boss-says-ouster-would-be-end-of-fox-news |title=Sean Hannity Defends Boss, Says Ouster Would Be End of Fox News |first=Anousha |last=Sakoui |date=April 28, 2017 |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |access-date=October 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/may/25/sean-hannity-fox-news-media-matters-seth-rich |title=Sean Hannity targets media watchdog amid questions over future at Fox News |last=Gabbatt |first=Adam |date=May 25, 2017 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=October 13, 2017 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Fox News CEO Rupert Murdoch has dismissed the high-profile sexual misconduct allegations as "largely political" and speculated they were made "because we are conservative".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/14/fox-news-sexual-harassment-allegations-rupert-murdoch-politics-297733 |title=Murdoch: Sexual harassment allegations against Fox News 'largely political' |first=Cristiano |last=Lima |date=December 14, 2017 |website=Politico |access-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref>

Bill O'Reilly and Fox News settled six agreements, totaling $45&nbsp;million, with women who accused O'Reilly of sexual harassment.<ref name="Steel-2017">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/business/media/bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/business/media/bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment.html |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Bill O'Reilly Settled New Harassment Claim, Then Fox Renewed His Contract |last1=Steel |first1=Emily |last2=Schmidt |first2=Michael S. |date=October 21, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=October 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41730020 |title=Fox News: Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly clash over sex claims |date=October 24, 2017 |work=BBC News |access-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref> In January 2017, shortly after Bill O'Reilly settled a sexual harassment lawsuit for $32&nbsp;million ("an extraordinarily large amount for such cases"), Fox News renewed Bill O'Reilly's contract.<ref name="Steel-2017"/> Fox News's parent company, 21st Century Fox, said it was aware of the lawsuit.<ref name="Steel-2017"/> The contract between O'Reilly and Fox News read he could not be fired from the network unless sexual harassment allegations were proven in court.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/nov/08/fox-news-bill-oreillys-contract-shielded-him-from-sex-claims-sacking |title=Fox News' Bill O'Reilly's contract 'shielded him from sex claims sacking' |last=Ruddick |first=Graham |date=November 8, 2017 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=November 9, 2017 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Fox News's extensive coverage of the [[Harvey Weinstein scandal]] in October 2017 was seen by some as hypocritical.<ref name="Axios">{{Cite news |url=https://www.axios.com/fox-news-weinstein-coverage-compared-to-oreilly-2502358974.html |title=Fox News has spent 35× more time on Weinstein than O'Reilly |first=Neal |last=Rothschild |date=October 27, 2017 |work=Axios |access-date=October 28, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="Bauder-2017">{{Cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-fox-news-weinstein-oreilly-20171026-story.html |title=12 hours vs. 20 minutes: Fox News focuses on Weinstein harassment, ignoring O'Reilly |last=Bauder |first=David |date=October 26, 2017 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=October 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101034902/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-fox-news-weinstein-oreilly-20171026-story.html |archive-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref> Fox News dedicated at least 12 hours of coverage to the Weinstein scandal, yet only dedicated 20 minutes to Bill O'Reilly, who just like Weinstein had been accused of sexual harassment by a multitude of women.<ref name="Axios"/><ref name="Bauder-2017"/> A few weeks later, when a number of females under the age of 18, including a 14-year-old, accused Alabama Senate candidate [[Roy Moore]] of making sexual advances, Hannity dismissed the sexual misconduct allegations and dedicated coverage on his TV show to casting doubt on the accusers.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://uk.businessinsider.com/sean-hannity-defends-roy-moores-sexual-misconduct-charges-saying-they-were-consensual-2017-11 |title=Fox News host Sean Hannity: 'I was not totally clear' while defending Roy Moore over sexual misconduct report |first=Rosie |last=Perper |date=November 10, 2017 |work=Business Insider |access-date=November 10, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sean-hannity-roy-moore-allegations_us_5a050814e4b0e37d2f3697c2 |title=Fox News Forgets Its Own Sexual Harassment Problem And Again Attacks Victims |last=Madani |first=Doha |date=November 10, 2017 |work=HuffPost |access-date=November 10, 2017}}</ref> Other prime-time Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham queried ''[[The Washington Post]]''{{'}}s reporting or opted to bring up sexual misconduct allegations regarding show business figures such as Harvey Weinstein and [[Louis C.K]].<ref name="Grynbaum-2017b">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/12/business/media/fox-news-roy-moore.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/12/business/media/fox-news-roy-moore.html |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=A Rightward Tilt and Big Ratings at Fox News |last=Grynbaum |first=Michael M. |date=November 12, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=November 13, 2017 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Fox News figures [[Jeanine Pirro]] and [[Gregg Jarrett]] questioned both the validity of ''The Washington Post''{{'}}s reporting and that of the women.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/12/opinions/roy-moore-snl-fox-news-opinion-obeidallah/index.html |title=SNL gets tough on Roy Moore, Fox News defends him |last=Obeidallah |first=Dean |date=November 13, 2017 |publisher=CNN |access-date=November 13, 2017}}</ref> In December 2017, a few days before the Alabama Senate election, Fox News, along with the conspiracy websites ''[[Breitbart News]]'' and ''[[The Gateway Pundit]]'', ran an inaccurate headline which claimed one of Roy Moore's accusers admitted to forging an inscription by Roy Moore in her yearbook; Fox News later added a correction to the story.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/dec/08/blog-posting/no-roy-moore-accuser-didnt-tamper-or-forge-yearboo/ |title=No, Roy Moore accuser didn't admit she forged signature |first=Manuela |last=Tobias |date=December 8, 2017 |work=Politifact |access-date=December 9, 2017 }}</ref>

A number of Fox News hosts have welcomed Bill O'Reilly to their shows and paid tributes to Roger Ailes after his death. In May 2017, Hannity called Ailes "a second father" and said to Ailes's "enemies" that he was "preparing to kick your a** in the next life".<ref name="Park-2017">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sean-hannity-has-message-for-roger-ailes-enemies/ |title=Sean Hannity has message for Roger Ailes' enemies |first=Andrea |last=Park |date=May 18, 2017 |publisher=CBS News |access-date=October 12, 2017}}</ref> Ailes had the year before been fired from Fox News after women alleged he sexually harassed them.<ref name="Park-2017"/> In September 2017, several months after Bill O'Reilly was fired from Fox News in the wake of women alleging he sexually harassed them, Hannity hosted O'Reilly on his show.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/352439-hannity-to-host-oreilly-tuesday-for-second-interview-in-eight-days/ |title=Hannity to host O'Reilly Tuesday on Fox News |last=Lejeune |first=Tristan |date=September 26, 2017 |newspaper=The Hill |access-date=October 12, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Darcy-2017b">{{Cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/09/26/media/oreilly-hannity-fox-news-interview/index.html |title=Bill O'Reilly appears on Fox News for first time since his ouster |last=Darcy |first=Oliver |date=September 26, 2017 |work=CNN Money |access-date=October 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/09/27/bill-oreilly-returns-to-fox-as-sean-hannitys-guest/106036888/ |title=Bill O'Reilly returns to Fox as Sean Hannity's guest |date=September 27, 2017 |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=October 12, 2017 }}</ref> Some Fox News employees criticized the decision.<ref name="Darcy-2017b"/> According to CNN, during the interview, Hannity found kinship with O'Reilly as he appeared "to feel that he and O'Reilly have both become victims of liberals looking to silence them."<ref name="Darcy-2017b"/>