Reporter blows lid off Fox-Trump partnership: 'They make money by enraging Americans'

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Reporter blows lid off Fox-Trump partnership: ‘They make money by enraging Americans’
Travis Gettys
04 Mar 2019 at 08:00 ET


Reporter Jane Mayer came out Monday with a bombshell article probing the symbiotic relationship between President Donald Trump and Fox News — and she said their shared business model is undermining U.S. democracy.

The New Yorker investigative journalist appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to discuss the article, and she said her reporting found the relationship between the president and his favorite channel was even closer than it appeared.

“What Fox does is it makes money by enraging Americans, that’s how they keep them glued to the television set,” Mayer said. “It’s very much the same model that Trump has to keep his base engaged. So you’ve got a rage-based model for both of them, and what it’s doing is it’s spinning the country in an increasingly inflamed direction, and so it has a huge effect on our national politics.”

Mayer said the president and Fox News worked together to amplify their messages.

“It carries his message and it also gives him a message a lot of the time,” she said. “Trump picks up on what he sees on Fox, and I’ve got quotes from people who are very close in to the White House, people who worked in the White House, in and out of Fox, saying what you’ve got is a dysfunctional White House all of the time with no normal decision-making process, where a lot of the policy-making is the president picking up what’s on Fox.”

“Then I describe how Fox puts on what it does on the news, which is shocking in many ways,” Mayer added. “I mean, taking stuff straight off of the most crackpot blogs. Don’t take it me, take it from the people who are quoted from Fox saying so.”

[Eyeball_Kid]

1. This is good reporting, even if already known by most who abhor FNC.

We can talk about it on blogs and news sites, but to have a journalist carefully articulate the issue for the general public is a step in the right direction. Mayer is exposing the meta-message, and that's very important.

[spanone]

2. K&R...

faux is the propaganda wing of the republican party 24/7

[mopinko]

3. working just as it was designed.

to prevent another impeachment of a thug pres.
and facilitate the impeachment of a dem one.

[2naSalit]

4. K&R

[Kablooie]

5. I thought all this was common knowledge.

And it's all legal so nothing can be done about it.
Even if it was illegal, it's just one more crime that Trump won't be punished for.

[FakeNoose]

7. Bring back the fairness doctrine and put these sleazebags out of business

Thanks for the fuckery, Ronald Reagan!

[cstanleytech]

6. Perhaps it's time for an aggressive boycott of any company that advertises with News Corp. or does

business with them?

[procon]

8. The folks who need to read this, won't.

From Trump's rabid fans to Fox news brainwashed audience, any scathing news reporting that criticises their parasitic relationship will be swiftly categorized as "fake news" and summarily dismissed.

It's a lost cause. These impressionable people are as mesmerized and spellbound by Trump's sinister Svengali-like influence as they would fall prey to the religious hucksters who fleece their wallets in exchange for vague promises to deliver their heart's desire. Fox is the glue that confirms Trump's craziness is perfectly normal, redirecting suspicions to their opposition.

[uponit7771]

9. K&R, along with the Kremlin