Fact-check: “Fox News is the most watched, most trusted news network.”
Verdict: Partly True (62% confidence)
The 'most watched' part holds up solidly within cable news — Fox News has led cable news ratings for 24 consecutive years per Nielsen data, and in 2025 took 14 of the 15 most-watched cable news shows. But 'most watched' gets complicated when you include broadcast networks: ABC's World News Tonight regularly draws 7-8 million viewers, far more than Fox's cable primetime average of around 2.9 million. The 'most trusted' claim is even weaker as a universal statement — Pew Research (2025) found tha…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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