Employees are spilling the tea about Fox News and they’re pissed
An employee group at Fox Corp. composed of LGBTQ individuals has spoken out about the homophobic and transphobic talking points on the Fox News Channel.A message posted earlier this month to the group’s company-wide Slack channel reads: “Fox Pride denounces statements made regarding sexual orientation and gender identity on FOX News in the past week.
While the internal support and resources Fox Corp. offers to LGBTQ+ employees are amazing and supportive, the public facing messaging and rhetoric is the opposite.
We find it disheartening and a step backward in the acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community.”Fox Corp. is the parent company of brands like Fox Sports, Fox TV and Fox Entertainment, but the anti-LGBTQ programming on Fox News is casting a long shadow over the media giant.Of course, Fox News hosts like Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Laura Ingraham have long histories of airing anti-LGBTQ messages, but the rhetoric has intensified in the wake of Florida’s recently enacted “Don’t Say Gay” law.
Supporters of the law have regularly labeled critics as pedophiles who want to groom children. Playwright David Mamet appeared on the network and falsely claimed male teachers are “inclined” to pedophilia.The network has also denied the existence of transgender people in its repeated attacks on trans female athletes, and called a New Jersey proposal for LGBTQ-inclusive education a form of “psychological torture.”Related: Caitlyn Jenner’s Fox News contributor gig is going as horribly as you’d expect“FOX News is one of the most watched cable networks in the nation and we must be mindful that the impact these words have on the LGBTQ+ community — especially youth,” the Slack message continues.
