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Fox News will serve as the 'loyal opposition' to Joe Biden, CEO Lachlan Murdoch has announced - adding that the move was designed to boost their ratings. In what was seen as the most frank assessment of the network to date, Murdoch, the eldest son of Rupert Murdoch, said that the network would hold the new president to account. Speaking on Thursday at a Morgan Stanley conference, the 49-year-old said that Fox News was aiming to echo MSNBC's success in acting as the main White House critic. 'The main beneficiary of the Trump administration from a ratings point of view...

One of the most chilling examples in modern times of the accelerating full-spectrum assault on free speech and the First Amendment took place yesterday. One of the most chilling examples in modern times of the accelerating full-spectrum assault on free speech and the First Amendment took place yesterday on Capitol Hill, courtesy of a subcommittee of the Democrat-controlled House Committee on Energy and Commerce. For over three hours on Wednesday afternoon, the subcommittee held a virtual hearing titled Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media. The target was conservative media in general and Fox News in particular. Conservatives...

In recent months, the hatred of Fox News from the left has been almost matched by trending memes – from the right! Examples include (to paraphrase) “Fox News has turned left.” “Fox News is being run by Disney.” “The woke wives of the Murdoch sons are running Fox.” “RINO Paul Ryan is running Fox News from his seat on the company’s board of directors.” And so on. All of that is false. Total BS. How do I know? Unlike most of the new anti-Fox critics, I actually watch the Fox News Channel (FNC). I take notes. I have monitored the...

Update on the Fox News Post-Steal ratings collapse. Going from all-time record ratings before their duplicitous Arizona call, to their catastrophic ratings collapse by Monday 1/25. Here are the current Fox News ratings losses since The Steal according to Nielsen as of Monday 1/25: 7am Fox/Friendless -51% 8am Fox/Friendless -51% 9am Perino/Hemmer -48% 10am Perino/Hemmer -41% 11am Faulkner -40% 12pm Outnumbered -41% 1pm Smith/Roberts -32% 2pm Smith/Roberts -38% (used to be Perino's show) 3pm MacCallum -39% (used to be Hemmer's show) 4pm Cavuto -44% 5pm The Five -36% 6pm Baier -51% 7pm Fox Primetime -49% (used to be MacCallum's show)...

Politics editor Chris Stirewalt, along with nearly two dozen digital journalists, have been fired from Fox News. Stirewalt is listed by the New York Times as one of two “senior leaders” exiting the network as Fox “tries to lure back viewers who balked at its coverage of the 2020 election and its aftermath.” The other is Bill Sammon, Fox News’s longtime Washington bureau chief, who told staff that he would be retiring at the end of the month. Stirewalt, however, was “fired” according to the Times, along with “roughly 20 Fox News digital journalists” who were laid off on Tuesday....

Two executives involved in the early call of Arizona for Joe Biden on Election Night, angering many conservatives, are no longer employed at the cable network whose ratings took a subsequent nosedive. Two executives involved in the early call of Arizona for Joe Biden on Election Night, angering many conservatives, are no longer employed at the cable network whose ratings took a subsequent nosedive. Both have been lightning rods for conservatives since the election. The Associated Press reports: Bill Sammon, senior vice president and managing editor at Fox’s Washington bureau, announced his retirement to staff members on Monday. On Tuesday,...

Update on the Fox News Post-Steal weekend ratings collapse. Going from record ratings before their duplicitous Arizona call, to a catastrophic ratings collapse by Sat-Sun 1/16-1/17. Here are the current Fox News ratings losses since The Steal according to Nielsen as of Sat-Sun 1/16-1/17: Kurtz -59% Neville/Shawn -57% Guttfield -57% Fox and Friendless Saturday -52% Scott -51% Fox and Friendless Sunday -50% Cavuto -48% Jeanine -48% Watters -47% Chris Wallace -41% Bartiromo -41% Levin -33%

Rupert Murdoch's Daytime Shakeup isn't going as planned for Fox News. Ratings are in for Monday 1/18 (the first day of the new daytime schedule) and compared to the previous Monday 1/11, the shakeup has only made things worse on Daytime Fox. Here are the daytime hour by hour (1/18 versus 1/11) ratings changes according to Nielsen: 9am Perino/Hemmer -2% 10am Perino/Hemmer -2% 11am Faulkner -1% 12pm Outnumbered +1% 1pm Smith/Roberts +2% 2pm Smith/Roberts -12% (used to be Perino's show) 3pm MacCallum -11% (used to be Hemmer's show) 4pm Cavuto -18% 5pm The Five -10% 6pm Baier -9% 7pm Kilmeade...

Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt was laid off Tuesday as the company restructures itself heading into the Biden administration, according to a report.

Chris Stirewalt, the Fox News political editor in charge of the decision desk which called Arizona for Joe Biden before the polls closed on election night was laid off on Tuesday. According to the Washington Post, Stirewalt, alongside approximately 20 other Fox News staffers were let go today.

Update on the Fox News Post-Steal ratings collapse. Going from record ratings before their duplicitous Arizona call, to a catastrophic ratings collapse by Friday 1/15. Here are the current Fox News ratings losses since The Steal according to Nielsen as of Friday 1/15: MacCallum -56% Baier -56% Ingraham -55% Hannity -54% Bream -54% Carlson -51% Outnumbered -50% Fox and Friendless -49% Sandra Smith -46% Cavuto -45% The Five -43% Hemmer -40% Perino -37%

In a Monday op-ed, the Washington Post called on heavyweight telecommunications corporations to shut down conservative cable news outlets including Fox News, One America News, and Newsmax TV, comparing the need to do so with that of shutting down foreign terrorist influencers. The essay, penned by prominent Trump critic Max Boot, a Post columnist and CNN global affairs analyst, begins by explaining how merely holding the president accountable for “his role in inciting this violent insurrection” is “insufficient.” “There is a whole infrastructure of incitement that will remain intact even after Trump leaves office,” Boot writes. “Just as we do...

James Murdoch claimed on Friday that U.S. news outlets will be faced with a 'reckoning' after last week's deadly pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol. In an interview with the Financial Times, the 48-year-old blamed 'media property owners' for unleashing 'insidious and uncontrollable forces' with their support of disinformation about the 2020 election. James, the youngest son of billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, also claimed that media groups fueled the riot by leading 'a substantial portion' of the public to believe 'a falsehood' about the election.

Fox News is still not recovering from their Post-Steal ratings collapse. Going from record ratings before their duplicitous Arizona call, to a disastrous ratings collapse by Thursday 1/14. Here are the current Fox News ratings losses since The Steal according to Nielsen as of Thursday 1/14: Ingraham -56% MacCallum -54% Bream -54% Fox and Friendless -52% Baier -51% Hannity -50% Carlson -49% Sandra Smith -49% Outnumbered -48% Hemmer -45% Cavuto -43% Perino -40% The Five -39%

Both CNN and MSNBC scored a ratings win over Fox News for the first time in 20 years on Friday, January 8, according to Nielsen, via Mediaite. -snip- Friday night saw CNN average 4.36 million total viewers, and 1.31 million in the key demographic of viewers aged 25-54. This was closely followed by MSNBC, with 4.32 million total viewers and 838,000 in that same demographic. Fox came in third place, with 2.98 million total viewers and 513,000 in the 25-54 demographic. Newsweek has contacted Fox News for comment.

Fox News anchor Bret Baier pressed Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) late Monday to explicitly say whether he believes President Trump will remain in the White House despite his defeat in the November election. "I want to pin you down on what you're trying to do," Baier told Hawley during the Republican's appearance on the network. "Are you trying to say as of Jan. 20 Trump will be president?" Hawley responded: "That depends on what happens on Wednesday, that's why we have the debate."

President-elect Joe Biden will issue an executive order halting "midnight regulations" on day one of his presidency, incoming White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday. "We’re announcing today that, like other incoming administrations have done before, the Biden-Harris White House will issue a memo to take effect on the afternoon Eastern Time on January 20 that will halt or delay midnight regulations, actions taken by the Trump administration that will not have taken effect by Inauguration Day," Psaki told reporters. Midnight regulations are rules that outgoing administrations rush through during the lame-duck period.

December's Ratings Collapse for Fox News Weekend continues to be a nightmare. Going from record ratings before their duplicitous Arizona call, to massive ratings collapse by Sat-Sun 12/19-12/20. Here are the current Fox News weekend ratings losses according to Nielsen as of 12/19-12/20. Neville/Shawn -60% Scott -59% Kurtz -57% Fox and Friendless (Sun) -56% Jeanine -55% Cavuto -52% Wallace -52% Guttfield -50% Fox and Friendless (Sat) -47% Bartiromo -44% Watters -44% Hilton -31% Levin -21%

December's Ratings Collapse for Fox News continues to be a nightmare for the Murdochs and their paid and unpaid minions. They thought we would stick around after their Election night treachery and they were wrong! Going from record ratings in November, to a massive ratings collapse by Wednesday 12/23. Here are the current Fox News ratings losses as of Wednesday 12/23 according to Nielsen: Ingraham -61% Hannity -57% MacCallum -54% Baier -54% Hemmer -53% Carlson -51% Cavuto -50% Sandra Smith -48% Outnumbered -48% Fox and Friendless -44% Perino -43% The Five -39%

December's Ratings Collapse for Fox News continues to be a disaster for the Murdochs and their on-air minions. Going from record ratings in November, to a massive ratings collapse by Monday 12/22. Here are the current Fox News ratings losses as of Monday 12/22 according to Nielsen: Ingraham -64% Hannity -61% Bream -61% MacCallum -57% Carlson -54% Cavuto -53% Baier -53% Sandra Smith -53% Fox and Friendless -50% Outnumbered -47% Hemmer -47% The Five -43% Perino -38%