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19 Nov, 9 tweets, 3 min read
Tucker Carlson is becoming Fox’s “news side” assignment editor
The network’s “news” shows highlighted commentary from Carlson’s show at least 14 times in two days
mediamatters.org/fox-news/tucke…
Carlson announced Monday that he was discussing with Fox executives what he described as plans to “expand the amount of reporting and analysis we do in this hour across other parts of the company.”

We're starting to see what that looks like.
Over the following two days, Fox “news” anchors and correspondents incorporated clips from Carlson or his guests into packaged reports; used them as the jumping off point for panel discussions; and featured them in news briefs.
The other Fox primetime hosts have also been promoted, though to a far lesser extent.
America's Newsroom accounted for 12 of the total, encompassing all three prime-times with a major focus on Tucker.
The increased profile for Carlson during Fox's purportedly independent "news" hours comes as the network tries to slow the bleeding of its viewers to far-right competitors. mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxs-…
In tearing down the supposed wall between the "news" and "opinion" side, Fox is making it extremely clear that advertisers on any of its programs are propping up the prime-time shows.
They are actively choosing to let the prime-time hosts select stories and dictate framing for the "news" side.
Read the whole thing here: mediamatters.org/fox-news/tucke…

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Fox "straight news" broadcast America's Newsroom is increasingly a show about what happened in Fox prime-time the previous night.
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These screengrabs are from separate segments on this morning's America's Newsroom, a Fox "straight news" program. Tucker Carlson is apparently now the network's news director. mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxs-…
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Fox’s desperate push to preserve viewers exposes the hollowness of its “news” side
mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxs-…
Fox has a two-track business model: It attracts viewers with right-wing, pro-Trump propaganda from "opinion" hosts, but monetizes them by telling advertisers wary of hurting their brands that they also have a normal "news" side like any other news outlet.
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@HayesBrown Every day this continues increases the probability of the tinder going up in flames.
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