{"id":2010106,"date":"2023-08-23T22:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T02:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-releases-list-of-demands-right-before-gop-debate-threatens-to-sue-violators\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T22:48:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T02:48:21","slug":"fox-news-releases-list-of-demands-right-before-gop-debate-threatens-to-sue-violators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-releases-list-of-demands-right-before-gop-debate-threatens-to-sue-violators\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News issues demands ahead of GOP debate, threatens legal action against violators."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffox-news-releases-list-of-demands-right-before-gop-debate-threatens-to-sue-violators%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010106&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Fox News\u2064 Imposes Restrictions\u200b on\u200d GOP Debate Coverage<\/h2>\n<p>Fox News is taking a page out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waukesha-restaurant-donates-all-friday-proceeds-to-families-impacted-by-christmas-parade-attack\/\" title=\"Waukesha Restaurant Donates All Friday Proceeds To Families Impacted By Christmas Parade Attack\">left-wing media\u2019<\/a>s playbook \u2063with a new rule for the first \u200dRepublican\u200c primary\u2062 presidential\u200c debate,\u200d which\u200c is \u200bslated to air on Fox News on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The media\u2062 outlet put out an advisory stating that for\u200c seven days from the date\u200c of \u2062the debate, no other media outlet would\u2063 be allowed to air more than\u200b three minutes of\u2064 excerpts from the \u2064debate in any\u200c one program, including video and audio.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b relevant portion of\u200b the advisory was read\u200c aloud\u2063 by a very annoyed Ben Shapiro on \u201cThe Ben\u2062 Shapiro Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">INSANE: per Fox \u2062News, \u200bany media\u2064 covering tonight\u2019s debate are only allowed to\u2064 post\u200c up to\u2063 3 minutes TOTAL \u2063of the footage. That\u2019s about two clips for all coverage. By \u2064imposing these ridiculous restrictions they\u2019re not only depriving\u2064 voters of\u2064 relevant and important news,\u2062 they are\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8dL0aTlc7W\">pic.twitter.com\/8dL0aTlc7W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2064 Ben\u200d Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1694430893459361844?\">August 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re out of their minds. That\u2019s totally crazy. They\u2019re treating this like a football game or like a baseball game, which is\u200d nuts,\u201d Shapiro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-slammed-over-insane-restrictions-for-covering-presidential-debate-totally-crazy\/\" title=\"Fox News criticized for 'crazy' restrictions on covering presidential debate.\">newsworthy material involving<\/a> the presidential candidates, the people that are \u200dgoing to represent you at the top levels of\u2063 government,\u200b and Fox News is saying that\u200b you\u2019re not allowed to hear from them unless you watch the debate\u2063 live or unless you\u2019re\u2063 watching Fox News,\u201d Shapiro \u2064continued.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro explained that when \u2062people like him attempt to \u2064recap the debate\u200b to explain what happened, Fox \u2063News is threatening to sue them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow the hell \u200dis anybody supposed \u2064to actually figure out\u2063 what happened in the debate unless they watch\u2064 the thing live?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-conservative-ben-shapiro-burns-barbie-doll-thumbs-review-woke-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shapiro<\/a> continued, pointing out that the real reason for this is that Fox News wants\u200b to telescope all viewers onto their channel.<\/p>\n<h3>Do you agree with Fox News&#8217; rules about the GOP debate?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Completing this poll entitles\u2063 you to The Western Journal news updates \u200bfree \u2063of charge. \u2062You may opt out \u200bat\u2064 anytime.\u200c You also\u2062 agree\u2062 to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> \u2064 and \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News is just beginning to recover viewership after a devastating\u2062 drop in numbers following \u2063the ousting of their biggest\u200c primetime star, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/look-fox-news-tucker-carlson-may-landed-huge-conservative-investors-new-media-company-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tucker Carlson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In May, a\u200c month after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/read-text-message-reportedly-got-tucker-carlson-fired-fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlson\u2019s departure<\/a>, \u200dFox News averaged 1.42 million \u200cviewers during primetime, a 37 percent decrease from the same \u200dmonth in\u200c 2022, according to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/05\/fox-news-tucker-carlson-may-ratings-1235383937\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u2062 key 25-54 demo,\u200d Fox did \u200deven\u2062 worse, dropping a whopping 62 percent from the previous\u2064 year.<\/p>\n<p>After a \u2064desperate reshuffle of\u200d programming, \u200dwhich resulted in host Jesse Watters taking over \u2062the 8 p.m. \u200dslot,\u200d Laura Ingraham \u200dmoving from 10 p.m. \u200bto 7 p.m., \u200cand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/greg-gutfeld-takes-epic-swipe-ex-fox-news-host-geraldo-live-audience-bursts-laughter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Gutfeld<\/a> moving from late night to the 10 \u2063p.m. hour,\u2064 the network has \u2063begun to buoy \u2014 thanks in part \u200bto an\u2064 interview with former President Donald Trump on \u201cHannity,\u201d which \u2062rated as the No. 1 cable \u200bshow during the week of July\u200d 17 with an\u2064 average of 2.84\u2062 million viewers, according\u200b to \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maryroeloffs\/2023\/07\/26\/fox-news-ratings-surge-26-amid-post-tucker-carlson-shakeup-and-trump-interview\/?sh=5e2032e180e3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But now Fox seems\u200d to be acting like an over-possessive husband, refusing\u2064 to \u200dlet \u2063their content leave the house.<\/p>\n<p>The network, \u200dwhich\u200c during\u2064 Democrat administrations \u200dconstantly complained that it was not given\u2063 fair access, is now denying it\u2064 from other, much\u2063 smaller players.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, in 2009, the\u200c Obama administration \u2064attempted to\u2063 exclude Fox News from interviews with executive pay czar Kenneth Feinberg despite extending invitations \u2063to reporters from major networks \u2063like the Big Three and CNN.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, journalists from other\u2062 networks \u200brallied\u200c to Fox\u2019s defense. \u2063Jake\u200c Tapper,\u200d who was with ABC News at\u200c the \u200dtime, referred to Fox as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcfp.org\/white-house-attempted-shut-out-fox-news-reporter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of our sister \u200borganizations.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ironically,\u2063 the back\u200d and forth\u200d with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/barack-obamas-relative-says-yes-support-donald-trump-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama<\/a> drew audiences to Fox \u2062at that time \u2014 in many ways.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Fox, arguably the top dog in establishment media \u2064news,\u2064 instead of \u2063lifting up newer \u200cnews providers having been in their shoes, is attempting\u2062 to shut them \u2063out from being\u200b able to fairly report and explain the news. \u200dBut\u200b it may well\u200c backfire on them.<\/p>\n<p>By\u200d restricting access to the debate unless you watch it live, Fox may have \u2062been trying to take viewership away from\u2064 Tucker\u2062 Carlson\u2019s online show. Carlson struck\u2063 gold, securing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/donald-trump-snub-gop-debate-alternate-program-tucker-carlson-instead-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one-on-one interview<\/a> on X, formerly called \u200cTwitter, with former \u2063President Trump, \u2063who \u2062decided \u2064to\u2063 snub the Fox debate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ep. 19 Debate Night with Donald J Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ayPfII48CO\">pic.twitter.com\/ayPfII48CO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tucker \u200bCarlson (@TuckerCarlson)\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1694513603251241143?\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>However, Shapiro thinks Fox\u2019s \u2064strategy may backfire in the long\u200b term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat \u200bFox is \u200bdoing here right now actually helps Trump, and it helps Tucker, \u200bironically,\u201d Shapiro said on his podcast. \u201cBecause, \u200dby restricting the ability of other people to engage\u2064 with\u200b the newsmaking that they \u2063are doing in this debate,\u2063 this \u200cgives a leg up to Trump and Tucker, who are putting\u2063 all their stuff\u200c out \u2062for \u2062free on X\/ Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll their stuff is now available to everyone, which gives Trump a \u200dleg up \u2026 and Fox News a leg down,\u201d Shapiro continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that\u200c Fox is trying harder and harder to \u200dits\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daily-feed-5-12-23\/\" title=\"Daily Update 5\/12\/23\">declining user base<\/a>, but I gotta say, this should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-releases-list-of-demands-right-before-gop-debate-threatens-to-sue-violators\/\" title=\"Fox News issues demands ahead of GOP debate, threatens legal action against violators.\">relevant information \u2026 classic fair<\/a> use kind of\u2063 stuff\u2063 for\u200b conservatives all over the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Fox to restrict access to your \u200dability to listen to clips of \u2064the debate with commentary, which is the normal way that fair use works, threatening\u200b litigation against everybody else is pretty insane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-releases-list-demands-right-gop-debate-threatens-sue-violators\/\">Fox News Releases List of Demands Right Before GOP Debate, Threatens to Sue Violators<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News is adopting a tactic from left-wing media by implementing a new rule for the initial GOP primary debate. The network announced that for a week following the debate, no other media outlet will be allowed to cover it. 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