Brian Stelter & Oliver Darcy: The Fox factor

[Nevilledog]

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Brian Stelter
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Right now anything is possible, but a Joe Biden win is probable. Reporters and anchors are adding all the right caveats and hedges, but virtually all the data is pointing in Biden's direction. Which is why the Fox factor is so important right now... http://cnn.it/37WQusa

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Right now anything is possible, but a Joe Biden win is probable. Reporters and anchors up and down the dial are being careful with their language, adding all the appropriate caveats and hedges, but virtually all the data is pointing in the direction of President Biden. Which is why the Fox factor is so important right now.

Fox News is the preferred media outlet of President Trump's America. The president views the world through Fox goggles. His base is the Fox base. His rants and raves come straight from what he hears on his favorite TV shows. So Fox's editorial choices have outsized importance right now. Here's what you need to know: Fox viewers are being misled about Trump's chances of winning the election in the following ways.

– The network is so chock full of pro-Trump commentary and rally coverage that viewers come away with the impression that this race is a whole heck of a lot closer to 50/50 than it actually is.

-- The network's highest-rated shows are portraying Biden as "sleepy" and crooked and corrupt. They are painting Kamala Harris as an un-American, un-electable radical.

-- The network's talk shows are constantly suggesting that a minority of people are actually the "silent majority." Case in point, Sunday's "Fox & Friends" featured Trump voter after Trump voter at a diner in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The segment was not at all representative of a blue state.

-- The shows are also emphasizing state polls that are outliers.

– And about the lies: I was about to write that Trump's lies are being treated with kid gloves, but that's insulting to gloves. The lies are barely even touched at all.

Fox's coverage is one of the reasons why Trump's base might believe that any Biden victory is a fraud, a crime, a hoax. For all the talk of anxious Democrats refusing to believe the polls, there are lots of aggrieved Republicans who feel the same way, due to distorted right-wing media coverage. That's the Fox factor...

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[Marie Marie]

1. Just think, in a few months, Fox can go back to offense instead of defense and

they will all be in their glory. Bashing Biden 24/7 instead of trying to keep defending the indefensible.

[Nevilledog]

2. Seems to me they like the fear mongering and conspiracy theories.

[Marie Marie]

3. Oh not to worry - they can continue all of that against Biden.

[Nevilledog]

4. Wonder how many more Hunter laptops they'll find.

He must have gotten a sweet bulk buy deal.

[safeinOhio]

5. Mike Bloomberg, if you are listening

please buy them out and help save our country.