We’ve already covered the biggest controversies in MSNBC history; now it’s time to walk down the Fox News hall of shame. Fox News ranked as the most-watched cable channel — news or otherwise — in 2024. And yet it has been the subject of relentless criticism, especially regarding allegations of biased and inaccurate reporting. But Fox News has also had specific controversies and scandals that have disgraced the network. Here are our picks for the worst. 2009: Glenn Beck claims Barack Obama has hatred of white people In a Fox and Friends appearance in July 2009, Fox News commentator Glenn Beck said he thought then-President Barack Obama was racist and had shown himself to have a “deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture,” as the Associated Press reported at the time. “I’m not saying he doesn’t like white people,” Beck added, seemingly contradicting himself. “He has a problem.