If you consider Fox News’ treatment of Trump as “giving him a chance” then I look forward to being on the other side of a deal with you someday. Trump said what he wanted, when he wanted, for as long as he wanted on Fox News. They not only aped most everything he said but actually gave him the airwaves to say it directly. He used that network perfectly to reach his audience. Nothing like it has been ever done before, unlikely to see it again.
Great. But that’s not what I’m talking about. No president before or likely after Trump so directly controlled the narrative. Nobody ever spent as much time directly speaking through an outlet as trump did. Nobody ever made the number of regular off air calls to a guy like Hannity that went through the issues and how they were covered.
Yes, the media generally is very liberal. And yes every administration has favored voices in the media. But, as a matter of degree, trumps control over Fox News is unlike anything in US history.
If you consider Fox News’ treatment of Trump as “giving him a chance” then I look forward to being on the other side of a deal with you someday. Trump said what he wanted, when he wanted, for as long as he wanted on Fox News. They not only aped most everything he said but actually gave him the airwaves to say it directly. He used that network perfectly to reach his audience. Nothing like it has been ever done before, unlikely to see it again.
Great. But that’s not what I’m talking about. No president before or likely after Trump so directly controlled the narrative. Nobody ever spent as much time directly speaking through an outlet as trump did. Nobody ever made the number of regular off air calls to a guy like Hannity that went through the issues and how they were covered. Yes, the media generally is very liberal. And yes every administration has favored voices in the media. But, as a matter of degree, trumps control over Fox News is unlike anything in US history.