- Lean
- Right (AllSides)
- Reliability
- Low factual reporting (MBFC)
- Founded
- 1996
- Headquarters
- New York
- Owner
- Fox Corporation
- Funding
- Fox News is funded by cable fees and advertising.
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Is Fox News Left or Right?
AllSides rates the news on Fox News's website Right, with a score of 3.85 on its scale from -6 to +6 after an August 2026 review, and says it has medium confidence in that rating. The rating covers written online news only, not Fox News's TV shows; AllSides rates Fox News's online opinion section separately, also as Right (4.00), with low confidence. It has moved over the years: AllSides rated Fox News Lean Right from 2017 and moved it to Right after a review in 2021. Ad Fontes Media scores the Fox News website 11.43, which it labels Skews Right. Media Bias/Fact Check rates Fox News Right, with a score of 7.8.
Fox News Bias Ratings From Independent Raters
All bars use one shared scale: the shaded band is each rater's own center zone, lined up. How we combine the raters
| Rater | Bias rating | Factual / reliability |
|---|---|---|
| AllSides | Right | Not rated (lean only) |
| Ad Fontes Media | Skews Right (11.43) | 33.83: Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues |
| Media Bias/Fact Check | Right (7.8) | Low, Low Credibility |
How Reliable Is Fox News?
Ad Fontes Media rates the Fox News website 33.83 for reliability, in its Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues range, below the 40 mark where its Reliable range starts. Media Bias/Fact Check rates its factual reporting Low and its credibility Low, and lists 12 failed fact checks since 2021; most of them concern claims made on opinion shows. Public trust divides along party lines: in a Pew Research Center survey from March 2025, 56% of Republicans said they trust Fox News for political and election news, compared with 19% of Democrats.
How Fox News Handles Corrections
Fox News has a help-center form for requesting a correction or clarification and a help article on the process. We did not find a published corrections policy or a public list of corrections.
News and Opinion at Fox News
Fox News describes itself as offering news reporting along with opinion and analysis. Its executives have long drawn a line between the news division, with anchors such as Bret Baier, and the evening opinion shows, which are not meant to be neutral. Critics say the line is often blurred on air. Most of the failed fact checks listed by Media Bias/Fact Check come from opinion hosts, and the ratings on this page are for Fox News's online news, which is what the raters assess; they do not rate individual TV shows.
Who Owns Fox News?
Fox News launched on October 7, 1996. It was created by Rupert Murdoch, with Roger Ailes as its first chief executive. It is part of Fox News Media, a unit of Fox Corporation, a publicly listed company whose executive chair and chief executive is Lachlan Murdoch; Suzanne Scott has been chief executive of Fox News Media since 2018. In September 2025, a settlement of a dispute over the Murdoch family trust gave Lachlan Murdoch sole voting control of the family's stakes in Fox Corporation and News Corp. Fox News is funded by cable fees and advertising.
Fox News's Record: Audience and Disputes
By its own count, Fox News has been the most-watched cable news network in the US for 24 years in a row. In the third quarter of 2026, its prime-time audience averaged about 2.06 million viewers, more than MS NOW and CNN combined, according to Nielsen figures reported by Adweek, although its audience was down from a year earlier.
Fox News has also faced legal disputes over its reporting. In 2023, a Delaware judge ruled before trial that statements Fox News had aired about Dominion Voting Systems after the 2020 election were false, and Fox settled the defamation suit for $787.5 million as the trial was about to begin. A separate suit by Smartmatic, filed in 2021 and seeking $2.7 billion, was still pending in 2026; Fox denies wrongdoing. A defamation suit by Ray Epps over Fox News's coverage of January 6 was dismissed in 2024 and, after an amended complaint, again in May 2026.
Why Fox News Is Not in Aplomb
Aplomb only shows newsrooms that meet all six of our criteria, and Fox News is not one of them today. The ratings criterion requires at least one of the three raters to rate an outlet high for factual reporting or reliability; Media Bias/Fact Check rates Fox News Low and Ad Fontes Media places it below its Reliable range. We also did not find a published corrections policy. We review the list every quarter, and the ratings above are what would change the answer.
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Fox News FAQ
Is Fox News biased?
The three raters we track place Fox News right of center: AllSides rates its online news Right (3.85), Ad Fontes Media scores it 11.43 (Skews Right) and Media Bias/Fact Check rates it Right (7.8).
Is Fox News reliable?
Ad Fontes Media rates the Fox News website 33.83, in its Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues range. Media Bias/Fact Check rates its factual reporting Low and its credibility Low.
Who owns Fox News?
Fox Corporation, a publicly listed company led by Lachlan Murdoch. Since a September 2025 settlement, he holds sole voting control of the Murdoch family's stakes in Fox Corporation and News Corp.
Is Fox News more biased than CNN?
The raters place them on opposite sides, and further from the center for Fox News: Media Bias/Fact Check rates Fox News Right and CNN Left-Center, and AllSides rates Fox News Right and CNN Lean Left. Media Bias/Fact Check also rates Fox News's factual reporting Low and CNN's Mostly Factual. See our CNN profile.
Why isn't Fox News in Aplomb?
A newsroom joins Aplomb only when it meets all six of our criteria, including a high factual or reliability rating from at least one independent rater. None of the three raters rates Fox News that high today, and we did not find a published corrections policy. We review the list every quarter.
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