Fox News was made for this moment.
With Jeff Sessions forced out, Robert Mueller’s Russia probe is in jeopardy. Trump is counting on his propaganda outlet to muddy the story and protect him. mediamatters.org/blog/2018/11/0…
With Jeff Sessions forced out, Robert Mueller’s Russia probe is in jeopardy. Trump is counting on his propaganda outlet to muddy the story and protect him. mediamatters.org/blog/2018/11/0…
The ultimate cause for Trump ousting Sessions is the president’s authoritarian view of law enforcement as a tool to enforce his own will, wedded to a Fox News propaganda apparatus that encourages that twisted perspective.
Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs, and Jeanine Pirro have led Fox’s effort to lay the groundwork for the president to finally follow through on an authoritarian solution to the Mueller problem.
Sessions has been a special focus for their invective. They know that a replacement could strangle the probe, ensuring that it doesn’t get closer to the Oval Office. And that's exactly what new Acting AG Matthew Whitaker has publicly called for.
Trump, at long last, has taken their advice. Now, he’s counting on them to help him get away with what he’s done.
With Trump in complete control of the GOP and shaping it in his own image, Fox has become a powerful propaganda tool, ready and willing to protect the president at all costs.
The president is betting that Fox’s support will be enough to help him survive a move that likely ends with the crippling of Mueller’s investigation. We’re about to find out if he’s right.
