Jack Shafer says that feud betwen Trump and Fox is faked

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

Here is a quote from Shafer's Politico article:

"Trump’s faux-fight with Fox is designed 1) to add drama and excitement to where there is none; 2) make him the primary focus of events; and 3) temporarily complicate the storyline so viewers keep watching. Fox benefits from Trump’s periodic attacks (remember when he boycotted one of Fox’s 2016 presidential debates because it wouldn’t dump Megyn Kelly from the broadcast). They make the channel look like it’s standing up to the president, and Fox ends up looking more independent and credible."

[link:https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/08/30/donald-trump-fox-news-227994|

[Iliyah]

1. Majority of the "sane" people already knew this.

[sharedvalues]

20. Anyone with a brain who follows Fox and Murdoch knows this

Journalists know t but are afraid to say it.

[NotHardly]

25. Absolutely.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Typical "false flag" bullshit...

[sharedvalues]

21. "Fair and Balanced" "Hannity and Colmes"

Pretending they’re not propaganda is part of Fox’s propaganda.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. True, It's a Show Trial with Stalin and John Barron stamped all over it nt/

[Lotusflower70]

4. Lol

"They make the channel look like it’s standing up to the president, and Fox ends up looking more independent and credible."

They have no credibility whatsoever.

[cstanleytech]

6. Its to try and pacify the fox news kool aid drinkers that might be waking up to the fact that Fox

is neither fair nor balanced.

[cstanleytech]

5. No shit!!

[Tripper11]

7. of course.....

I think the easier way to do this is list the things that aren't fake in this bullshit administration!

[uponit7771]

8. K&R, FAUX knows it will have to seem independent after Red Don's reign ends

[Chemisse]

9. Just like the little game he and Putin play. n/t

[UpInArms]

10. This👆🏼

I think it is all about cover for both of them

[warmfeet]

11. Quite believable.

This whole "presidency" seems quite fake. Everything surrounding this orange, shitpile, moronic, asshole seems quite fake. I hope we can get rid of him in the next election. If not, please fill in your own damn blanks _________ ____ ______- _____-__------ .

Have fun!

[gordianot]

12. This is a combination of Reality TV and Pro Wrestling.

Both of which Trump knows well in his pursuit of ratings. One mistake Trump makes the pretend villain in wrestling is not really hated, Trump is despised in real life. People who hate Fox also loathe Donald Trump. I might watch Fox if they were to waterboard Trump and Hannity simultaneously.

[calimary]

13. Welcome to DU, Tennessee Hillbilly!

There's not much that surprises me about this traitorous criminal Russian-asset jerk anymore.

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

14. Thanks

But actually I've been a member here since 2012

[sharedvalues]

15. Of course it is

[Hortensis]

16. Allows them to hide Trump during discussion of mental disorder also.

[rocktivity]

17. I think the dismissal of his personal assistant is the same kind of thing

I mean, she deliberately had an off-the-record dinner with members of the press? Either she's nuttier than Duh Donald or it's a plot that makes her look ripe to join (and spy on) the enemy camp...


rocktivity

[JohnnyRingo]

18. I don't agree.

I think it's being over analyzed into a conspiracy theory.

Usually the best answer is the most simple one: Trump saw something on Fox that he didn't like and ran to Twitter to complain, and it probably goes no deeper than that.

That seems a lot more believable than the carefully thought out plan the writer imagines. Besides, Kellyanne would have leaked the info by now.

[Marcuse]

19. It's kabuki fig leaf theater for nervous advertisers by Fox. Trump is just reacting.

[lindysalsagal]

22. Believable.

[Bradical79]

23. Maybe

Doesn't seem all that effective to me though. They've made Trump look like even more of a dishonest authoritarian moron, and FOX risks losing some viewers to other further right wing media outlets.

Anecodtally, my right wing co-workers have been very silent about Trump and Fox News recently. They know they would be ripped to shreds by somebody if expressing support for anything going on.

Edit: His poll numbers have been dropping during this time, even with Rasmussen.

[IcyPeas]

24. I thought this was pretty real.... Neil Cavuto

[bucolic_frolic]

27. Cavuto will never be anything

but a Wall Street shill. That being said the lack of reason and logical consistency - the lies, reversals, denials - are discombobulating to anyone with a brain, and anyone whose occupation relies on facts and truth, which Cavuto's does. To do otherwise is to be complicit in shredding sanity.

I used to like Cavuto on the Nightly Business Report, but i think he went right wing for Fox. Now Fox seems to me is either fearing the fallout from a reversal of political winds in the country, or they are trying to draw in the political middle before they go hard right before the election. You never know with these media types.

[kentuck]

26. I think this is probably true.

They are scheming for some reason or other?

Trump would never desert FOX News. FOX needs him for their ratings. They are dependent on each other.