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Maddow Blog-The White House really does want Fox News to fire its pollster
The more the White House calls on the network to fire its pollster, the more we’re reminded Trump sees Fox News as a political instrument.
https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com/post/3lo2hc3fj722y
The more the White House calls on Fox News to fire its pollster, the more we’re reminded of an underappreciated truth:
Trump sees the network as a political instrument — not a news organization.
Trump sees the network as a political instrument — not a news organization.
Link to tweet
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-house-really-want-fox-news-fire-pollster-rcna203750
The next day, the White House’s Stephen Miller appeared on the network, and Fox News’ John Roberts reminded his guest about some of the results from his employer’s latest poll. The presidential adviser didn’t hesitate.
“I don’t want to make things awkward for you, John, but it is our opinion that Fox News needs to fire its pollster,” Miller said. He added that, as far as the White House is concerned, Fox News’ pollster “has always been wrong” about Trump.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:h7qtoo7nxqxarrsijohjhbw4/post/3lnxzv4rkgs26
......A Washington Post analysis added that it was a remarkable sentiment because it was “an explicit expression of his expectation that Fox News will at least play down coverage of Democratic issues and candidates, if not shut them out entirely.”
As we discussed at the time, Trump was making clear that he saw Fox News not as a news organization, but as a Republican entity that exists to advance a partisan cause. Indeed, the same week, the then-president insisted that if the network was “putting more Democrats on than you have Republicans,” then Fox News was necessarily straying from what Trump saw as its proper mission.
The Post’s 2019 analysis added that Trump saw a “symbiosis” between the network and his political operation and that the president also expected “Fox News to box out anti-Trump voices in the name of staying true to a group he views as their shared base.”
The more the White House calls on Fox News to fire its pollster, the more we’re reminded that Trump continues to see the network as a political instrument instead of a news organization.
“I don’t want to make things awkward for you, John, but it is our opinion that Fox News needs to fire its pollster,” Miller said. He added that, as far as the White House is concerned, Fox News’ pollster “has always been wrong” about Trump.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:h7qtoo7nxqxarrsijohjhbw4/post/3lnxzv4rkgs26
Link to tweet
......A Washington Post analysis added that it was a remarkable sentiment because it was “an explicit expression of his expectation that Fox News will at least play down coverage of Democratic issues and candidates, if not shut them out entirely.”
As we discussed at the time, Trump was making clear that he saw Fox News not as a news organization, but as a Republican entity that exists to advance a partisan cause. Indeed, the same week, the then-president insisted that if the network was “putting more Democrats on than you have Republicans,” then Fox News was necessarily straying from what Trump saw as its proper mission.
The Post’s 2019 analysis added that Trump saw a “symbiosis” between the network and his political operation and that the president also expected “Fox News to box out anti-Trump voices in the name of staying true to a group he views as their shared base.”
The more the White House calls on Fox News to fire its pollster, the more we’re reminded that Trump continues to see the network as a political instrument instead of a news organization.