News Corporation Class A

News Corporation, through its Fox News Media division, operates one of the most influential and widely distributed cable news networks in the United States. The network has been documented as a primary vector for the systematic spread of misinformation, particularly concerning public health and democratic processes. This conduct is central to its business model, which leverages partisan engagement.

A definitive example is Fox News’s role in amplifying the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Internal communications revealed in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit showed network hosts and executives privately expressing disbelief in the election fraud narratives they were broadcasting. Fox Corporation, News Corp’s sister company, settled the lawsuit for $787.5 million in 2023. The network has also been a prolific source of COVID-19 misinformation, promoting unproven treatments and undermining public health guidance, according to studies by researchers at the University of Chicago.

While the company’s filings note an “augmented demand for reliable data in an era of misinformation,” its core cable news operation continues to profit from programming that regularly traffics in false and misleading content. There is no public evidence of a structural reform to its editorial processes that would prevent the recurrence of the systemic misinformation campaigns documented in multiple legal and academic analyses.