Fox Business viewers might not realize Trump’s tariffs are massive taxes that have disrupted the economy
Fox Business’ flagship morning program broke with its competitors at Bloomberg and CNBC to offer viewers a rosy view on tariff policies
Following President Donald Trump’s reimplementation of sweeping global tariff policies this summer, Media Matters reviewed all weekday programming on the flagship premarket news programs aired on Bloomberg, CNBC, and Fox Business to identify trends in their coverage.
Bloomberg’s Bloomberg Surveillance lapped the competition from CNBC’s Squawk Box and Fox Business’ Mornings with Maria Bartiromo over the survey period in terms of the quantity and quality of coverage of the tariffs’ economic ramifications and their questionable legality.


