Posted on 08/05/2022 2:16:23 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Fox News' decision to ignore or shun former President Donald Trump is "not surprising," roving media critic and former New York City Commissioner Brian Andersson says.
Last Friday, The New York Times reported Fox News has decided to downplay Trump and has not had him on-air for over 100 days.
"I would say they are shunning him," Andersson told Newsmax's "John Bachman Now," predicting Fox News will very occasionally have Trump on air.
"Don't be surprised if he's back on this week just to show he's not banned, but he's effectively banned."
Andersson said he was shocked Fox News would cancel Trump, as he remains one of the Republican Party's most influential personages and a leading candidate for 2024.
"I just don't know how you profess to be a news reporting organization and ignore a former president," he added.
"Murdoch never really supported [Trump]. He backed Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and then John Kasich in the 2016 primaries, and then only reluctantly backed him. Trump himself has said they were always against me until I won."
Andersson also cited The Washington Post report this week that claimed Fox News and Murdoch were so unhappy with Trump in 2016, they actually considered endorsing Hillary Clinton.
Andersson added that the Murdochs donated tens of millions to various Clinton campaigns and their foundation, offering the caveat that, as a New York-operated corporation, it was a business necessity.
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Ed Henry gives the down-low on how FOX made the decision to do their level best to take Trump out. Maybe that’s why he’s been “shitting” on them.
“We’ll see. There are more people who think like me than MAGA folks.
And, conservative does not equal Trumpian.”
Good luck in 2024 Republican Primaries.
You’ll need it.
Yeah - you, and the Lincoln Project losers, Cheney, and the Bush brothers.
Great company.
Real Americas Voice is great Internet or on some TV channels
The NYC media personality has it backwards. Fox News didn’t ban Trump. Trump banned Fox.
All the Fox shows want to have Trump on But after Piers Morgan tried to deceptively edit his interview with Trump, Tump issued a self-imposed ban. He’ll be back when he has a use for them. Until then, no Trump for them. And the new guy Piers blew it.
And Newsmax please stop regurgitating the Fake News Trump Hating New York Times.
Your entitled to your opinion, and I’m entitled to tell you your full of crap!
Fox is old news, just like its viewers who average 68 and they are not growing in the slightest. Tucker has literally kept the dumpster fire afloat. Hannity wont last forever and hes lucky to get two million viewers and i doubt those numbers
The best thing that could happen is Trump ignoring Fox. It has no future or influence in modern america, in fact a Fox viewer is ill informed as the rest.
This morning on RAV, Ed Henry was spilling his guts to Bannon about what went on at Fox on Election Night when they called it early for AZ.
Where have you been? Fox shitts on Trump.
The reports that Fox News isn’t reporting on Trump is bogus.
Trump is championed on an almost daily basis on The Five, Tucker Carlson, Gutfeld, and Jesse Waters Primetime.
Did fox News appoint him their spokesperson or something?No I think that might have been Vermont Lt
We’ll see. There are more people who think like me than MAGA folks.At the Starbucks in Vermont.
And, conservative does not equal TrumpianBut you think conservative equals Fox? (Bret, Cavuto, Martha, Juan, Geraldo, Lindsey Graham, Dana, Dona, Kennedy, Paul Ryan, even Hannity, Bongino, Levin, the Murdochs and their wives to name a few)
BTW, to repeat myself: Trump accomplished more in one term than any one President in your lifetime.
You may not like all those positive accomplishments up there in VT but it's a fact.
Riiiiiight.
If you are still watching Fox Snooze just stop! 🙄
When Fox News or Tucker say they reject Trump I will believe this malarkey.
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