Editing Fox News (section)

===Uranium One===
{{Further|Uranium One controversy}}
From 2015 into 2018, Fox News broadcast extensive coverage of an alleged scandal surrounding the sale of [[Uranium One]] to Russian interests, which host Sean Hannity characterized as "one of the biggest scandals in American history".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/10/25/hannity-uranium-one-deal-was-biggest-scandal-american-history-nda-lifted-informant |title=Hannity: Uranium One Deal 'One of the Biggest Scandals in American History' |date=October 26, 2017 |publisher=Fox News |access-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074024/http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/10/25/hannity-uranium-one-deal-was-biggest-scandal-american-history-nda-lifted-informant |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Media Matters, the Fox News coverage extended throughout the programming day, with particular emphasis by Hannity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/11/09/study-fox-spent-nearly-12-hours-pushing-uranium-one-pseudoscandal-over-last-three-weeks/218475 |title=Study: Fox spent nearly 12 hours pushing the Uranium One pseudoscandal over the last three weeks |first=Matt |last=Gertz |date=November 8, 2017 |website=Media Matters |access-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803044454/https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/11/09/study-fox-spent-nearly-12-hours-pushing-uranium-one-pseudoscandal-over-last-three-weeks/218475 |url-status=live }}</ref> The network promoted an ultimately unfounded narrative asserting that, as Secretary of State, [[Hillary Clinton]] personally approved the Uranium One sale in exchange for $145&nbsp;million in bribes paid to the [[Clinton Foundation]]. [[Donald Trump]] repeated these allegations as a candidate and as president.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factba.se/search#%22uranium+one%22 |title=Donald Trump Complete – Search Tweets, Speeches, Policies |website=Factbase |date=April 16, 2018 |access-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210205739/https://factba.se/search#%22uranium+one%22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="WPFoxdebunk">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/11/15/fox-news-shepherd-smith-debunks-his-networks-hillary-clinton-scandal-story-infuriates-viewers/ |title=Fox News's Shepard Smith debunks his network's favorite Hillary Clinton 'scandal,' infuriates viewers |first=Fred |last=Barbash |date=November 15, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115060241/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/11/15/fox-news-shepherd-smith-debunks-his-networks-hillary-clinton-scandal-story-infuriates-viewers/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A9EV64aX_Q | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/7A9EV64aX_Q| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Fox News Reports: Sean Hannity Is a Liar |author=fb |date=November 15, 2017 |via=YouTube |access-date=August 3, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> No evidence of wrongdoing by Clinton had been found after four years of allegations, an FBI investigation, and the 2017 appointment of a Federal attorney to evaluate the investigation. In November 2017, Fox News host [[Shepard Smith]] concisely debunked the alleged scandal, infuriating viewers who suggested he should work for CNN or MSNBC.<ref name="WPFoxdebunk"/> Hannity later called Smith "clueless", while Smith stated: "I get it, that some of our opinion programming is there strictly to be entertaining. I get that. I don't work there. I wouldn't work there."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/television/shepard-smith-fox-news-trump-sean-hannity-20180316.html |title=Fox News fight: Shepard Smith, Sean Hannity trade insults |first=Rob |last=Tornoe |date=March 16, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |access-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803044423/http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/television/shepard-smith-fox-news-trump-sean-hannity-20180316.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mediaite.com/tv/shepard-smith-calls-out-fox-news-opinion-programming-those-shows-exist-strictly-to-be-entertaining/ |title=Shepard Smith on Fox News 'Opinion Programming': Shows Exist 'Strictly to Be Entertaining' |first=Caleb |last=Ecarma |date=March 15, 2018 |website=Mediaite.com |access-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111201600/https://www.mediaite.com/tv/shepard-smith-calls-out-fox-news-opinion-programming-those-shows-exist-strictly-to-be-entertaining/ |url-status=live }}</ref>