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The Dispatch→ Fox’s Reckoning
A person walks past the Fox News headquarters in New York City on March 9, 2023. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)A post-Tucker Carlson crisis.Continue reading Fox’s Reckoning »
The Dispatch→ Tucker’s Matrix
Tucker Carlson in 2018. (Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for Politicon )Tucker Carlson thinks he’s the last honest man, and he’ll lie to prove it.Continue reading Tucker’s Matrix »
The Dispatch→ The Discrimination Lawsuit Against Fox News, Explained
A Fox News reporter's microphone. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)A former booker for Tucker Carlson makes serious allegations against the network.Continue reading The Discrimination Lawsuit Against Fox News, Explained »
Poynter→ Here are falsehoods we found in Tucker Carlson’s final Fox show
In Tucker Carlson’s final show on Fox News, he covered topics that might make any of his 3 million viewers anxious. More Black people will be selling weed in the […] The post Here are falsehoods we found in Tucker Carlson’s final Fox show app
The Dispatch→ Tucker Carlson Out at Fox News
Tucker Carlson speaks during the 2022 Fox Nation Patriot Awards. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)Plus: Mortgage fee changes burn better borrowers.Continue reading Tucker Carlson Out at Fox News »
The Dispatch→ Tuckered Out
Tucker Carlson in 2019. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Be careful what you wish for.Continue reading Tuckered Out »
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week Fox News Paid Up
Justin Nelson, joined by fellow members of the Dominion Voting Systems legal team, speaks to members of the media outside the Leonard Williams Justice Center in Wilmington, Delaware, on April 18, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Imag
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Cites False Ukrainian Casualty Numbers
Tucker Carlson. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.) During an April 13 broadcast, Fox News host Tucker Carlson cited a tranche of recently leaked U.S. intelligence documents as evidence that “Ukraine is in fact losing the war” against Russia.
The Dispatch→ Pillows Full of Cash
People walk by the News Corporation headquarters, home to Fox News, on April 18, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Fox News pays up to keep any further dirty laundry from being aired in court.Continue reading Pillows Full of
The Dispatch→ No Regrets
People walk by the News Corporation headquarters in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Would Fox News do anything differently? Continue reading No Regrets »
Poynter→ Dominion-Fox lawsuit: Here’s a look back at false claims about the voting machine company
Long before Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox News for defamation, PolitiFact was fact-checking claims about the election machine maker and its supposed influence over the 2020 election. Dominion was headed […] The post Dominion-Fox lawsuit: Here&
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Fox News Cover a New Chicken Sandwich Instead of the Louisville Shooting?
Fox News headquarters in New York. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images) A digitally altered screenshot of a Fox News report has been taken by social media users to suggest that the network aired coverage of a new chicken sandwich released
The Dispatch→ Malice Toward All?
Tucker Carlson. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)Whatever happens in Dominion’s lawsuit against Fox, it has exposed the network’s contempt for its viewers.Continue reading Malice Toward All? »
Poynter→ Claims that Silicon Valley Bank donated $73 million to Black Lives Matter are unsupported
Newsmax, Tucker Carlson and Jesse Watters suggested without evidence that 'woke' investments contributed to the bank's collapse.
The Dispatch→ Dominion v. Fox News: A Good Case, But Not a Slam Dunk
Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered outside the NewsCorp Building in Manhattan on March 7, 2023. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images)The Supreme Court’s ‘actual malice’ standard is a high bar to
Truth or Fiction?→ New York Court: Fox News ‘Turned a Blind Eye’ to Guests’ Election Disinformation
The right-wing Fox “news” channel must face a second defamation lawsuit for promoting election deniers following Donald Trump’s resounding loss to Joe Biden in 2020. The New York State Supreme Court ruled on March 8 2023 that a $2.7 b
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on Tucker Carlson, the CHIPS Act, and 2024
Tucker Carlson. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)Plus: It’s been three years since the pandemic got real.Continue reading Our Best Stuff on Tucker Carlson, the CHIPS Act, and 2024 »
Poynter→ 7 false claims from Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s segments on Jan. 6 footage
Fox News host Tucker Carlson on March 6 aired newly released security video from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that he said was provided to him […] The post 7 false claims from Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s segments on Jan. 6 fo
The Dispatch→ Choose Your Own Adventure
Tucker Carlson speaks in Hollywood, Florida, on November 17, 2022. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)Fox, January 6, and the unknowable truth.The post Choose Your Own Adventure appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ How Fox News Created a ‘Safe Space’ for Its Audience
Fox News host Tucker Carlson. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)The network didn’t want to upset its audience with the truth about the 2020 election.The post How Fox News Created a ‘Safe Space’ for Its Audience appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Bill Sammon, the Deer Hunter
Entrance to Fox News headquarters at NewsCorp Building in New York. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images)How the former managing editor of Fox News kept his head while everyone else seemed to be losing theirs.The post Bill Sammon, the Deer
The Dispatch→ When the Truth Takes a Back Seat
Sean Hannity speaks during a live taping of his show in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)Perverse incentives are warping the profession of journalism. The post When the Truth Takes a Back Seat appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ The Coming Decline of Fox News
Fox News headquarters in New York City. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)Win or lose, Murdoch media will decline after the Dominion suit.The post The Coming Decline of Fox News appeared first on The Dispatch.
Truth or Fiction?→ What Rupert Murdoch Said Under Oath About Fox News’ 2020 Election Claims
On February 28 2023, a popular post on Imgur asserted that Fox News “lied … about the 2020 election,” and that chairman and right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch testified to that fact under oath: Text on the meme was credited to Tw
The Dispatch→ Gearing Up for the Tucker Tapes
Protesters walk through the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Plus: A look at lawmakers fighting isolationism as the war in Ukraine enters its second year.The post Gearing Up for the Tu
The Dispatch→ The Tiger Is Loose
Trump supporter Melissa Regan, of Pike County, Ohio, attends a Stop the Steal rally in support of President Trump on December 12, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images.)Further thoughts on Fox News and Dominion Vot
The Dispatch→ The Tiger Is Loose
Trump supporter Melissa Regan, of Pike County, Ohio, attends a Stop the Steal rally in support of President Trump on December 12, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images.)Further thoughts on Fox News and Dominion Vot
Poynter→ Tucker Carlson is wrong: Diversity makes the Biden administration more representative, not less
Fox News host Tucker Carlson criticized President Joe Biden’s federal judge nominations, calling them “race-based” and illegal. “The point of diversity, equity and inclusion, as you’ve often heard, is to […] The post Tuc
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week Dominion Exposed Fox News
Tucker Carlson speaks during 2022 Fox Nation Patriot Awards in Hollywood, Florida. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)Plus: Nikki Haley enters the race, the folly of Buy American policy, and more.The post Our Best Stuff From the Week Dominion Exposed
The Dispatch→ Fox News Hates Its Viewers
Sean Hannity during a live taping of "Hannity.” (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images.)Maybe it should.The post Fox News Hates Its Viewers appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Are ‘White Women’ the Greatest Threat to World Peace?
A digitally altered image based on a Fox News graphic. A screenshot of a Fox News graphic circulating online has been digitally altered. The image purports to show a poll conducted in Germany by data analytics firm YouGov that asked respondents for the
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Most Intense Weather Broadcast Ever’
As Hurricane Ian bore down on Florida in September 2022, old clips of Shepard Smith’s blunt warnings to Floridians about a different storm gained new life online. “So the weatherman just gonna OD on us like that?” read one tweet showi
Poynter→ How partisan television media fuels persistent echo chambers
How do you get dedicated Fox News viewers to drop Tucker Carlson for a month and change the channel? Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and Yale University landed […] The post How partisan television media fuels persistent ec
Poynter→ A viral post falsely claims Fox News sought the legal right to lie
A viral post recycled an old claim that Fox News Channel is officially registered as an entertainment outlet — not an authentic news organization. To build the case, the post […] The post A viral post falsely claims Fox News sought the legal ri
Poynter→ No, this isn’t a real chyron about ‘gay hypnosis’ on Tucker Carlson’s show
A photo of a television tuned to Fox News appears to show a surprising chyron on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” “Straight men turning homo after ‘gay hypnosis,’” the text says below […] The post No, this isn’t a real chyr
Poynter→ Video showing Ron DeSantis arguing with Sean Hannity about a ‘raid’ is satire
Footage of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arguing with Sean Hannity of Fox News about whether the search of Mar-a-Lago should be called a “raid” went viral on Twitter. But the tense exchange […] The post Video showing Ron DeSantis arguin
Snopes→ Amazon Web Services Continues to Host Files for CBD Scam
The web hosting company continued to host files associated with a CBD-gummies celebrity-endorsement scam, even after being notified twice.
Truth or Fiction?→ NewsGuard Amends Fox News’ Rating from ‘Green’ to ‘Red’
On July 21 2022, anti-disinformation activist Nandini Jammi tweeted that NewsGuard (a subscription-based browser extension for tracking misinformation and disinformation by source) had downranked Fox News from “trustworthy” to “procee
Snopes→ Is the ‘What I Would Do’ Trump Quote About Ukraine Real?
A meme displayed a genuine quote from former U.S. President Donald Trump that showed some of his thoughts on how to help Ukraine during Russia's invasion.