All posts tagged "Midterm Losses"

Fox News landed in an awkward bind after Tuesday's election rout, and a longtime observer of the network sees no easy exit.

Matt Gertz, a longtime Fox watcher at Media Matters, told Zeteo's Justin Baragona that the network now finds itself in a "hell of a pickle" because "admitting that actually Trump and his policies are incredibly unpopular would amount to a fairly substantial rug pull for that audience."

Baragona, writing in his weekly Ragebait newsletter for Zeteo, reported that Fox worked hard throughout Tuesday night's coverage to avoid blaming Trump, despite a widespread understanding among those on set that the results amounted to a rejection of the president....