Fox News mentioned Benghazi frequently for two years.
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The Daily Show: Ears EditionAug 28, 2026
The claim is a faithful extraction of the post's point that Fox News repeatedly covered Benghazi over roughly two years.
What was said
… Even Megan Kelly, who was prior to that desperately searching for answers, had the House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers on her show two weeks after he released the Benghazi report and never asked him about it once, not once. Yes, the network who used the word Benghazi like a clubhouse password, the official Republican dominated House report on Benghazi was the only news story in two years that didn't remind them to talk about Benghazi, which brings us once again to our main point of respect and appreciation: the beauty that is the ugliness of Fox News. They demand accountability for anger and divisiveness whilst holding themselves entirely unaccountable for their anger and divisiveness. …
The Daily Show: Ears Edition · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Media Matters' review of Fox News transcripts found about 1,098 evening segments with significant Benghazi discussion between the attack and May 2014, averaging about 13 per week.[2]
Supports. Fox ran at least 20 Benghazi segments in 18 of the 20 months studied, peaking at 174 in October 2012, which indicates sustained frequent coverage.[2]
Supports. A Washington Post analysis citing a Politico Magazine piece reported that Fox News mentioned Benghazi on 1,101 programs in the past year.[1]
Context. The Media Matters count covers evening programs only and excludes The Kelly File and Fox Report, so the true total may differ somewhat.[2]
Sources
2 sources: 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Benghazi is back. Here’s why Republicans think it will help them.washingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 2REPORT: Fox's Benghazi Obsession By The Numbersmediamatters.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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