Originally published June 15, 2023 8:00 pm PDT
Conservative commentator Matt Walsh has published a series of tweets that unveil what he describes as the promotion of explicit and ideologically charged content within Fox News.
The material, according to Walsh, suggests that the company may be embracing a radical agenda that diverges significantly from the traditionally conservative views expressed on the network.
“BREAKING: We’ve obtained internal docs from @FoxNews employees,” Walsh began.
According to the commentator, Fox Corp, the parent company of Fox News, is encouraging its employees to engage with a variety of explicit and ideologically charged content as part of a so-called “Pride” celebration.
Walsh claims that the documents he obtained were produced by Fox Corp and are presented to Fox News employees when they log into their employee portal.
Among the content he highlights is material supporting organizations like The Trevor Project, which Walsh says hosts a sexually explicit chat room that connects minors with adults, and the Los Angeles LGBT Center, which has posted a video of a mother “surprising” her “trans daughter” with the child’s first dose of hormones.
In an attempt to “expand [their] perspective,” Walsh reports that Fox employees are also encouraged to read books by trans activists, including a memoir titled “Fairest” which contains explicit scenes and graphic descriptions.
Another recommended book is “Red White and Royal Blue,” which Walsh criticizes for its explicit content and for presenting a dialogue that refers to America as a “genocidal empire.”
Fox is also accused of recommending content for its employees’ children, such as a Pride-themed children’s book featuring a character who comes out as a unicorn, symbolizing coming out as gay or transgender.
Additionally, Fox allegedly endorses its employees to listen to podcasts like “Queery” and watch TED Talks about “LGBT life.”
Fox News employees are also purportedly encouraged to attend Pride events, such as a Ben & Jerry’s “powered” event at Fox News’ New York headquarters.
Walsh then introduces an AI platform called Eskalera, which he alleges Fox has been using to monitor employees’ commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
He claims that the AI pulls data from various sources, including the email and payroll systems, and calculates indices related to diversity and micro-affirmations.
The commentator also highlights one Fox News employee’s social media posts that appear to criticize Fox News’ audience, mock the Catholic faith, and support ideologically charged causes.
Questioning Fox leadership, Walsh asks, “Do the executives and owners just not know what’s happening in their company? Are they trying to comply with some onerous New York State Law? Do they not care? Do they actually support this nonsense?”
Finally, Walsh suggests that Fox may not be primarily beholden to its viewers, but to its largest shareholders, particularly the institutional investors BlackRock and Vanguard Group.
He posits, “These massive funds consolidate the wealth of millions of Americans, and then use their combined voting power to pursue a radical agenda most of those Americans oppose.”
Walsh ends his thread by implying that these investors are the real customers of Fox News and that they are “getting exactly what they want.”
