Seems to happen weekly -- some prominent conservative blogger declares that he/she will no longer watch Fox News Channel.
The network does seem to have changed somewhat. With Old Man Murdoch having left the boys in charge, it's easy to suspect they've been doing some back stage manipulating. Not too long ago the network was being charged with being a megaphone for Donald Trump. While there were some commentators on the network who would have had a hard time refuting that, for the most part, the news people were pretty even handed, Bret Baier, for example. After all, many of them are Democrats, Chris Wallace, for example.
Anyway, the other day Donald Trump criticized the late John McCain following the disclosure McCain was instrumental in the delivery of that fake dossier to the FBI. That evening on Special Report with Bret Baier the very first report came from Fox's White House reporter, John Roberts. He started out by saying that Trump had a win that day, but then Roberts added the unnecessary editorial that Trump stepped all over his win by criticizing McCain.
It would have been better if Roberts had simply reported the facts and left the editorializing to the commentators. But all the news shows editorialize now and call it news. Maybe Fox is trying to broaden its appeal, but this sort of thing drives away some of Fox's previously loyal viewers.
Instant update: POTUS Trump Gives Fox News The Cold Shoulder – Calls On OANN Instead.
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2:24 PM 3/23/2019
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