How a civil war erupted at Fox News after the 2020 election - NPR

[GGoss]

How a civil war erupted at Fox News after the 2020 election - NPR

The aftermath of the 2020 presidential election sparked a civil war within Fox News, as the network that had spent years building record profits and ratings by catering to fans of then-President Donald Trump saw millions of those viewers peel away.

In private notes to one another, Fox's top stars spat fire at their reporting colleagues who debunked Trump's claims of election fraud, even as they gave those allegations no credence. "We are officially working for an organization that hates us," said prime-time host Laura Ingraham.

Reporters said they were being punished simply for doing their jobs. One producer told colleagues he was quitting because he could not justify working for Fox anymore.

And the network's chief executive, Suzanne Scott, said pressure from conservatives online meant that she couldn't defend "these reporters who don't understand our viewers and how to handle stories."

These exchanges, some of which have been quoted by previous legal filings, have been captured by Dominion Voting Systems' legal team...

Link: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/08/1161694400/fox-news-lawsuit-civil-war-ingraham-hannity

Enjoy !!!

[H2O Man]

1. Recommended.

[mobeau69]

2. Karma's a beach. Bahahahaha

[sakabatou]

3. K&R

Of course the pundits knew what they were saying weren't true. Some hated the network, some hated themselves for peddling the lies, and other probably loved stirring up the base with the lies.

[malaise]

5. The chickenhawkshit is coming home to roost

That is all

[brush]

4. It's what happens when a network's prime time hosts...

spew winger lies on the air instead of truth. Then get mad when their news division does straight reporting of the facts.

Ya can't have it both ways, and it's gonna cost them big bucks.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. A Nit To Pick

The NPR article states "as the network that had spent years building record profits and ratings...saw millions of those viewers peel away."

The average audience (defined as the average number of TVs tuned to a program throughout a time period) for the prime news time slot (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.) increased by 61% for Fox News in 2020, to about 3.08 million compared with 1.92 million in 2019.

They didn't see "millions" peel way. They saw, maybe, A million peel away.