Journalists Once Defended Fox as a News Outlet. But That Was Then

We featured war hawks much more frequently and prominently than we did protesters for peace. While we may now say the Bush administration misled Americans to justify its decision to invade a country that had not attacked us, that misinformation was effective because of the way we portrayed it. The New York Times had to painfully admit it was, in effect, a purveyor of misinformation about the war. The Washington Post apologized for underplaying the voices of those who were skeptical about the weapons of mass destruction claims. The New Republic, a left-leaning outlet, expressed regret for its pre-war support. Even Carlson, then at celebrity.land, said this: “I am embarrassed that I supported the war in Iraq.”