Under the subtitle Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of the Truth, the CNN media critic chronicles the symbiotic relationship between the 45th president and Rupert Murdoch’s most famous product. Fox News has access and influence, Trump a megaphone, both enjoy a devoted followingIt has been win-win. But Fox News has also promoted baseless conspiracy theories and unhesitatingly stoked racial and cultural animus – as Stelter makes clear. Although Fox News did not embrace Obama and “birtherism”, it did not discourage it, offering Trump a platform to trash a sitting president. Trump or no Trump, it is about owning the libs.

Source: The Guardian August 24, 2020 06:00 UTC