A new report reveals Fox News's extensive coverage of Donald Trump's anti-transgender executive orders, surpassing the combined airtime of CNN and MSNBC. With four hours and eight minutes dedicated to the topic, it highlights a persistent pattern of the network pushing inflammatory narratives about the trans community. This coverage often frames anti-trans actions as culture war issues, perpetuating harmful rhetoric. Specifically, the network emphasized Trump's orders impacting transgender inclusion in sports, indicating a strategic focus that reinforces discrimination and societal misconceptions against transgender individuals.
Fox News has used its platform to push inflammatory and misleading narratives about trans people for years, fueling dangerous rhetoric and harmful misconceptions that lead to real discrimination.
After President Trump signed multiple executive orders targeting the trans community, Fox treated these anti-trans actions as culture war fodder.
Fox News spent four hours and eight minutes covering Trump's anti-transgender executive orders, compared to MSNBC's two hours and 33 minutes and CNN's two hours and nine minutes.
Fox News focused heavily on Trump's executive order targeting trans inclusion in women's sports, which alone accounted for 35 percent of its coverage.
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