Fox News celebrates 30 years of lies, racism, and smears

Since launching on Oct. 7, 1996, Fox News has spent the past 30 years airing a nonstop stream of bile, misinformation, bigotry, and stupidity.

The network was started by Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who has used his influence through outlets like The Sun and the New York Post to shift global politics to the right.

The network was designed by former Richard Nixon adviser Roger Ailes, who used a memo he had written while working in the Nixon administration—"A Plan for Putting the GOP on TV News"—as the template...