{"id":534607,"date":"2021-05-21T17:51:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T21:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=534607"},"modified":"2021-05-21T17:51:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T21:51:16","slug":"fox-news-is-a-uniquely-destructive-force-leftists-call-for-boycott-of-fnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-is-a-uniquely-destructive-force-leftists-call-for-boycott-of-fnc\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fox News Is A Uniquely Destructive Force\u2019: Leftists Call For Boycott Of FNC"},"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-is-a-uniquely-destructive-force-leftists-call-for-boycott-of-fnc%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=534607&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1131719162.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Dozens of left-wing activist groups have called on advertisers to \u201crefrain from partnering with and funding\u201d the Fox News Channel, which they call \u201can engine of violence and extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A coalition of left-wing organizations has <a href=\"https:\/\/dropfox.com\/letter\/\">written<\/a> an open letter urging advertisers to boycott FNC for an alleged host of microaggressions and purported acts of disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>The plea accuses the top-rated cable news network of repeating \u201canti-vaccine misinformation,\u201d \u201cwhite supremacist talking points,\u201d and \u201cputting democracy in peril.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to focusing on Tucker Carlson, the most popular host in prime time cable news, the 44 \u201cprogressive\u201d organizations criticize the network\u2019s daytime, hard news coverage, because it does not echo predictably liberal viewpoints.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore weather coverage is not a good thing when the existing weather coverage is mired in climate denial,\u201d the letter says. \u201cMore sports coverage is not a good thing when the existing coverage is filled with racist attacks on players who protest against police brutality\u201d \u2014 an apparent reference to NFL players kneeling during the national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFox News is a uniquely destructive force\u201d and a \u201ckey driver behind\u201d a host of social \u201cdepravities,\u201d the letter says.<\/p>\n<p>The effort, which was led by Media Matters for America, attracted left-wing pressure groups that focus on a vista of niche issues. Signatories include MoveOn.org, the Center for American Progress Action Fund, the Black Lives Matters Global Network Foundation, the LGBT activist group GLAAD, and the pro-abortion lobby NARAL.<\/p>\n<p>Media Matters fleshed out the letter\u2019s complaint by posting its own online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/brian-kilmeade\/fox-friends-ticking-time-bomb-advertisers\">broadside<\/a>, criticizing Fox News for referring to the border crisis as an \u201cinvasion,\u201d and expressing outrage that \u201cFox and Friends\u201d co-host Brian Kilmeade noted that Caitlyn Jenner\u2019s birth name was Bruce.<\/p>\n<p>Media Matters also criticized Judge Jeanine Pirro for using the term \u201cKristallnacht\u201d in a segment on social media\u2019s destruction of the online free-speech platform Parler \u2014 but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/search?search=kristallnacht\">said nothing<\/a> when CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-jewish-group-calls-for-cnn-to-fire-amanpour-over-kristallnacht-remarks-demands-att-investigate\">described <\/a>the Trump administration as a \u201cfour-year assault\u201d akin to \u201cKristallnacht.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leading ideologically motivated boycotts against Fox News is as old as Media Matters itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAngelo Carusone [the CEO] of Media Matters spearheaded advertiser boycotts against Glenn Beck and Bill O\u2019Reilly. Can he take down [Sean] Hannity?\u201d the business publication Fast Company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/40424359\/the-guy-who-helped-take-down-bill-oreilly-is-now-targeting-sean-hannity\">asked<\/a> in May 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Media Matters has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/sean-hannity\/these-are-sean-hannitys-leading-advertisers\">published<\/a> Hannity\u2019s top advertisers for at least two years. The uphill nature of defunding Hannity can be summed up in one fact: The top name on the list is MyPillow, run by outspoken <a href=\"https:\/\/decisionmagazine.com\/with-god-all-things-are-possible\/\">conservative Christian<\/a> Mike Lindell.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers made Fox News the top-rated cable news network for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/can-partisanship-and-profanity-save-cnn-from-its-ratings-collapse\">19 years<\/a>, from 2002 to 2021, then again for the last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/msnbcs-ratings-slide-as-viewers-vote-with-their-remote\">13 weeks<\/a> in a row. FNC is the most-watched channel on basic cable and leads its news competitors among the 25-54 demographic that is most coveted by advertisers.<\/p>\n<p>The company earned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oleantimesherald.com\/news\/state\/fox-reports-third-quarter-fiscal-2021-net-income-of-582-million-earnings-per-share-of\/article_fcb65e07-2b04-51ab-85fa-1957156c2d52.html\">$238 million<\/a> in advertising data in the third quarter, and Fox News accounts \u201cfor 95 percent of the [Fox Corporation]\u2019s total pretax profit,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/05\/05\/business\/stock-market-today\">according<\/a> to the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFOX News is about to close out its fourth consecutive year delivering new records in advertising revenue,\u201d a Fox News spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/554159-liberal-groups-call-for-boycott-of-fox-news\">told<\/a> The Hill. \u201cSo clearly Media Matters\u2019 predictable ongoing partisan attacks have zero impact outside of their irrelevant echo chamber on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of left-wing activist groups have called on advertisers to \u201crefrain from partnering with and funding\u201d the Fox News Channel, which they call \u201can engine of violence and extremism.\u201dA coalition &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312643,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1131719162.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Fox News Is A Uniquely Destructive Force\u2019: Leftists Call For Boycott Of FNC","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1131719162.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Fox News Is A Uniquely Destructive Force\u2019: Leftists Call For Boycott Of FNC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534607","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=534607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}