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Trump Criticises Fox News for Airtime Given to Democrats

Former president accused the network of being too politically correct and urged supporters to watch his rally elsewhere.

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Trump Criticises Fox News for Airtime Given to Democrats

What this story says

  • Donald Trump criticised Fox News, stating the network spends more time defending Democrats than Republicans.
  • Trump called the network's editorial approach 'ridiculous' and accused it of trying to be politically correct.
  • He directed supporters to watch his Kansas rally on the Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN).
  • The criticism follows a pattern of grievances Trump has voiced about media coverage.

Who covered it

Left 29%(4)Centre 7%(1)Right 64%(9)

Percentages are shares of the 14 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 2 of the 16 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

57/100

Hype

41/100

16 sources · methodology

Donald Trump has accused Fox News of dedicating excessive airtime to defending and platforming Democratic opponents. He stated that the network spends more time on this than at any other point in its history. Trump described the network's editorial approach as 'ridiculous' and asserted it is 'trying too hard to be politically correct'.

The former president urged his supporters to bypass Fox News and watch his rally in Kansas through the Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN). This criticism follows a pattern of grievances voiced by Trump regarding media coverage, though Fox News has traditionally been seen as favourable to conservative viewpoints and supportive of his agenda.

Disagreement on the reason for criticism

Anadolu Ajansı and anews.com.tr reported Trump criticised Fox News for airtime given to the Democratic Party and called the coverage 'ridiculous'. Clarin stated Trump attacked Fox News, his related network, accusing it of covering Democrats more. The Wrap reported Trump accused Fox News of 'trying too hard to be politically correct'.

What the coverage left out

None of the centre-rated reports covered this story. None of the right-rated digests mentioned that Trump accused Fox News of dedicating excessive airtime to defending and platforming Democratic opponents, or that he called the network's editorial approach 'ridiculous', asserting it is 'trying too hard to be politically correct'.

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Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 20 Oct 2026, 02:45, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

4 rated outlets

  • The left-rated reports from The Wrap and Raw Story led with Donald Trump's accusation that Fox News is 'trying too hard to be politically correct'. Both digests included Trump's statement that Fox News spends more time defending Democrats and presenting their views versus Republican opponents than at any time in its history. Raw Story also highlighted Trump steering his supporters to a rival network.

Centre

1 rated outlet

We have not written our reading of the centre coverage of this story. The centre-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Right

9 rated outlets

  • The right-rated reports from Anadolu Ajansı, Trending Politics, Clarin, anews.com.tr, and BT focused on Trump criticising Fox News for dedicating airtime to the Democratic Party and calling the coverage 'ridiculous'. Anadolu Ajansı and anews.com.tr stated Trump accused the channel of defending and platforming Democratic opponents. Trending Politics and BT noted the criticism followed a tense relationship between Trump and the channel. Clarin mentioned Trump urging followers to follow events on a conservative alternative.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Trump Criticises Fox News for Airtime Given to Democrats?
Of the 14 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 29% are rated left, 7% are rated centre, 64% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 16. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Trump Criticises Fox News for Airtime Given to Democrats left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 14 rated outlets on this story, 29% are rated left, 7% are rated centre, 64% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Trump Criticises Fox News for Airtime Given to Democrats biased?
Trump Criticises Fox News for Airtime Given to Democrats is one event reported by 16 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered Trump Criticises Fox News for Airtime Given to Democrats?
16 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Donald Trump accuse Fox News of?
Donald Trump accused Fox News of dedicating excessive airtime to defending and platforming Democratic opponents. He stated the network spends more time on this than at any other point in its history and is trying too hard to be politically correct.
What did Trump suggest his supporters do?
Trump urged his supporters to bypass Fox News and watch his rally in Kansas through the Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN). This was presented as an alternative to the coverage he criticised.
Which outlets did not cover this story?
No centre-rated outlets covered this story. The reports analysed came from left-rated and right-rated outlets, along with unrated sources.

Read it at the source

16 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

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4

Centre

1

Right

9
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Not rated

2

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