FOX Sports’ coverage of the World Cup, which will not address the host nation’s human rights record, is notably sponsored by state-owned airline Qatar Airways, it has emerged.
FOX Sports has the rights in the US to the English-language coverage of the tournament held in Qatar but announced it will focus on the on-field action, rather than addressing the country’s human rights record.
While FOX’s plan is similar to the strategy it took when covering the previous World Cup in Russia in 2018,…