Skip to main content

Donate to Media Matters' Year-End Fundraiser Donate Arrow

  • Online media
  • Tariffs
  • Epstein
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • RSS
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate

Media Matters for America

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

Donate to Media Matters' Year-End Fundraiser Donate Arrow

Media Matters for America

  • Nav
  • Search
  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives
  • Online media
  • Tariffs
  • Epstein
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • RSS
Trish Regan says Democrats are using coronavirus as "another attempt to impeach the president"

Fox puts Trish Regan’s Fox Business show on hiatus after deranged coronavirus monologue

Days after Regan called coronavirus a scam, Fox said that her show is going on hiatus to make room for more coverage of the pandemic

Written by John Whitehouse

Published 03/13/20 10:24 PM EDT

Updated 03/27/20 5:00 PM EDT

Update (3/27/20): Regan will not return to Fox.

On Monday, March 9, Trish Regan opened her Fox Business show by complaining of the “Coronavirus impeachment scam.” Her deranged monologue received widespread ridicule after a tweet by Media Matters’ Andrew Lawrence that has been viewed millions of times.

On Friday, March 13, Bloomberg News reported that Regan’s 8 p.m. show, Trish Regan Primetime, was being put on hiatus.

 

“Fox Business’s prime-time programs Trish Regan Primetime and Kennedy will both be on hiatus until further notice,” Fox said a statement. “Due to the demands of the evolving pandemic crisis coverage, we are deploying all resources from both shows for staffing needs during critical market hours. Fox Business will run long form programming in prime time for the foreseeable future.”

Regan acknowledged the move:

Fox Business’s Kennedy, hosted by Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery, was also put on hiatus.

Before this monologue calling a deadly global pandemic a “scam,” Regan was known for over-the-top pro-Trump rhetoric and for being the first interview that top Trump adviser Stephen Miller gave after his emails revealed an affinity for racist rhetoric and white nationalist conspiracy theories.

Lest anyone get the wrong idea here, there is plenty of awful coronavirus coverage on Fox that has not led to any consequences.

Don't let right wing lies set the agenda. Donate now!

The Latest

  1. Megyn Kelly: The law Trump signed to release the Epstein files “has enough exceptions ... to drive a U-Haul truck through it”

    Video & Audio 12/12/25 2:20 PM EST

  2. Media Matters weekly newsletter, December 12

    Narrative/Timeline 12/12/25 10:49 AM EST

  3. GOP bill against dual citizenship echoes white nationalist Nick Fuentes’ use of antisemitic “dual loyalty” trope

    Article 12/12/25 9:55 AM EST

  4. Newsmax host: “Primary all the 21 state senators in Indiana who just voted with Democrats to oppose congressional redistricting for their own party”

    Video & Audio 12/12/25 9:51 AM EST

  5. Asmongold, one of the largest US streamers on YouTube, has leveled up from gaming to politics

    Article 12/11/25 4:34 PM EST

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • …
  • Next page ››

In This Article

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19)

    Covid-19 / Coronavirus
  • Trish Regan

    trish-regan_mmfa_tag
  • Fox Business

    Fox-Business-MMFA-Tag.png

Related

  1. Trump's border czar dominates Fox airtime, leaving homeland security secretary trailing far behind

    Research/Study 12/11/25 2:50 PM EST

  2. Maria Bartiromo omits MAHA calls for EPA Secretary Lee Zeldin’s resignation in interview on the agency’s action on forever chemicals

    Article 12/10/25 3:51 PM EST

  3. Fox struggles to run cover for Trump calling affordability crisis a “hoax,” “scam,” and “con job”

    Research/Study 12/10/25 12:03 PM EST

Media Matters for America

Sign up for email updates
  • About
  • Contact
  • Corrections
  • Submissions
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • RSS

© 2025 Media Matters for America

RSS