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The Fox News Cabinet has begun weighing in on Robert Mueller's statement. 
I regret to inform you that apparently Mueller is Bad again.
How Fox works: Bret Baier made the banal but true point that Mueller's statement "was not no collusion, no obstruction," and it got widespread "even a Fox anchor" media pickup.
A few hours later, the network's primetime hosts got their turn, speaking to a much larger audience.
A few hours later, the network's primetime hosts got their turn, speaking to a much larger audience.
Lou Dobbs says Mueller was part of a plot to help Democrats "steal" the 2018 midterms mediamatters.org/video/2019/05/…
Lou Dobbs: Investigate Robert Mueller and James Comey for Collusion thedailybeast.com/foxs-lou-dobbs…
Tucker Carlson calls Robert Mueller "sleazy and dishonest"
mediamatters.org/video/2019/05/…
mediamatters.org/video/2019/05/…
Sean Hannity: Robert Mueller "doesn't know the law, he's basically full of crap," he ""nothing more than a Trump hating partisan, who is now all but cheering for impeachment based on nothing" mediamatters.org/video/2019/05/…
Laura Ingraham: Mueller was acting like a "mean girl" at presser
mediamatters.org/video/2019/05/…
mediamatters.org/video/2019/05/…
It's important to understand that this sort of consistent messaging from Fox's hosts has a huge impact on its audience. Mueller's statement gets filtered through their worldview and affects its interpretation by Fox viewers.
Meanwhile, statements like Baier's go viral in the mainstream press, helping to bolster the network's case that it's a normal outlet. That's why Fox's "news" team is an essential cog in the corrupt propaganda machine. mediamatters.org/blog/2019/03/0…
