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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe narrative that Fox had turned on Trump was always underbaked. Now it's totally collapsed.
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Fox and the Murdochs remain firmly in Trumps corner. Observers should exercise more discretion before they rush to conclude that that has changed.
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The narrative that Fox had turned on Trump was always underbaked. Now its totally collapsed.
12:53 PM · Aug 9, 2022
Matthew Gertz
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Fox and the Murdochs remain firmly in Trumps corner. Observers should exercise more discretion before they rush to conclude that that has changed.
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The narrative that Fox had turned on Trump was always underbaked. Now its totally collapsed.
12:53 PM · Aug 9, 2022
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/narrative-fox-had-turned-trump-was-always-underbaked-now-its-totally-collapsed
Fox News instantaneous, furious response to the FBI executing a court-approved search on Donald Trumps Mar-a-Lago resort and residence should put an end to claims that the network, or Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, who control it, have somehow turned on the former president.
Journalists are typically more interested in changes in narrative than consistent ones their job, after all, is to identify the news. Its natural for them to probe for a shift in Trumps relationships with his political allies. But any argument that Trumps propagandists are abandoning him should always be carefully scrutinized. If the Murdochs or others at Fox wanted to move on from Trump, they would have to reckon with the possibility of a viewer revolt. Trump retains the loyalty of the Republican base which doubles as Foxs core audience, and in the past, he has effectively wielded that influence to dominate the network when he has perceived it as insufficiently supportive.
Nonetheless, blistering July 22 editorials from the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal and New York Post, which condemned Trumps refusal to stop the January 6 insurrection in light of revelations from the select committee investigating that attack, triggered a rash of responses from journalists overly eager to identify a vibe shift. Their accounts featured headlines like, Why Rupert Murdoch Is Finally Done With Donald Trump (Politico Magazine senior media columnist Jack Shafer), The Murdochs and Trump aligned for mutual benefit. That may be changing. (The Washington Post), Even Rupert Murdoch appears to be done with Trump as a younger generation eyes 2024 (Vanity Fair) and Is Murdoch tiring of Trump? (The Guardian). The New York Times created a similar stir a few days later when it reported that due to the Murdochs discomfort with Mr. Trump, Fox is now often bypassing him in favor of showcasing other Republicans and effectively displacing him from his favorite spot: the center of the news cycle.
The slew of arguments that the Murdochs had abandoned Trump suffered from a failure to grapple sufficiently with coverage provided by their biggest megaphone: Fox. Hours after the publication of the Post and Journal editorials, Tucker Carlson the networks biggest star, who owes his position to the benevolence of the Murdochs used his primetime show to offer a lengthy denunciation not of Trump, but of the January 6 select committee, which he said represented the single greatest threat to the rule of law in the history of the United States. Indeed, the networks most popular hosts still treat the former president as a figure of reverence, its programming mentions Trump far more frequently than other Republican leaders like former Vice President Mike Pence or Florida governor Ron DeSantis, and it promotes his rallies on its social media channels and its streaming service, where he has a dedicated page.
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The narrative that Fox had turned on Trump was always underbaked. Now it's totally collapsed. (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Aug 2022
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Jade Fox
(10,030 posts)1. Fox is not supporting Trump, they are attacking the Dems....
and right after Biden's triumphant week.
I have no doubt that the Republicans do not want Trump to run again. He will lose, and everyone is sick of his clown act.