If you turn on Fox News, you won’t see or hear much about Pete Hegseth, the longtime Fox anchor turned Trump nominee to head the Defense Department.

While Hegseth has been publicly criticized this month over allegations of rape, sexual harassment, misconduct and repeated drunkenness on the job, his former employer is doing its best to look the other way.

CNN analyst Brian Stelter reported that the conservative media hegemony that employed Hegseth for more than 10 years has yet to discuss the multiple allegations his former employee is involved in, according to database searches. SnapStream and TVEyes data.

“What’s a media outlet supposed to do when its longtime host is chosen to run the Pentagon, and then a series of eyebrow-raising articles raise doubts about his nomination? » Stelter asked on. “If you’re Fox News, obviously you pretend the stories don’t exist.”

Stelter went on to note that there were several moments in Fox News programming in which Hegseth’s allegations were raised and then quickly disputed or dropped.

“In Monday’s edition of Special report, Chad Pergram said Hegseth’s confirmation “could be a problem” because “he’s facing issues regarding his personal conduct.” What problems? Pergram said nothing. No one else on Fox either,” Stelter said.

This lack of media coverage is a blatant attempt at damage control by one of the most biased media conglomerates we have. Hegseth’s team called the allegations “far-fetched.” Their impact on his nomination remains to be seen.