Trump is already winning the "war" with Fox News

[marmar]

Trump is already winning the "war" with Fox News
Fox News leaders may secretly hate Trump, but they will always publicly genuflect before the MAGA leader

By AMANDA MARCOTTE
Senior Writer
PUBLISHED MARCH 9, 2023 6:00AM (EST)


(Salon) For the majority of Americans who believe in democracy and loathe both Fox News and Donald Trump, it's been an endless delight to follow the ongoing release of internal Fox News communications, stemming from their legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems. Dominion filed another court document in their $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox on Tuesday, and somehow, it's even funnier than the last couple. While Fox anchors acted like Trump was their messiah on-air, behind the scenes they hated him for putting them in a situation where they had to choose between backing the Big Lie or losing their viewers.

"I hate him passionately," Fox host Tucker Carlson wrote about Trump in a text message thread with staffers. He longed openly for President Joe Biden's inauguration, even though he hates Biden, because at least it means "being able to ignore Trump most nights."

"We're all pretending we've got a lot to show for it," Carlson wrote. "But come on. There really isn't an upside to Trump."

Similarly, Fox News's chief executive, Rupert Murdoch, was not super happy with Trump in the two months between the election and the January 6 insurrection, when Trump was attempting to overthrow the election through the courts and state legislatures. He griped that Trump was "increasingly mad," and longingly expressed, "In another month Trump will be becoming irrelevant."

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Normal people likely witness all this bad blood and assume that Trump and Fox News are going their separate ways. Indeed, there's been some reports that Fox News is throwing its weight behind Ron DeSantis for the 2024 presidential nomination, hoping the Florida governor can be that white whale that continues Trumpism without Trump. DeSantis is no better than Trump — in many ways, he's worse, since he's a lot more dedicated to things like a war on free speech — but the possibility that this internal strife is tearing the GOP coalition apart has stoked excitement that we may finally be seeing the initial death throes of the MAGA movement.

I would tamp those hopes way, way down. Not that I doubt for a moment that the executives and hosts at Fox News really do harbor loathing of Trump. I imagine anyone whose ever spent time conversing with President Drink Bleach likely found the experience unpleasant. But regardless of the feeble gestures of revolt the network is throwing up now, we all know how this story ends. They'll come crawling back on their bellies to bow before Trump. They always do. And honestly, if you look at Fox News programming right now, it's clear Trump has already won this "war." ..............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2023/03/09/is-already-winning-the-war-with-fox-news/

[Lovie777]

1. All of them need to go down...................

I'm sick and tire of their blatant hatred for democracy and for the people who cherishes it.

FUCK THEM.

[c-rational]

2. +1

[republianmushroom]

3. Yep

and he will win that war.

[Harker]

4. I'm for M.A.D.