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After his Fox News town hall, Fox & Friends launches a propaganda onslaught against Pete Buttigieg mediamatters.org/blog/2019/05/2…
Fox hosts called Buttigieg a "clown," said his town hall was stacked with friends and relatives, and mischaracterized his positions
This onslaught will almost certainly continue throughout the day and into the night. Fox's propaganda is very effective, so this will likely stymie any impact Buttigieg had in speaking directly to network viewers.
Meanwhile, Fox has reaped dramatic benefits from Democratic participation in its town halls.
Fox entered the spring in a state of crisis as advertisers fled the network for safer harbors. But these town halls allow the network to rebrand itself and thus make the case to advertisers that it is safe to return.
As Fox faced disaster, Democratic presidential candidates bailed it out. And now the network will pay them back by doing whatever it can to undermine their message and ensure their defeat.
