More from the filing. Fox panic over Newsmax ratings while The Steal was unfolding.
As host Dana Perino told
Republican Strategist Colin Reed on November 11, 2020:
“[T]here is this RAGING issue about fox losing tons of viewers and
many watching—get this—newsmax! Our viewers are so mad about
the election calls (as if our calls would have been any different. It’s just
votes!)….So this day of reckoning was going to come at some point –
where the embrace of Trump became an albatross we can’t shake right
away if ever.”
FBN President
Petterson told Gary Schreier on November 12 that Newsmax’s 7pm host had
“delivered over 1 million total viewers,” to which Schreier responded, “I see it.
Jesus.” Ex.512; see also Ex.407 (“newsmax is getting a huge spike in ratings”
related to election coverage); Ex.130, L. Murdoch 145:20-147:24 (Fox’s drop in
ratings was “absolutely” a concern).
“[T]here is this RAGING issue about fox losing tons of viewers and
many watching—get this—newsmax!
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They are describing me to a tee. I am very happy with Newsmax. Fox is in my rearview mirror. Kind of reminds me of how I feel about GWB2 now versus back in the early 2000’s.
Fox SHOULD be worried about Newsmax.
The Newsmax election coverage in 2020 was far better even without the Rat party favoring early calls that showed Fox was on the other side.
Newsmax still calls it the Big Steal; Carlson and Fox only obliquely allude to a “problem” and “irregularities” in the 2020 election.