Skip to main content
  • Online media
  • Iran
  • Epstein
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate

Media Matters for America

  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives

Media Matters for America

  • Nav
  • Search
  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives
  • Online media
  • Iran
  • Epstein
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS
Fox covid vaccine

Molly Butler / Media Matters

Fox hosts take a stand against vaccine mandates – but not Fox's own vaccine mandate

Written by Jane Lee

Published 10/21/21 9:15 AM EDT

On the October 20 edition of Fox News Primetime, Fox News host Dan Bongino discussed an ultimatum he’d given his employer Cumulus Radio over its vaccine mandate.  Bongino had railed against Cumulus a few days before, threatening,  “Cumulus is going to have to make a decision with me if they want to continue this partnership or they don't.”

But Bongino neglected to mention Fox News, where he hosts a show on Saturday evenings, in either rant. Fox Corp. has implemented vaccine and testing requirements that go beyond the Biden administration’s policies; the company requires proof of vaccination or daily testing. Yet Bongino conspicuously ignored the network in his rants.

Video file

Citation

From the October 20, 2021, edition of Fox News' Fox News Primetime

Following the interview, fellow Fox host and vaccine mandate detractor Tucker Carlson came on the show and complimented the Bongino segment, calling it “so inspiring.

Video file

Citation

From the October 20, 2021, edition of Fox News' Fox News Primetime

Carlson’s comments follow his own campaign against vaccine and testing requirements and corresponding refusal to address the same policies at Fox Corp.

The Latest

  1. Newsmax host: “If a few bridges are lost in the process of liberating a country of 90 million people, I sincerely doubt most Iranians would mind at all”

    Video & Audio 04/07/26 8:11 AM EDT

  2. Newsmax host: “War crimes — get bent, I don't care. I don't really care about it.”

    Video & Audio 04/07/26 8:03 AM EDT

  3. On The Weeknight, Angelo Carusone discusses how the Iran war is seen in the Christian nationalist media space: “They're getting impassioned because he's making these very explicit calls to their religion”

    Video & Audio 04/06/26 7:49 PM EDT

  4. Jesse Watters praises Trump's Iran approach and advocates for bombing Iranian power plants: “It can be done humanely”

    Video & Audio 04/06/26 6:51 PM EDT

  5. Alex Jones on Iran war: “This is a disaster, folks, and anybody telling you it's not is just being paid to say that or stupid”

    Video & Audio 04/06/26 4:26 PM EDT

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • …
  • Next page ››

In This Article

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19)

    Covid-19 / Coronavirus
  • Dan Bongino

    Dan Bongino
  • Tucker Carlson

    Tucker-Carlson-MMFA-Tag.png
  • Fox News

    Fox-News-MMFA-Tag.png
  • Will Cain

    Will Cain tag

Related

  1. Jesse Watters praises Trump's Iran approach and advocates for bombing Iranian power plants: “It can be done humanely”

    Video & Audio 04/06/26 6:51 PM EDT

  2. Podcaster Dave Smith on Dan Bongino: “He's dumb. He's corrupt as shit. He's a liar, and he's trying to ruin good people.”

    Video & Audio 04/06/26 2:42 PM EDT

  3. Right-wing media’s scattered predictions on when the Iran war will end

    Research/Study 04/06/26 10:31 AM EDT

Media Matters for America

Sign Up for Email Updates
  • About
  • Contact
  • Corrections
  • Submissions
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS

© 2026 Media Matters for America

RSS