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Liberal Group Targets Fox News Advertisers With 'DROP FOX' Ad, Encourages Them To Stop Funding Lies
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-advertisers-lie-drop-media-matters-1424399The scrupulous Media Matters analysis listed at least one false piece of misinformation stated each day between January 1, 2019 and April 30.
Media Matters for America, a liberal nonprofit and left-wing activist group that analyzes right-wing news content, focused months of research against Fox News' so-called "straight news division" and released a "Drop Fox" ad accusing their primetime hosts of daily outright lies.
Mediamatters.org released a 60-page report entitled "The Fox News Lie" Monday that aims to shatter the cable news network's frequent defense that its right-wing primetime hosts are completely separate from their daytime news anchors. The scrupulous Media Matters analysis listed at least one false piece of misinformation stated each day between January 1 and April 30. The study only targeted the "straight news" shows on both Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network which are anchored by figures the network touts as "fair and balanced" including Maria Bartiromo, Neil Cavuto, Ed Henry, Howard Kurtz and Shepard Smith.
The liberal group also commissioned an advertisement to run in this week's copy of The Hollywood Reporter which takes aim directly at Fox News' advertisers.
"A Fox News Lie is, A Fox News Lie Is, A Fox News Lie," reads the full-page ad. "Whether your ad dollars go to Fox 'News' or Opinion, You're still funding the same Fox News lies."
Mediamatters.org released a 60-page report entitled "The Fox News Lie" Monday that aims to shatter the cable news network's frequent defense that its right-wing primetime hosts are completely separate from their daytime news anchors. The scrupulous Media Matters analysis listed at least one false piece of misinformation stated each day between January 1 and April 30. The study only targeted the "straight news" shows on both Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network which are anchored by figures the network touts as "fair and balanced" including Maria Bartiromo, Neil Cavuto, Ed Henry, Howard Kurtz and Shepard Smith.
The liberal group also commissioned an advertisement to run in this week's copy of The Hollywood Reporter which takes aim directly at Fox News' advertisers.
"A Fox News Lie is, A Fox News Lie Is, A Fox News Lie," reads the full-page ad. "Whether your ad dollars go to Fox 'News' or Opinion, You're still funding the same Fox News lies."
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