Fox News

=== Journalistic ethical standards ===
Fox News attracted controversy in April 2018 when it was revealed primetime host Sean Hannity had defended Trump's then personal attorney Michael Cohen on air without disclosing Cohen was his lawyer.<ref name="No Disclosure-NYT">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/business/media/sean-hannity-fox-news.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/business/media/sean-hannity-fox-news.html |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=No Disclosure? No Problem. Sean Hannity Gets a Pass at Fox News. |last1=Grynbaum |first1=Michael M. |last2=Koblin |first2=John |date=April 17, 2018 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=April 28, 2018 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On April 9, 2018, federal agents from the [[U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York|U.S. Attorney's office]] served a search warrant on Cohen's office and residence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-cohen-raid/fbi-raids-offices-home-of-trumps-personal-lawyer-sources-idUSKBN1HG336 |title=FBI raids offices, home of Trump's personal lawyer: sources |last1=Strobel |first1=Warren |last2=Walcott |first2=John |date=April 10, 2018 |work=Reuters |access-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref> On the air, Hannity defended Cohen and criticized the federal action, calling it "highly questionable" and "an unprecedented abuse of power".<ref name="Winter">{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-wants-review-some-materials-seized-cohen-fbi-raid-n866226 |title=Fox News host Sean Hannity revealed as Michael Cohen's mystery client |last1=Winter |first1=Tom |last2=Edelman |first2=Adam |date=April 16, 2018 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref> On April 16, 2018, in a court hearing, Cohen's lawyers told the judge that Cohen had ten clients in 2017–2018 but did "traditional legal tasks" for only three: Trump, [[Elliott Broidy]], and a "prominent person" who did not wish to be named for fear of being "embarrassed".<ref name="Miller">{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-cohen-sean-hannity_us_5ad4ef98e4b016a07e9f6410 |title=Identity Of Michael Cohen's 'Mystery' Client Revealed As Sean Hannity |last1=Miller |first1=Hayley |last2=Blumberg |first2=Antonia |work=[[HuffPost]] |date=April 16, 2018 |access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-cohen/foxs-hannity-revealed-as-mystery-client-of-trumps-personal-lawyer-idUSKBN1HN12G |title=Fox's Hannity revealed as mystery client of Trump's personal lawyer |last1=Pierson |first1=Brendan |last2=Freifeld |first2=Karen |last3=Stempel |first3=Jonathan |date=April 18, 2018 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=April 18, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/business/media/sean-hannity-michael-cohen-client.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/business/media/sean-hannity-michael-cohen-client.html |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Sean Hannity Is Named as Client of Michael Cohen, Trump's Lawyer |last1=Feuer |first1=Alan |last2=Grynbaum |first2=Michael |last3=Koblin |first3=John |date=April 16, 2018 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 18, 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> The federal judge ordered the revelation of the third client, whom Cohen's lawyers named as Hannity.<ref name="Miller"/>

Hannity was not sanctioned by Fox News for this breach of journalistic ethics, with Fox News releasing a statement that the channel was unaware of Hannity's relationship to Cohen and that it had "spoken to Sean and he continues to have our full support."<ref name="No Disclosure-NYT"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hannitys-rising-role-in-trumps-world-he-basically-has-a-desk-in-the-place/2018/04/17/e2483018-4260-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html |title=Hannity's rising role in Trump's world: 'He basically has a desk in the place' |last1=Costa |first1=Robert |last2=Ellison |first2=Sarah |last3=Dawsey |first3=Josh |date=April 17, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 28, 2018 |issn=0190-8286 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/17/sean-hannity-fox-news-full-support-michael-cohen-528948 |title=Cohen controversy tests Hannity's Teflon Sean reputation |first=Cristiano |last=Lima |date=April 17, 2018 |website=Politico |access-date=April 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="cohenCNBC">{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/17/watchdogs-attack-sean-hannity-for-hiding-link-to-trump-lawyer-cohen.html |title=Fox News gives Sean Hannity 'full support' as critics slam him for hiding link to Trump lawyer |last=Breuninger |first=Kevin |date=April 17, 2018 |publisher=CNBC |access-date=April 28, 2018}}</ref> Media ethics experts said that Hannity's disclosure failure was a major breach of journalistic ethics and that the network should have suspended or fired him for it.<ref name="cohenCNBC"/>