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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz, 10/17/24
Hedline: “There is no Fox ‘news side.’ Wednesday’s Trump and Harris events prove it”
“Fox News’ Wednesday programming encapsulated the transformation of the network’s once-vaunted “news side” into an extension of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.”
“. . . Fox’s “news side” has been in steep decline since Trump took over the Republican Party and the network rebranded as his personal propaganda outlet. But even by those standards, the partisan divide it displayed on Wednesday was striking and would be catastrophically embarrassing to Fox’s employees if any of them were still capable of humiliation.”
“. . . The network has shortened its “news” hours and replaced newsroom staffers with GOP partisans.
“Reporters who tried to tell viewers the truth about Trump’s election fraud claims were first chastised by their bosses and then took jobs at other outlets.”