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Fox & Friends in the henhouse: how Trump's beloved show wields power
The president and the Fox News morning show have built a symbiotic relationship: the program defends Trump as it helps set his agenda
“Ilike that group of three people,” Donald Trump said this month. “They had a man who was saying: ‘Trump is the greatest president ever and there will never be one like him.’”
Trump was referring to Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade – the hosts of Fox & Friends – and a segment he had seen on the show. It’s one of the president’s favorite programs, and it may well be the most influential television program in the world.
On 7 March, the president tweeted five times in direct response to topics discussed during the three-hour Fox & Friends, on the Fox News Channel. It wasn’t a one-off.
On 29 November, Trump suggested that anyone caught burning the American flag should lose their citizenship or spend “a year in jail”. He sent his tweet at 6.55am ET – 30 minutes after Fox & Friends ran a piece about a protest in which someone burned the American flag.
At 6.04am on 26 January, Trump blasted off a tweet about Chelsea Manning, the whistleblower whose sentence was commuted by Barack Obama. Manning had just published an article critical of the former president.
“Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader,” Trump wrote. “Terrible!”
At 5.50am, Fox & Friends had carried a banner that referred to Manning as an “ungrateful traitor”. Mediaite noted that the anchor that day, Abby Huntsman, had said Manning was “slamming President Obama as a weak leader”.
The next month, Trump echoed a Fox & Friends suggestionthat UC Berkeley should not receive federal funding. He also mused that Obama had been too soft on Russia – 12 minutes after Fox & Friends held a discussion about how Obama had been too soft on Russia.
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The president and the Fox News morning show have built a symbiotic relationship: the program defends Trump as it helps set his agenda
“Ilike that group of three people,” Donald Trump said this month. “They had a man who was saying: ‘Trump is the greatest president ever and there will never be one like him.’”
Trump was referring to Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade – the hosts of Fox & Friends – and a segment he had seen on the show. It’s one of the president’s favorite programs, and it may well be the most influential television program in the world.
On 7 March, the president tweeted five times in direct response to topics discussed during the three-hour Fox & Friends, on the Fox News Channel. It wasn’t a one-off.
On 29 November, Trump suggested that anyone caught burning the American flag should lose their citizenship or spend “a year in jail”. He sent his tweet at 6.55am ET – 30 minutes after Fox & Friends ran a piece about a protest in which someone burned the American flag.
At 6.04am on 26 January, Trump blasted off a tweet about Chelsea Manning, the whistleblower whose sentence was commuted by Barack Obama. Manning had just published an article critical of the former president.
“Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader,” Trump wrote. “Terrible!”
At 5.50am, Fox & Friends had carried a banner that referred to Manning as an “ungrateful traitor”. Mediaite noted that the anchor that day, Abby Huntsman, had said Manning was “slamming President Obama as a weak leader”.
The next month, Trump echoed a Fox & Friends suggestionthat UC Berkeley should not receive federal funding. He also mused that Obama had been too soft on Russia – 12 minutes after Fox & Friends held a discussion about how Obama had been too soft on Russia.
read the rest here:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...s-relationship