Fox News initially disavowed a conservative agenda at launch.

Evidence

Murdoch held conservative political opinions, leading to speculation that the news broadcast would offer a “conservative alternative to what he views as liberal bias among traditional news.” However, Murdoch, at the time, claimed that he would not champion a conservative agenda because he believed “it’s more important to be fair.” — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 1421

Categorization

• CANDY: Nice trivia: Fox News’s founding message was explicitly about fairness, not conservative advocacy.
• XREF: connects to: LaHaye called for a conservative counter-media decades before Fox News existed. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 215; Fox News’ core appeal was a throwback militant masculinity, not theology — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 341

Broader Connections

• LaHaye called for a conservative counter-media decades before Fox News existed. #complicates (0.78) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 215
• Fox News’ core appeal was a throwback militant masculinity, not theology #expands (0.75) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 341