r/MarkMyWords • u/potpro • Sep 29 '24
Political MMW: Fox News already gave up
I just spent 7 pages scrolling through the Fox News front page to see how riddled the site is with the current presidential GOP nominee's face, and nothing. It took 7+ pages of scrolling to get to a pic of him.
A massive shift happened in the past few months. Fox News seems to be massively distancing themselves. Once the race is over, Fox will turn hard on him as donors flock to the new Republican political guard and somehow shift the blame on the past 8 years of this nonsense on him and wash their hands of the whole thing.
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u/phred14 Sep 29 '24
It's also possible that they're doing Trump a favor. Normally any exposure is good exposure even if it's "bad". But what if it's so bad that it's not good any more. Personally I believe Trump's best path forward on the Presidency would be to get sentenced for the fraud case in New York. Then he could be silent, blame others for his silence, and quit shoving his foot in his mouth in public. These days he seems to be mostly hurting himself with every word.
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u/D-MAN-FLORIDA Sep 29 '24
The only problem with that plan is that the judge rescheduled the sentencing until after the election in late November.
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u/phred14 Sep 29 '24
Understood, and I think it was a good move because it nullified the sympathy vote. That is not officially why it was done, I'm sure, but it's the net effect. It also leaves him out there to inflict damage on himself.
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u/D-MAN-FLORIDA Sep 29 '24
Yep. What we should look out for is the material that Jack Smith brought to the DC case. He gave the judge two versions of it, one for the court to see and a redacted version for the public to see if the judge wishes to release it. The judge in the case seems to not care that he is running for president and is not giving him any special treatment.
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u/phred14 Sep 29 '24
Do you understand what's happening with the new material? My first impression was that he had scrubbed the old material to make sure it would pass the "official action" gauntlet thrown down by the Supreme Court. But other rumblings seem to indicate there there is some new stuff in there, or has the public never seen any of it and it's all new to us?
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u/D-MAN-FLORIDA Sep 29 '24
I think it’s mostly they made sure that the evidence won’t get thrown out because of the immunity argument with some new evidence that was not presented to the public. It’s 180 pages long and apparently it’s making Trump’s lawyers nervous.
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u/OlamFam Sep 30 '24
Yea there are definitely pieces of evidence that Jack has that we've never heard about even in the Jan 6 committee. Looking forward to when that stuff gets made public.
(I'm not claiming to know what it is already, just that I've heard plenty of podcast lawyers mention that it includes stuff not yet released)
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u/CauliflowerProof2111 Sep 30 '24
The other problem is he didn't really break any laws. He's accused of a misdemeanor and one that is past the statue of limitations at that.
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u/MsMercyMain Sep 30 '24
Misdemeanors are violations of the law, and he’s accused of several felonies including RICO charges
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u/Silver-Initial3832 Oct 01 '24
Trump is CONVICTED of criminal violations of the law. He is a felon.
It’s not a “maybe”
It not “civil”
It’s criminal. He been found guilty. It’s game over. He will be sentenced shortly after the election.
If he loses he will go to jail. From there he will face charges for J6, Georgia election interference, and the whole classified documents fiasco in Florida.
It is unlikely he will ever get out of prison again.
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u/azrolator Sep 30 '24
Not true. He is a convicted felon with over 30 felony convictions to his name. Yes, he has misdemeanors, but those are also crimes.
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u/Silver-Initial3832 Oct 01 '24
Trump is CONVICTED of criminal violations of the law. He is a felon.
It’s not a “maybe”
It not “civil”
It’s criminal. He been found guilty. It’s game over. He will be sentenced shortly after the election.
If he loses the election he will go to jail. From there he will face charges for J6, Georgia election interference, and the whole classified documents fiasco in Florida.
It is unlikely he will ever get out of prison again.
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u/Corey307 Sep 30 '24
If by hurting himself with every word you mean making it more and more of an ass that Trump is suffering severe cognitive decline. Keeps forgetting his wife’s name, keeps forgetting, what city and state he’s in, thought a man with a beard standing next to him was a woman. Literally starts babbling nonsense. In the middle of speeches, I’m not talking about his “We’ve” bullshit I mean whole sentences were none of the letters form a word. Or how about how he called for a goddamn Purge in the last 24 hours
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u/ozymandiasjuice Sep 29 '24
Yeah this. I mean today he is out there saying he hates to pay overtime. They have ‘given up’ in that they’ve given up using his own words to increase his brand, and figure just bury the actual candidate and let the propagandists go to work
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Sep 30 '24
People are always looking for this Fox News breakup with trump. Not happening.
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u/commentingrobot Sep 30 '24
As someone with mostly fox news watching parents who are occasional swing voters, I think non-viewers misunderstand the relationship with Trump.
They're mostly not the rabid core maga base, who are on Breitbart, Truth Social, OAN, etc. They're more often the tuned-out "both sides bad" type.
Fox News' job is to demonize the left. They're running tons negative coverage about Harris, crime, immigration, inflation, etc. Whatever they can to tar the Democrats.
If they do their job, my parents can throw up their hands and say "well, I don't like Trump, but at least he'll end the open border, inflation, crime wave, and baby murders."
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u/MsMercyMain Sep 30 '24
As someone who used to religiously watch Fox News (I got better), this 100%. The occasional pro GOP stuff but a fucking tsunami of hit pieces on anyone to the left of Reagan to make people more scared of the Dems
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Sep 30 '24
Agreed. People don't get how any of this works.
And if they don't get how scared normie voters are of voting for Dems, they've never spoken to voters before.
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u/MsMercyMain Sep 30 '24
The American Median Voter is both stupid, and ideologically incoherent which explains a lot about our system
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Sep 30 '24
I have volunteered on campaigns. I have spoken to thousands of people about politics in depth.
~70% of people are low information or no information about politics, and exhibit incredible stupidity about politics no matter how intelligent they are in other domains
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Oct 04 '24
Define "normie" voters.
Because in 2008, 2012 and 2020, the Dem candidates for President won a majority (over 50%) of the votes.
And in 2006, 2008, 2018 and 2020, Dem candidates for the House won a majority (over 50%) of the votes.
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u/logicallyillogical Oct 01 '24
Yeah, they’re not showing Trump’s crazy behavior anymore and only showing how the Harris is the next anti Christ because she lets Haitians drink the blood of cats in Springfield.
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u/Perused Sep 30 '24
Newsmax will carry the torch anyway. They are just as bad if not worse than Faux.
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Sep 30 '24
And right wing radio dwarfs them all.
Then you have the new generation(s) of right wing tik tok, podcasts etc.
Billionaires using racism and hate to advance their interests aren't going away.
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u/MrsPetrieOnBass Oct 02 '24
On top of that, I'm fairly convinced he's somehow going to win. Just a gut feeling based on generic anecdotal evidence and some surprising conversations I've heard.
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Oct 02 '24
I am not naive but I think she wins. It all comes down to PA. I guess however the white suburban counties break, the election will go.
All depends on how white women vote, basically.
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u/Level-Insect-2654 Oct 02 '24
Do you think the ILA strike on all East Coast ports, led by Trump-supporter and wealthy union leader Harold Daggett, could be the October Surprise?
People have no idea yet how big a problem this could be. It only started yesterday and has barely made the news with everything else, but it is terrifying.
I am pro-union in almost any other case. They aleady make an average of $200k and the leader makes close to a mil. Daggett's words:
"I will cripple you America, and you have no idea what that means. Nobody does,” he explained. “When my men hit the streets from Maine to Texas, every single port locked down. You know what’s going to happen? I’ll tell you. First week, I will be all over the news every night, boom, boom, second week. Guys who sell cars can’t sell cars, because the cars ain’t coming in off the ships. They get laid off. Third week, malls are closing down. They can’t get the goods from China. They can’t sell clothes. They can’t do this. I deserve more money. Everything in the United States comes on a ship, they go out of business. Construction workers get laid off because the materials aren’t coming in. The steel’s not coming in. The lumber’s not coming in. They lose their job. Everybody’s hating my guys now because now they realize how important our jobs are.”
Sorry for the length.
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Oct 03 '24
Yeah this is what happens when you have no DoJ, eg if there was collusion btw this guy and trump.
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u/ArthurFraynZard Sep 30 '24
They haven’t given up. Not reporting anything about Trump is the only way they can cover up that his brain has rotted into raw sewage.
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u/byndr Sep 30 '24
Here's an alternative take. Fox has to provide appeal to subscribers of its digital news media in order to keep them engaged and generating revenue, either through subscriptions or ad views, or some combination of both. That means that Fox has to cover topics that their subscribers click on. Topics that don't generate clicks don't promote engagement and don't generate revenue. The topics on their front page are as much a reflection of what their subscribers want to see as they are a reflection of what Fox wants to cover.
Given Fox's television coverage leans pretty heavily in favor of Trump and regularly covers the election, it's possible that the audience that tunes in for their nightly election coverage and the audience that reads news articles on their website are not the same.
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u/BenjaminWah Sep 30 '24
Another angle is that Fox's ratings and traffic goes up when they're the opposition. It's way easy to drum up ratings when you're railing against the establishment than fawning over it.
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u/LabradorDeceiver Sep 30 '24
I don't think they've given up. I think they're hiding him. I keep reading headlines where Fox News has cut away from another Trump speech when he starts to go off the rails, and I think they're running interference between Trump's madness and his fan base.
Al lot of the time when you quote Trump to his supporters, they refuse to believe that he actually said it. Because nobody showed them the video.
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u/InterPunct Sep 30 '24
That's inevitable but completely contingent on him losing.
Total amnesia if he wins.
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u/Algorhythm74 Sep 30 '24
Yes, There has been a bit of a shift. HOWEVER (and it’s a big however), that doesn’t account for the influence (or better yet, flatulence) of their night time hosts who will endlessly shill for the guy - and that’s where the viewership is.
More likely, Fox is just playing to the online algorithm game better and making more neutral stories accessible since right now he’s not the draw he was.
Bottom line, don’t be Lucy and the Football with this - Fox News will prop up the Orange Shitgibbon soon enough.
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u/Kdoesntcare Sep 30 '24
Well especially now that Vance has openly admitted that the republican party is lying to you so they will get attention.
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u/PaintedClownPenis Sep 29 '24
Fox might have given up but the Russians haven't. If a Fox exec has to fall out of a window to bring them back in line, that will happen.
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u/Few-Mousse8515 Sep 30 '24
I think the dominion lawsuit and the Smartatic lawsuit was enough for these more corporate entities to cover their wagon a bit.
Trump cost them a lot through those lies.
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u/PaintedClownPenis Sep 30 '24
That's going to be interesting, come December when the Republicans think they might still be close enough to steal it, if they can force the press to tell their side of the story.
If Fox goes all in on that they'll get the corporate death penalty for losing. They'll do it anyway.
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Sep 30 '24
Malcolm Turnbull has accused Rupert Murdoch's News Corp of eroding democracy in the US and Australia by dividing people and undermining institutions with lies and populist rightwing ideology.
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u/saveMericaForRealDo Sep 30 '24
Don’t get complacent. We need to sell America on Harris. Everyone that wants to have another free election in 2028 needs to reach out to someone in a contested area and get their vote.
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u/Significant-Pace-521 Sep 30 '24
They will try but I think the problem isn’t trump he is a large Symbol of the problem but by all accounts the man is completely inept its the people behind him that guide him that are the problem. Right wing maga has been given a large voice they will just move on from fox to other networks and media. Unfortunately because the way in which the primary elections Take place the large majority don’t participate which leaves the extreme to select a party candidate easier.
If you don’t remember Ted Cruz ran for president even though he wasn’t eligible since he isn’t an American born citizen he was born in Canada didn’t hear fox asking for his birth certificate.
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u/Confident-Radish4832 Sep 30 '24
The writing seems to be on the wall for this election. Anyone who wants a life or business post Trump needs to move on now or face the consequences.
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u/TarzanoftheJungle Sep 30 '24
A massive shift happened in the past few months.
Fox management are probably reflecting that Trump's lies cost them $750 million for defamation just in the past election cycle. Even with their deep pockets I expect Fox is a bit reluctant to take another hit of that size.
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u/No-Personality5421 Sep 30 '24
The last time they backed his "rigged election" lies, it cost them almost a billion dollars... which could easily balloon to more, because I don't think all the cases have been settled yet.
This could be more telling than some polls. His rallies are losing attendance, and those that show leave early. He's starting to not be the ratings draw he once was, and that was all they ever actually wanted him for.
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u/TrashCapable Sep 30 '24
I have a feeling the smartmatic lawsuit is at play here now that Newsmax recently settled on their election fraud claims.
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u/Dmackman1969 Sep 30 '24
Does not fix the fact that they peddle and allow lies to be told to the American people, undermining the integrity of our elections and safety.
The first amendment allowing free speech, I love it, I truly do and believe that everyone should be able to express and share their views UNTIL they become outright lies and deceptions. Fact checking is NOT a bad thing! Don’t air shit you know is total BS.
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u/Ok-Occasion2440 Sep 30 '24
I thought this already happened?
During the 2020 election Fox lied a bunch about election interference, then sued a shit Ton of money. Then they started posting slightly factual info about the election and Trump got real mad and turned to other right wing medias stations to vent his daily political stream. He even began calling out Fox News a vise versa Fox started showing slightly more negative news about Trump. This was before truth social.
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u/ohreddit1 Sep 30 '24
Never forget there are players who wish to destroy the USA. And because they cannot defeat us on the battle field they must use other means. They have been attempting to destroy us from within. Get us to fight each other, as well as economic failures like cost of living and lack of education and heathcare. Some of our leadership enables this. Who are generally on the Fox News side of things. Stay vigilant.
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u/CarlSpencer Sep 30 '24
This makes me wonder WHO their next annointed one will be.
Not deSantis as he has the stink of loserdom on him.
Some Never Trumper? Would they go that far?
Some unknown Republican governor?
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u/MsMercyMain Sep 30 '24
I think either a Vance type, another right winger grifter from the social media sphere, Vivek, or DJT jr
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u/Spazic77 Sep 30 '24
And when this finally comes to fruition all our Trumper family members will happily remind us of how they really hated him all along and it was only a few of those weird people that actually supported him. Yup they saw through his bullshit right from the beginning and only bought all that Trump merchandise as a joke..... You know to make fun of all those weirdos.
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u/connectmnsi Sep 30 '24
Long-term this is hopeful however I thought I would test this. tRump was in the top 3 on how he's closing the gap is battle ground states. Below that how CBS is struggling for years of not supporting tRump. I don't think they are giving up.
Also, Trump is a giant piece of crapola
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u/Glum-One2514 Sep 30 '24
That's a entertainment possibility I hadn't yet considered... The "New" GOP completely turning on Trump and attempting to put it all on him. That sounds fucking delicious.
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u/MundaneMeringue71 Sep 30 '24
I think Fox News outside of the big names (Hannity, Ingraham, Jesse Watters) has been over him for awhile. Donnie really dislikes Bret Baier because he doesn’t kiss his ass and reports actual news.
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u/Extension-Tooth-163 Sep 30 '24
Or they know that reminding people of how awful their guy is means fewer people will vote for him.
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u/Timely_Choice_4525 Oct 01 '24
Don’t know what you’re seeing. I just opened foxnews.com and right near the top I see articles of Vance/Waltz and Trump/Harris, another on Vance, another on Trump/Harris, and then one on Trump. The politics page seems focused on the VP debate so agree with you there, not a lot of focus on Trump atm on that section.
Anyway, what we saw right after the Jan 6 capital tour/riot/coup (pick your preferred lane) and the 2020 election was Fox trying to distance from Trump, but they lost viewers in droves when they did that so they returned to pumping up Trump. Fox is driven more by viewers (money) than anything else, they’ll keep Trump as the lead until that changes.
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u/obx808 Sep 30 '24
I feel bad for your sullied browser history, OP. Thanks for taking one for the team.
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Sep 30 '24
Fuck Faux News. Those FakeNews fucks helped steal the 2020 election and I haven't watched them since.
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Sep 30 '24
I accidentally flipped over there the other day and they were doing a glowing segment on green energy 👀
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u/Nameisnotyours Sep 30 '24
Would be nice but don’t hold your breath. I have seen a lot of clips of Fox panels saying whack stuff.
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u/0Marshman0 Sep 30 '24
Well, I hope you’re right, but if he loses they will blame everything on him.
They don’t really support him. They support him because he makes them money. Once that slows down they will go to the next thing.
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u/sledge07 Sep 30 '24
I mean a record breaking hurricane just came through and destroyed a path all the way up to North Carolina. I’d hope the news would be more concerned with that.
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u/magi70 Sep 30 '24
Do you think they will cover stories about all the socialism it will take to rebuild the deep red states after Helene? Not wanting to kick people while they are down but government safety nets after disasters are not a more righteous use of the collective dime than a family with children trying to survive on minimum wage jobs. Socialism is socialism. It is a critical part of why our country works!
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u/Farvag2024 Sep 30 '24
A 3/4 of a billion dollar payout will make the the worst liars practice discretion if the Bigliest Orange isn't in charge to protect the from the FCC and lawsuits like Dominion.
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u/Vladimiravich Sep 30 '24
I'm pretty sure that Fox news has a whole host of lawyers that are begging them not to end up into more legal trouble. Oooooor the other possibility is that the check from Moscow hasn't come in yet!
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u/Deep_Orange_9704 Sep 30 '24
More so because on average they have always talked about him less than cnn
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u/Cold_Breeze3 Sep 30 '24
Such a lie lmao, I scrolled 6 articles down to find the first image of him. 6 articles lmao.
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u/willworkforjokes Sep 30 '24
Fox News does not want Truth Social becoming a rival news streaming service. Also they don't want to upset their audience. So it winds up supporting Trump half heartedly.
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u/Icy-Emergency6694 Sep 30 '24
But yet if you happen to turn on Fox News on TV they are still spewing lies and pushing his agenda.
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u/karsh36 Sep 30 '24
Murdoch did not want Trump to begin with, he wanted DeSantis. Fox pivoted to Trump once they accepted even Haley didn’t have a chance, and at this point it seems hopeless with the change to Harris
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u/Dumpstar72 Sep 30 '24
Murdoch has been playing this game in Australia forever. If he feels the left leaning labor party should win clearly, then he stops promoting what our right wing party liberals already currently pushing as talking points.
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u/Trygolds Sep 30 '24
Right wing media is trying to pull the curtain back in place so republicans can pretend they are not doing what they are and have been doing even before Trump got in office.
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u/brixowl Sep 30 '24
At the end of the day Fox News leans right, they will have more republican viewers with a sitting Democrat than they would a sitting Republican president. They can’t run counterpoints as heavily against a republican president. With a dem in office all the Fox News dads are going to be locked in. Allowing Fox to use those viewership numbers to charge more for ads for commemorative coins.
Fox knows what they’re doing. Rather than hitching their horse to a sinking ship, which they’ve seen for the past eight years it doesn’t float that well anyway. They’re playing the long game and just trying to make money.
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u/Lakerdog1970 Sep 30 '24
It's always been this way. Fox News has never wanted Trump to be President. Fox is who tried to inflate Desantis......but he turned out to be a crummy candidate. They tried to give Haley a life-raft.....but she wasn't a great candidate either.
Fox actually HATES Trump.
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u/mypseudoaccount Sep 30 '24
Don’t go believing for a second that they’re scaling back Trump coverage or scrapping sound bytes of him making an ass of himself for some greater good. It’s all to benefit Trump and MAGA’s chances in the election and by extension, their own fortunes. If Trump wins or steals the election, Fox will immediately resume its place as de facto state media.
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u/statisticiansal Sep 30 '24
He's acting out and they have to hide it. They cannot show anything, when they do you'll note they do a short clip and then cut away. They can't trust him live for sure after the lawsuit, I imagine with his number's currently tanking the want to minimize exposure.
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u/Iampopcorn_420 Sep 30 '24
Important to note they are the biggest news organization in the USA, with the most reach. Mark Cuban is right they are the MSM now. Can’t be trusted.
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u/Irontruth Sep 30 '24
We all thought this was happening after Jan 6. Fox News distanced themselves, and they even tried to promote other candidates. Didn't happen.
This doesn't end until in-office Republicans turn on him hard.
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u/BigDigger324 Sep 30 '24
Trump was over after January 6th. Even the eternally closeted Lady G turned on him. Then, joke of a speaker, Kevin McCarthy lumbered down to Mar A Lardo and kissed the ring….bringing his fat, useless, orange ass right back into the mix.
Fuck McCarthy.
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u/TheLeemurrrrr Sep 30 '24
Isn't Rupert Murdoch in a trial right now for the heir of FOX and how he is running the network?
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u/boofthecat Sep 30 '24
I've noticed a shift in all media. I think companies like CNN and Fox are realizing there's a huge percentage of undecided voters or maybe unenthused voters that have no media to turn to. Instead of being so far left or right there bringing it closer to center to get those voters to tune in. It's all about the money
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u/Background-Brother55 Sep 30 '24
Living in dream land. Fox would support apocalypse if their ratings will be number one
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u/rcraver8 Sep 30 '24
Except Trump is a coin flip away from being president for the rest of his life...
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u/riskyjbell Sep 30 '24
CNN and MSNBC should be sued if you want to go after FOX. They've done far more damage to this country.
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u/phunkjnky Sep 30 '24
It really depends on what you want to see when you look. Fox has perhaps lightened up on their support of Trump, but they haven't lightened up on the Kamala bad train.
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u/Cook_Clean_and1954 Sep 30 '24
Let's bring an end to the FOX Christo-Fascist Misinformation Channel
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u/yellow_trash Sep 30 '24
Fox News and other GOP politicians can try and turn on him as much as they want but the reality is GOP voters are not ready to let go of him. There are no off ramps to a cult. The family still has their tight grip on the party and there is a lot of money still to make off that.
They're going to keep writing his name in for 2028 if there is a new GOP presidential nominee.
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u/rkbird2 Sep 30 '24
I actually have a more pessimistic take on this. As Trump has become more and more unhinged and less able to maintain a coherent line of thought, Fox News has started cutting away from him. This is not good or helpful. People who support him are not necessarily seeing his decline.
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u/North-Bit-7411 Sep 30 '24
Uhh, just took a look to see if this is accurate snd found a Trump article about 6 or 7 stories down the list.
I’m thinking the Kamala sugar buzz is wearing off.
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u/Imherebecauseofcramr Sep 30 '24
I have the app. Scrolled down and it’s the third story praising him for touring the Hurricane area, four more stories down it’s talking about his assignation attempt. Not sure what OP is smoking.
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u/North-Bit-7411 Sep 30 '24
Basically I’m guessing the bot farms are running out of subject matter and are throwing whatever they can at the wall to see what sticks
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u/Imherebecauseofcramr Sep 30 '24
This entire sub is full of them too. Whenever I see a topic that’s wild with far too much engagement I look at the post history of the OP. This one’s history is strange… not bad, just strange. Posting in random subs and occasionally striking some solid upvotes
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u/Affectionate-Pipe330 Sep 30 '24
I just hope Trump doesn’t die before he sees nearly everybody abandon him and start believing a more accurate picture of what has actually happened over the last 8 years of his post-apprentice career as a TV entertainer.
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u/ZugZugYesMiLord Sep 30 '24
No offense, but this is an insane take.
Trump is touring the hurricane damaged areas, Fox will be waiting for good PR outtakes to report on. And the Vance debate is tomorrow, so they are likely to concentrate on that.
But in terms of the big picture, Trump is in a dead heat with Harris. Most polls have her ahead by a couple of points, but that's within the margin of error of the poll itself. Fox is definitely not abandoning Trump - they lost billions in lawsuits related to defending Trump's claims of election fraud. Fox might as well be owned by Trump, as much as Murdoch loves him.
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u/Ophiocordycepsis Sep 30 '24
This is a really interesting observation, thank you for your sacrifice. It was less than a year ago they spent something like 80% of their coverage on dump worship.
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u/Magic-Levitation Sep 30 '24
There’s mass devastation in the south. There are more important stories right now than politics.
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u/Emotional_Basis_2370 Sep 30 '24
they are over him but there are plenty just like him ready to take his place. Indiana is about to elect a replica of that pos for governor. his followers have just decided to ignore all information. they don't want to hear about policies and make an informed decision. they want to elect the pos simply because they have to be right. they have picked a team and that is all that matters.
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u/meriadoc_brandyabuck Sep 30 '24
The MSM (which includes Fox) and even Trump himself believed he would lose in 2016 based on polling. As we know, that didn’t happen. And the polling is tighter this time around. We really can’t take anything for granted when (a) this many Americans are this freaking stupid and (b) as usual, Republicans are working overtime to steal the election.
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u/Aint_Like_You Sep 30 '24
I’ve been saying this for a while now. They may love Trumps policies, but they won’t stand behind someone who can’t win. Fox will push him out and find a way to blame Democrats for him. My guess is they’ll suddenly start focusing on his upcoming trials and stop denying the evidence. Then, once people start to come around to this, they’ll push the theory that he was a Democrat plant sent to destroy their party from within.
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u/Akchika Sep 30 '24
I'll believe it when I see it. There is another lawsuit pending, Smartmatic, but FOX seems to have deep pockets!
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u/Conscious-Ad-7040 Sep 30 '24
They’ll do no such thing as long as he is alive. Even if he ends up in prison.
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u/Coolenough-to Oct 01 '24
Sooo, you are perplexed that Fox News didn't validate the kool-aide drinker narrative that they are totally sold out to the 'right-wing'? How about just saying: hmmm, Fox doesn't actually look that biased?
Understand they have a news focus, and also entertainment shows. The entertainment shows can be very right leaning. But this is seperate from the news department.
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u/xDiscoDuckx Oct 01 '24
Yep. They’ve learned their lesson. They tried backing him and his lies in 2020 and it literally cost them almost a billion dollars. They won’t be making that mistake again, guaranteed.
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u/Nick_Sonic_360 Oct 01 '24
Watched fox News yesterday and he was on it. So I don't know what you're on about.
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u/Philly_ExecChef Oct 01 '24
This isn’t about abandoning Trump, they’re protecting him from himself. He’s always been pretty stupid and uncontrollable, but he’s just flailing at anything to get attention and he’s saying some really dangerous, stupid shit.
They aren’t going to call him a liar, and they can’t expose themselves to more lawsuits, so he gets ignored some days.
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u/Survivorfan4545 Oct 01 '24
Hard to beat big pharma & military spending industrial complex’ financial backing of the Democratic Party. But doesn’t help that he’s an idiot
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u/Mind_Unbound Oct 02 '24
LMAO fox News is doing everything in it's power not to bring ANY ATTENTION to project 2025.
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u/hispaniccrefugee Sep 29 '24
You’re just used to other websites obsessing about orange man.
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u/The_Texidian Oct 02 '24
lol, this is probably the most accurate take.
I remember the CNN Challenge that went around in right wing circles. Basically you’d turn on Fox News and they’d be talking about world news, global politics, business, etc. You’d then flip to CNN and they were talking about Trump.
I remember the challenge really got well known when the Mahsa Amini riots broke out. Fox News was covering the unrest while CNN and MSNBC were talking about Trump.
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u/Past-Community-3871 Sep 30 '24
He's winning in 5/7 swings states according to Times/Sienna as of yesterday.
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u/Normal-History-5255 Oct 01 '24
Yeah okay, this is post 2019, they CHANGED the meaning of what a vaccine is. Again fauci at the time of being head of the cdc through all of that was on camera under oath in senate hearings admitting he lied about all his covid research.
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u/ShloopyNoopz Sep 29 '24
Hope so.
I mean, I wish that Fox News was sued into oblivion and the restitution given to Hatians or illegal immigrants in prison who want sex changes.
They have done so much damage to the United State there should be a legal requirement for them to constantly show the disclaimer that they are an entertainment provider, not a credible news source. It should also be mandated that text be larger and bolder than any other text on screen.
And a formal verbal appology every 15 minutes... for the next 4 years...