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NEW: President Trump tweeted about the Mueller probe 100 times between the March 24 Barr letter and April 29.
43 of those tweets referenced Fox in some way. mediamatters.org/blog/2019/05/0…
43 of those tweets referenced Fox in some way. mediamatters.org/blog/2019/05/0…
In 17 of the tweets, Trump referenced a quote from a Fox show or otherwise indicated that he was responding to the network. In 20, he (or someone he employs) shared video clips from Fox programming about the investigation.
He has also promoted Fox shows at least eight times in recent weeks, and he tweeted thanks to particular Fox personalities five times. In addition to posting his own tweets, the president retweeted Fox-related content about Mueller 16 times.
Trump’s promotion has added the imprimatur of the president to particularly disturbing, conspiracy-minded content, as with this tweet with video of Mark Levin alleging during that broadcast that “our republic is at stake” because Trump is facing a “coup”
Trump tweeted about the Mueller coverage of favorite programs like Lou Dobbs Tonight seven times, Fox & Friends six times, and Tucker Carlson Tonight five times. He also referenced 15 other Fox News or Fox Business programs over the period I studied.
The Fox narratives Trump is pushing diverge substantially from the facts Mueller laid out in his report. But according to a recent HuffPost-YouGov poll, the network’s viewers believe the story Fox has been telling them.
It's in Trump’s interest to ensure that as many of his supporters as possible get caught in that Fox news bubble, so he's trying to drive them there. #end
