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2022-11-25 Home Front: Politix
In News Coverage of Paul Ryan, Fox News Repeatedly Fails to Disclose He Is Board Member
[Breitbart] Fox News and Fox Business have repeatedly failed to disclose in media coverage that Paul Ryan is a member of the Fox Corporation Board of Directors.

The failure to disclose Ryan’s board position is notable because it is a common media practice to disclose conflicts of interest.

Ryan, a board member since March 2019, serves as the chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at the Fox Corporation. Ryan was selected as a board member after stepping down as 54th Speaker of the House in 2019. Critics of Ryan say he left Congress and joined the board after the Republican Party was successfully reformed from the antiquated establishment Bush/Cheney years into the Trump-era of American First against Ryan’s wishes and political aspirations.

Since Ryan’s career transitioned to the Fox Cooperation, his board position influence over Fox News and Fox Business has been pervasive. According to Fox Corporation, Ryan’s authority as chair of the Nominating Corporate Governance Committee includes establishing “broad corporate policies,” setting “strategic direction,” and overseeing “management identification and management of risks.”

His broad network influence has raised questions as to why Ryan’s prominent position is not disclosed to viewers during Fox News and Fox Business media coverage about Ryan’s political opinions.

In the last 45 days, Fox News has written three articles about Ryan’s political views without disclosing Ryan’s management role at its parent company. On October 15, Fox News published the title, “Paul Ryan predicts Trump will not be 2024 Republican nominee.” No disclosure was provided of Ryan’s position of power. In two articles on November 10 and November 16, Fox News again failed to disclose Ryan’s membership on the board.

In all three articles, former President Donald Trump was cast in a negative light, a consistent political position of Ryan’s personally held views incorporated within Fox News’ “We report, you decide” platform.

The conflict of interest also extends to Fox Business. When it comes to on-air mentions without disclosing Ryan’s conflict of interest, Fox Business host Stuart Varney has omitted Ryan’s network oversight at least four time in the last 30 days. While Varney has disclosed Ryan’s conflict a few times, he has failed to mention Ryan’s attacks on Trump without disclosing Ryan’s position on the Fox Corperation Board.

At least four times since the midterm election, Varney’s Fox Business show reported Paul’s negative comments about Trump’s political future without disclosing Ryan’s membership on the board:
Posted by Skidmark 2022-11-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11151 views ]  Top

#1 Uh, what is it we are supposed to like about Fox again?
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-11-25 05:02||   2022-11-25 05:02|| Front Page Top

#2 In the minds of liberal (not leftist) America, Fox News is the entirety of the right.

In WaPo's coverage of the AP's reporting that almost touched off WWIII, there were several comments spitting at Fox, saying they wouldn't have run a correction.

Posted by Spike the Hairy6811 2022-11-25 06:30||   2022-11-25 06:30|| Front Page Top

#3 One of many, many failures of Paul Ryan.
Posted by Airandee 2022-11-25 06:42||   2022-11-25 06:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Ryan is a scummy RINO of the highest order.
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-11-25 06:44||   2022-11-25 06:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Little wonder Fox has turned on Trump.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-11-25 06:49||   2022-11-25 06:49|| Front Page Top

#6 The TeeVee is not a place to go for news, except maybe local weather and coverage of non-controversial local events.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-25 08:23||   2022-11-25 08:23|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ Or an old movie.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-11-25 08:27||   2022-11-25 08:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Whenever I get the cable / satellite / streaming TeeVee sales pitch, I tell 'em "If you can give me Speed Channel / Velocity, Food Network and TCM, but nothing else I don't watch or want to pay for, I'll think about it. Otherwise, buzz off..."
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-25 10:20||   2022-11-25 10:20|| Front Page Top

#9 The good folks at Fox have a right to put anybody they like on their Board of Directors. And I have a right not to watch them.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-11-25 13:38||   2022-11-25 13:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Obama rips Fox News viewers: ‘You are living on a different planet’
Posted by Skidmark 2022-11-25 18:09||   2022-11-25 18:09|| Front Page Top

#11 *sniff* I'm very hurt...
Posted by Frank G 2022-11-25 20:23||   2022-11-25 20:23|| Front Page Top

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