2017-08-30T06:43:05-07:00Why Is Fox News Off the Air in the UK?
Fox News is hot in America, but in the UK it's struggled to build an audience. British regulators are also a little tougher than American watchdogs, it turns out, when it comes to fake news and political bias. All of that has led the network to stop operating in the UK, a major blow to Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
Via The Hollywood Reporter.
With 21st Century Fox pulling the plug on Fox News in the U.K., where pay TV giant Sky had been carrying its U.S. version for over a decade, on Tuesday, the network once again made headlines.
It was a familiar sight as analysts said Fox News in recent years often attracted attention from media and critics of the Murdoch family, which controls Fox, in Britain despite its...
Fox News is hot in America, but in the UK it's struggled to build an audience. British regulators are also a little tougher than American watchdogs, it turns out, when it comes to fake news and political bias. All of that has led the network to stop operating in the UK, a major blow to Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
Via The Hollywood Reporter.
With 21st Century Fox pulling the plug on Fox News in the U.K., where pay TV giant Sky had been carrying its U.S. version for over a decade, on Tuesday, the network once again made headlines.
It was a familiar sight as analysts said Fox News in recent years often attracted attention from media and critics of the Murdoch family, which controls Fox, in Britain despite its...
- 8/30/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
On “Justice With Judge Jeanine,” host apologized for not challenging guest Steven Emerson’s assertions about the English city as a non-Muslim “no-go zone”
After a week of social media ridicule, Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro apologized for the unchallenged comments her guest Steve Emerson made about the English city of Birmingham.
Emerson, the executive director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, said that “there are actual cities like Birmingham that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims don’t go in.” He referred to “no-go zones” as places in several countries where non-Muslims simply don’t go.
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After a week of social media ridicule, Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro apologized for the unchallenged comments her guest Steve Emerson made about the English city of Birmingham.
Emerson, the executive director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, said that “there are actual cities like Birmingham that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims don’t go in.” He referred to “no-go zones” as places in several countries where non-Muslims simply don’t go.
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- 1/19/2015
- by Jason Hughes
- The Wrap
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