The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) kicks off this week in Maryland under a cloud of scandal that is hovering over its founder Matt Schlapp and that has Fox keeping its distance when it comes to funding and coverage.
According to a report from the Daily Beast’s Justin Baragona, accusations that Schlapp sexually assaulted a male staffer who had been working on Herschel Walker’s U.S. Senate campaign is continuing to create fall-out for the annual get-together and, by all appearances, Fox and Fox Nation wants little to do with it.
As Baragona wrote, over the past few years, Fox Nation has provided streaming coverage of the multi-day event where conservative lawmakers make their pitch to activists and contributed funding.
Not so this year.
“In 2021, for example, Fox Nation paid $250,000 to help underwrite the overtly partisan political gathering. The year before that, the Fox streamer paid $28,000 as a sponsor,” the report states. “As of publication, Schlapp and his annual convention have all but disappeared from the Fox News universe. None of Fox News Media’s outlets are listed among CPAC 2023’s list of partnering sponsors, which includes the network’s conservative arch-rival Newsmax as well as far-right competitors like Real America’s Voice.”
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