One month ago, Fox News joined mainstream outlet decision desks in calling the election for Joe Biden. Read @ParkerMolloy on how that kicked off a right-wing media civil war -- and a race for audience to the bottom of the fever swamp. mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-an…
It's been interesting to watch Fox flounder as it tries to respond to challengers. After the Daily Wire tried to build a subscriber base by attacking the network, I thought Fox might respond by banning its commentators from their airwaves.
https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1329954590771523586
But Daily Wire's Matt Walsh and Candace Owens have each appeared on Tucker Carlson's show since then. Either the network's executives aren't trying to respond, or they can't control their primetime hosts (or both).
Basically the right-wing media contains a bunch of people who build their brands with Fox appearances, and a bunch of people who got fired from Fox for one reason or another, they are all gunning for its market share, and the network's executives are too feckless to do anything.
Update: Fox now running a promo for the host of its most-watched show interviewing a commentator whose outlet emailed its list urging people to "cut the cord" and instead subscribe to them, in part because Fox News called Arizona for Biden. 
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