{"id":2234668,"date":"2024-05-01T14:53:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-caves-to-hunter-biden-pulls-controversial-series\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T14:55:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:55:29","slug":"fox-news-caves-to-hunter-biden-pulls-controversial-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-caves-to-hunter-biden-pulls-controversial-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News decides to withdraw controversial series after pressure from Hunter Biden"},"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\">24<\/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-caves-to-hunter-biden-pulls-controversial-series%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=2234668&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--><p>Fox News decided to remove a \u2063program on Hunter Biden&#8217;s legal issues \u2062from its platform after threats from his lawyers. The show &#8220;The Trial of Hunter Biden&#8221; was taken down from Fox Nation following legal \u200cpressure. The move came after allegations of defamation, prompting\u200c Fox News to review and pull the program\u200d temporarily. Here is \u200da summary of\u200c the provided text: Fox News chose to pull a program discussing Hunter Biden&#8217;s \u2063legal \u2064matters from \u200cits platform due to\u200d threats from his\u2063 legal team. The\u200b show, titled\u200b &#8220;The Trial of Hunter Biden,&#8221;\u2062 was removed from Fox Nation after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-examiners-sarah-bedford-says-democrats-want-menendez-to-resign-due-to-reelection-chances\/\" title=\"Democrats are urging Menendez to step down to improve their chances of winning reelection, according to Sarah Bedford of the Washington Examiner.\">facing \u2064legal challenges<\/a>. Allegations of defamation led Fox News \u200cto review the situation and temporarily take\u2062 down the\u2062 program.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 1, 2024 at 9:56am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Fox News caved on Tuesday and agreed to take down a special from its streaming platform about the legal woes of Hunter Biden, following threats from his attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>The program \u201cThe Trial of Hunter Biden\u201d was pulled from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/angry-fans-follow-tucker-carlson-door-start-canceling-fox-nation-subscriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Nation<\/a> the network confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/04\/hunter-biden-fox-news-legal-threat-1235899554\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis program was produced in and has been available since 2022,\u201d a company representative said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are reviewing the concerns that have just been raised and \u2014 out of an abundance of caution in the interim \u2014 have taken it down,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nation.foxnews.com\/the-trial-of-hunter-biden-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Trial of Hunter Biden<\/a>\u201d was gone from Fox Nation\u2019s catalog by Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fox rips \u201cThe Trial of Hunter Biden\u201d off their streaming service The show\u2019s removal came after Biden\u2019s lawyers demanded<br \/> Fox immediately remove or face lawsuit \u2014<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5\ud83c\udf7f\ud83c\udf7f\ud83c\udf7f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lAIaIdHIrI\">pic.twitter.com\/lAIaIdHIrI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 April Color (@ColorApril) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColorApril\/status\/1785638672252940448?\">May 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The series teased a \u201criveting look at the unresolved legal situation of President Joe Biden\u2019s son, Hunter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program featured a \u201cmock trial\u201d in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hip-hop-star-breaks-mold-remakes-classic-song-skewer-hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a> was a criminal defendant.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for the son of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidenomics-five-cities-rent-continues-explode-impact-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> announced on Monday that they intended to imminently sue the network for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindell-counter-suing-dominion-alleges-racketeering\/\" title=\"Lindell counter-suing Dominion, alleges racketeering\">alleged defamation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The argument made by the attorneys was that Fox\u2019s airing of blurred photos of nude Hunter Biden that have been circulating online for years equated to the breaking of \u201crevenge porn\u201d laws.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/29\/politics\/hunter-biden-fox-letter\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> obtained a letter Hunter Biden\u2019s legal team sent to Fox News that threatened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-bidens-lawyers-threaten-fox-news-reportedly-plans-sue-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legal action<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFOX knows that these private and confidential images were hacked, stolen, and\/or manipulated digital material,\u201d the letter stated.<\/p>\n<p>CNN reported a lawsuit targeting Fox News would be part of Hunter Biden\u2019s \u201cstrategy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-lawyers-threaten-fox-news-reportedly-plans-to-sue-network\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's legal team warns Fox News and considers suing the network\">publicly fight back<\/a> against conservative media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News had initially defended its coverage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-crushes-hunter-bidens-claim-federal-gun-charge-politically-motivated-refuses-dismiss-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the president\u2019s son<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trumps-lawyers-offer-former-presidents-answer-to-impeachment-article-on-incitement-of-insurrection\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Trump\u2019s Lawyers Offer Former President\u2019s Answer To Impeachment Article On Incitement Of Insurrection\">protected speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The network said in a statement obtained by Deadline, \u201cHunter Biden\u2019s lawyers have belatedly chosen to publicly attack Fox News\u2019 constitutionally protected coverage regarding their client.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Biden is a public figure who has been the subject of investigations by both the Department of Justice and Congress, has been indicted by two different U.S. Attorney\u2019s Offices in California and Delaware, and has admitted to multiple incidents of wrongdoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden\u2019s legal team had also demanded Fox News retract reporting about a former FBI asset who claimed he had firsthand knowledge of alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fired-ukrainian-prosecutor-accuses-joe-biden-corruption-bribed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden family corruption<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-responds-white-house-demands-network-issue-retraction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexander Smirnov<\/a> alleged he knew about corruption involving the Bidens and their business dealings in Ukraine, but he was charged with making false statements by the Justice Department earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Smirnov has maintained he was being truthful and pleaded not guilty after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/sco-weiss\/pr\/grand-jury-returns-indictment-charging-fbi-confidential-human-source-felony-false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indicted<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-anna-paulina-luna-scolds-dems-waving-ukrainian-flags-after-vote-put-those-damn-flags-away\/\" title=\"Video: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Criticizes Democrats Waving Ukrainian Flags - 'Remove Those Flags!\">lying leftist media<\/a> and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44767\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44767\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44767\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44767\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44767\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Johnathan Jones has worked as a reporter, an editor, and producer in radio, television and digital media.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Johnathan &#8220;Kipp&#8221; Jones has worked as an editor and producer in radio and television. 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