Former Breitbart chairman Stephen K. Bannon, who also served as senior counselor and chief strategist to President Donald Trump, went scorched earth on Fox News at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference. The network’s softer stance on issues and the controversial Arizona returns during the 2020 election have drawn the ire of the Trump base, which was evidently on full display. Bannon virtually declared all-out war against Murdoch and vowed that he and the rest of the Trump camp would fight him every step of the way, with the ultimate goal of erasing any traces of the billionaire executive from his network (via Mediaite):
There are legitimate trip-ups in Fox News coverage, but they’re more on-target than other networks, like CNN and MSNBC. No one bats .1000, and what if Fox News goes away? I can tell you that conservatives would be at a significant disadvantage. It’s shocking because many folks in the Trump base know what life was like for right-leaning media before Fox News; it was miserable. The Right had two methods to counter liberal narratives: talk radio and letters to the editor. You can be frustrated and angry at some of Fox’s coverage as of late—it’s warranted, but burning it all down isn’t the way. |
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