Daystar Television Network

===COVID-19 claims===
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]], Daystar was criticized for airing several programs which featured prominent [[anti-vaccination movement|anti-vaccine]] personalities such as [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]], [[Del Bigtree]], and [[Simone Gold]], who along with Daystar hosts promoted [[COVID-19 misinformation|misinformation about the pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Timothy | title=Anti-vaccine ministry uses Facebook to promote dangerous COVID-19 and vaccine falsehoods to millions of followers|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/anti-vaccine-ministry-uses-facebook-promote-dangerous-covid-19-and-vaccine-falsehoods |website=Media Matters for America | date=March 18, 2021| access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref> In their broadcasts, Marcus and Joni Lamb repeatedly touted discredited COVID-19 treatments such as [[hydroxychloroquine]] and [[ivermectin]]; both contracted COVID-19 despite these treatments, with Marcus Lamb dying from COVID-related complications in November 2021. Daystar had also filed a lawsuit against the [[Biden administration]] over its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, calling it a "sin against God's Holy Word".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Derysh |first1=Igor |title=Anti-vax televangelist dies after using "protocols" his TV network promoted to treat COVID |url=https://www.salon.com/2021/12/01/anti-vax-televangelist-dies-after-using-protocols-his-tv-network-promoted-to-treat/ |website=Salon |date=December 2021 |access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>

In October 2021, Australian pay television company [[Foxtel]], which offers Daystar as part of its channel package, announced that it was conducting a review after receiving complaints about Daystar programs featuring interviews promoting conspiracy theories about, and unproven treatments for, COVID-19.<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-07/foxtel-channel-covid-misinformation-claims/100518956 Foxtel Australia launches review into Christian TV channel with anti-vax message] ''[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]'', October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.</ref> The review subsequently found that Daystar did not breach any industry codes of practice for news and current affairs programs, or any federal or state law. Although the [[Australian Communications and Media Authority]] (ACMA) has issued a Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation for online platforms, this does not include television broadcasters.<ref>Drinkwater, Dale  [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-02/daystar-marcus-lamb-covid-death/100669238 Founder of anti-vaccination Christian TV network dies after contracting COVID-19, as review finds no breach of TV codes] ''ABC News'', December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.</ref>