RED News
 Logo used since 1997 | |
| Country | Liberta |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area |
Domestic America Southern Europe Africa |
| Network | RED Broadcasting |
| Headquarters | Rogue Media Building, Hollice, Eode |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 720p (16:9 HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Parent | Rogue Media |
| Key people | Marc Roberts (Executive chairman) |
| Sister channels |
RED RED Finance Network RED Weather |
| History | |
| Launched | February 14, 1997 |
| Founder |
Marc Roberts Jason Tilius |
| Links | |
| Website | rednews.com |
| Availability | |
RED News is a Libertan multinational populist news and political commentary television channel and website based in Eode, Liberta. It is owned by Rogue Media and is among the most popular television channels in Liberta and English-speaking Africa. Started as a sister channel to the entertainment-focused channel RED, it has seen immense success among a domestic working-class audience and later in a diverse South African and Nigerian audience.
RED News was launched in early 1997, modeled after the conservative American television channel Fox News. Though initially only intended for a Libertan audience, the success of sister channel RED in Africa incentivized further expansion by RED News. The channel has since risen to become among the most popular television channels in South Africa, Nigeria, and Ghana. Despite a majority black audience in Africa, the channel is especially popular among Afrikaners. The channel is generally regarded as populist and broadly conservative. Despite its generally right-leaning content, the channel has become a mouthpiece of the South African opposition due to its hostility to the state-owned SABC. In South Africa, the network is available in English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, and Zulu depending on the region.
The channel has stirred numerous controversies, both in Liberta and abroad. It has been accused of political bias, using sensationalist tactics, and providing chairman Marc Roberts with widespread political influence. Its hosts have been described as provocative, using informal fallacies, and deliberately misrepresenting its interviewees.