WH to 'look into' Fox News decision to stop airing Trump rallies after ratings plummet

[SoCalNative]

A White House spokesperson this week promised to “look into” a Fox News decision to cease broadcasting of Trump campaign rallies in full.

According to The Daily Beast, the White House is concerned about losing a key platform just before the midterms. Instead of airing the rallies in their entirety, the network has taken to showing abbreviated clips of the events.

Rallies in recent days have drawn significantly lower ratings, Politico reported. In some cases, Trump rallies have fewer viewers than regular Fox News programming.

A senior White House official reportedly said that White House Communication Director Bill Shine, a former Fox News executive, was expected to be in talks with the network about the decision to nix live Trump rallies.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/white-house-says-will-look-fox-news-decision-stop-airing-trump-rallies-ratings-plummet/

[NightWatcher]

1. trump is losing fox and their viewers?

[pecosbob]

2. So they'll invent their own rating numbers...bigly

[BigmanPigman]

3. That is the best news I have heard all day!

Of course the other news is the hurricane disaster, a journalist was murdered by tRump's other pal the Saudi Prince, Kanye acting nutty as a fruitcake, and the Dow down 400 points.

Ho hum, just another day is in fucked up, tRump Bizarro World.

[njhoneybadger]

4. The novelty Has worn off

Nobody wants to see the same freak show over and over

[Aristus]

5. This is the reason, Trumpy:

We are a capitalist nation. Fox News is no longer making money airing your rallies. So they no longer air them.

Do you hate capitalism?

DO YOU HATE AMERICA?

HUH?

(Now see how easy that was to turn back on you?...)

[Sneederbunk]

6. You live and die by the ratings Donnie. You know that.

[elfin]

7. The Lovely Hope Hicks will come to his rescue!

.... But her ascension at Faux won't be until after the midterms. Looks like Shine will be doing double duty for the WH and Faux until then.