{"id":273614,"date":"2025-09-04T15:40:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=273614"},"modified":"2025-09-04T15:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:48:03","slug":"the-briefing-2025-09-04","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2025-09-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a63b80232efc6a30 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-6d0e80d1b1b62004 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5b6a9dd11a5b0b27 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong>: Many who generally distrust national news organizations still say they trust certain outlets<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> C-SPAN to be carried on YouTube, Hulu<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Paramount to purchase Bari Weiss\u2019 Free Press and give her top editorial job at CBS News<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> How Republican \u201ctrusters\u201d and \u201cdistrusters\u201d of national media view specific news sources<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-782985ba79b64ad4 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a357c601c8201c32 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udd25&nbsp;<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-93af9787ffb73183 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>Newsmax<\/strong> is suing <strong>Fox News,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/09\/03\/fox-news-newsmax-antitrust-lawsuit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alleging that the network is monopolizing conservative TV audiences<\/a> and violating antitrust laws. The lawsuit claims that Fox News is trying to suppress its fellow right-leaning competitors, including Newsmax, through \u201cintimidation tactics\u201d and restrictive agreements with distributors.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-89f178c0afff26c7 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>A March <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a> found that <strong>57% of Republicans <\/strong>and Republican-leaning independents regularly get news from <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/fox_news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a> \u2013 the largest share out of any of the 30 news sources studied in the survey. By comparison, <strong>15% of Republicans <\/strong>regularly get news from <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/newsmax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newsmax<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-3fef9e1fa4da40c7 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-13b806c535b68552 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udea8 <strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b00fc890c38aa1b4 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Americans who generally trust national news organizations are more likely than those who distrust them to say they trust most of 30 specific news sources we asked about in a recent survey. But several news sources with right-leaning audiences are exceptions to this pattern, <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/09\/02\/many-americans-who-generally-distrust-national-news-organizations-still-express-trust-in-certain-outlets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to a new Center analysis<\/a> that combines these general and specific measures of trust in the media.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-17870923cdb56498 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5b7427262bcb79f8 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-bf4b8227eb2862fe wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>C-SPAN<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cspan-media-streaming-congress-923888f09d0ecb6d7762bd4f972bc543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reaches deal to be carried<\/a> on <strong>YouTube TV<\/strong> and <strong>Hulu\u2019s live television feed<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Semafor <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/media\/semafor-events-davos-world-economy-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announces expansion<\/a> of live journalism and events operations<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Publishers <a href=\"https:\/\/pressgazette.co.uk\/news\/ai-hoaxer-a-fake-x-account-and-the-case-of-margaux-blanchard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retract stories<\/a> after discovering <strong>fake AI-fueled journalist hoax<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Trump\u2019s <\/strong>new <strong>\u201cNo Tax on Tips\u201d<\/strong> policy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alisondurkee\/2025\/09\/02\/whos-eligible-for-no-tax-on-tips-trumps-new-policy-set-to-include-influencers-uber-drivers-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will apply to influencers<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Major social media platforms in <strong>China <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/chinese-social-media-platforms-roll-out-labels-for-ai-generated-material-194803979.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">begin rolling out labels<\/a> for <strong>AI-generated content<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Vogue <\/strong>chooses <strong>Chloe Malle <\/strong>as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/02\/business\/media\/vogue-chloe-malle-new-editor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new editor,<\/a> replacing <strong>Anna Wintour<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>The New York Times <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/09\/01\/2025\/new-york-times-teams-up-with-economist-in-play-for-worldwide-readers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">offering bundled subscriptions<\/a> with<strong> The Economist<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">A look at <strong>Radio Garden<\/strong>, a free website that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/lifestyle\/travel\/this-website-unlocks-the-joy-of-traveling-the-world-one-radio-station-at-a-time-b5227ccd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allows users to stream radio stations<\/a> from around the world<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-health-media-coverage-1541184240d9092f08159fa36a05a955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How should the U.S. media cover<\/a> the <strong>president\u2019s health?<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-ca2d8102fce6e6c3 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-1dddb876b62232f2 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcc5&nbsp;<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-32484737743a2c6d wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>Paramount\u00a0<\/strong>is reportedly nearing a deal<strong> <\/strong>with former New York Times opinion editor <strong>Bari Weiss<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/bari-weiss-cbs-news-paramount-free-press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">purchase her news outlet, The Free Press,<\/a> and give her a top editorial position at <strong>CBS News.<\/strong> Weiss left the Times in 2020 and started her own media venture in response to what she described as a lack of ideological diversity.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2e2addcb520d139a wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Earlier this summer, <strong>Paramount\u2019s merger with Skydance<\/strong> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/24\/fcc-greenlights-skydance-paramount-cbs-00476030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">approved by the FCC<\/a> after the company agreed to several conditions, including the addition of an ombudsman to police media bias and a review of content to ensure a diversity of viewpoints from across the ideological spectrum. Paramount had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-media-harris-minutes-paramount-6415042fe910ae60b432dd8c73ef61b2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">settled a lawsuit<\/a> with President Donald Trump for $16 million over the editing of a Kamala Harris interview on 60 Minutes.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a92b5ed61568c1e8 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Prior to the merger, there was a <strong>large partisan gap among Americans who trust CBS News as a source of news and information,<\/strong> according to a March 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/cbs_news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. Over half of Democrats (56%) say they trust CBS News, compared with 23% of Republicans.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-f8eb30fa2584f3af wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-07d0d8373a9963e6 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcca&nbsp;<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-1af283eb4c099f3e wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Our chart this week comes from a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/09\/02\/many-americans-who-generally-distrust-national-news-organizations-still-express-trust-in-certain-outlets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Center analysis<\/a> of how broad trust \u2013 or a lack thereof \u2013 in information from national news organizations is linked with trust in 30 specific news sources. In general, Republicans are much less likely than Democrats to trust the information they get from national news organizations. But Republicans who do trust national media view specific news sources differently than Republicans who don\u2019t trust national media.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-925b81f652e09f7d wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>For instance, Republican \u201cdistrusters\u201d are <em>more <\/em>likely than Republican \u201ctrusters\u201d to say they trust several news sources with right-leaning audiences, including The Joe Rogan Experience, Newsmax, The Daily Wire, Tucker Carlson Network and Breitbart.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-211621f252feb4b4 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-4f7f446aed212d89 wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block aligncenter size-640-wide is-resized\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f2e9e8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/SR_25.09.02_trust-or-distrust-in-news_2_c2bde7.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-273616 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f2e9e8; 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