{"id":2631223,"date":"2026-07-17T14:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maga-declares-fox-news-has-joined-the-fake-media-after-strange-coverage-of-trumps-big-speech\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:38:27","slug":"maga-declares-fox-news-has-joined-the-fake-media-after-strange-coverage-of-trumps-big-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maga-declares-fox-news-has-joined-the-fake-media-after-strange-coverage-of-trumps-big-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGA Declares Fox News Has &#8216;Joined the Fake Media&#8217; After &#8216;Strange&#8217; Coverage of Trump&#8217;s Big Speech"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fmaga-declares-fox-news-has-joined-the-fake-media-after-strange-coverage-of-trumps-big-speech%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=2631223&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>The content discusses how Fox News has generally reported favorably on President Donald Trump&#8217;s actions, such as his military conflicts and policies, but has shown notable silence regarding his claims about election integrity.During Trump&#8217;s speech where he presented allegations of voter fraud, non-citizens voting, and foreign interference, Fox News largely ignored or minimized coverage of the event, focusing rather on international issues like the Iran conflict. Social media reactions criticized the network for not covering the speech and for seeming to avoid addressing the major election-related accusations. Observers suggested that a corporate memo might have influenced this stance. Additionally, Fox News settled a significant lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems in April 2023 for $787.5 million, related to false claims about the 2020 presidential election.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fox News has largely covered President Donald Trump\u2019s war against Iran and his other recent actions in office favorably.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to election integrity, however, the otherwise conservative network appears to prefer radio silence.<\/p>\n<p>Late Thursday and early Friday on the social media platform X, users noted that Fox News had shown a \u201cstrange\u201d indifference to Trump\u2019s election integrity speech, prompting one user to declare that the network had \u201cjoined the fake media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a Thursday primetime address to the nation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-dhs-identifies-278000-foreigners-illegally-registered-vote-federal-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> announced that a Department of Homeland Security investigation had identified at least 278,000 non-citizens registered to vote in federal elections across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, that number represents only a partial count.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince Democrat states refused to  their voter files, the real number is actually much higher than that,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The president also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-admin-notifies-states-whose-election-data-compromised-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alleged<\/a> that China, beginning in the 2020 election cycle, \u201ccarried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history, resulting in China\u2019s illicit acquisition of 220 million U.S. voter files.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The speech took place against the backdrop of Trump\u2019s push for the Senate to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, which would <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >impose tighter election security measures<\/a> such as voter ID.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Senate, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/retiring-gop-sen-tillis-vows-block-save-america-act-way-can-will-use-every-device\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some Republicans<\/a>, have balked at the idea of passing the measure.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FoxNews\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News\u2019 YouTube page<\/a>, however, as of Friday morning, the overwhelming majority of videos pertained to the Iran War.<\/p>\n<p>The same held true for the network\u2019s morning show, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/foxandfriends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox &#038; Friends<\/a>,\u201d on X.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFox &#038; friends has joined the FAKE MEDIA protecting the deep state,\u201d one user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/foxandfriends?\">@foxandfriends<\/a> the president of the United States, made a 20 minute speech last night and Fox and friends doesn\u2019t even mention it?<br \/> Fox &#038; friends has joined the FAKE MEDIA protecting the deep state . Too much to handle a 20 minute speech the president made. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Shame?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Shame<\/a> on you.!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TIMENOUT (@TIMENOUT) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TIMENOUT\/status\/2078076125503209852?\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s China election bombshell got barely five minutes on Fox before the channel pivoted back to Iran. A stunning allegation, huge if true, and the coverage window closed almost instantly. Strange,\u201d another user said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump\u2019s China election bombshell got barely five minutes on Fox before the channel pivoted back to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>A stunning allegation, huge if true, and the coverage window closed almost instantly.<\/p>\n<p>Strange.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lJIjZPKVpq\">pic.twitter.com\/lJIjZPKVpq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/2077934797951754473?\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, disbelief about the network\u2019s lack of coverage was widespread. One user even suggested \u201cthat a memo went out probably from corporate.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews?\">@FoxNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MariaBartiromo?\">@MariaBartiromo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/foxandfriends?\">@foxandfriends<\/a> it\u2019s now 8 o\u2019clock and it\u2019s obvious that a memo went out probably from corporate down because Fox and friends and Maria Bartiromo both shows had no comment on Trump\u2018s speech from last evening. Cannot be that. Can they be that afraid<br \/> of\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Ferriolo (@Spaceman3810) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Spaceman3810\/status\/2078087742957707735?\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">45 minutes into Fox and Friends and zero mention of Trumps speech.<\/p>\n<p>What am I missing?\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phyllis (@Phyllis94584953) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Phyllis94584953\/status\/2078068595133739302?\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In April 2023, the network reached a $787.5 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-fox-news-dominion-reach-massive-settlement-just-trial-opening-statements-begin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">settlement<\/a> with Dominion Voting Systems.<\/p>\n<p>Dominion alleged that the network spread false information about the machines and their effect on the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>The settlement averted a trial in the voting machine manufacturer\u2019s lawsuit.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]] = document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display = 'block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display = 'none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src = firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display = 'inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id'] = firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting = jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display = 'none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display = 'block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t     \t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News has mainly reported positively on President Trump\u2019s actions, including his stance against Iran. However, regarding election integrity issues, the network seems notably silent. On social media platform X, users observed that Fox News displayed an unusual lack of coverage on Trump\u2019s recent election speech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2631224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-07-17T122146.662.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[82856,32135,5656,32490,51595],"class_list":["post-2631223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-fake-media","tag-fox-news","tag-maga","tag-media-bias","tag-trump-speech"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-07-17T122146.662.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2631223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2631227,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631223\/revisions\/2631227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2631224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2631223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2631223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2631223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}