"Sidney Powell is lying, by the way," Carlson told fellow host Laura Ingraham on Nov. 18, 2020, referring to the infamous election conspiracy theorist. It isn't out of the question that Fox could now meet the same fate as News of the World. For Fox, riding the wave will no longer come easy: Angry populism is a force that can only be stoked, never assuaged. Instead of trying to surf a killer wave, Murdoch could have purchased a ship and steered it. It might not have had the ratings that Fox would get--though Fox was always about influence, as much as money, for Murdoch.

Source: Fox News April 26, 2023 21:42 UTC