The analysis shows that, although the network was pushing anti-immigrant rhetoric before Trump announced his candidacy, a noticeable uptick occurred in the months around the 2018 midterm election. Calling migrants “invaders” is a long-honored right-wing media rhetorical tradition. And Trump is far from the first Republican candidate to borrow from Fox News’ bigoted rhetoric for electoral gain. When I analyzed “politically incorrect” boards on anonymous forums 4chan and 8chan, I found that more than 2,200 posts referred to migrant caravans with the terms invasion or invaders. Right-wing media and Trump have benefited immensely from incendiary rhetoric.

Source: Huffington Post December 10, 2018 00:45 UTC