The launch of Fox News remains one of the great free market stories of modern times. While conservatives had long expressed frustration with the left-wing bias that defined traditional media, Fox News met that rising frustration with reporting that incorporated a conservative view of domestic and global news that had historically been ignored by news sources.
Notable about the rise of Fox was that Democrats weren’t fans of the nascent news network. In a preview of critiques commonly heard today, they referred to Fox News as a "right-wing propaganda machine” that was engaging in "false reporting.” Looking back on the anti-freedom, small-minded critiques of Fox by Democrats, we should be thankful that they couldn’t use government force to hamstring what a growing number of Americans looked to for news and commentary.
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