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Graham Remains the Suck-Up-In-Chief

January 19, 2021 Buck Banks

“You’re the most important figure in the Republican Party. You can shape the direction of the party. Keep your movement alive.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), addressing President Trump on Fox News, adding that pardoning rioters “would destroy” him.

Fox Bets on Opinion, Not News

January 11, 2021 Buck Banks

60 minutes

“Fox News Channel is removing one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage and replacing it with a right-wing opinion show, signifying a further shift toward the incendiary programming that Fox viewers overwhelmingly prefer,” CNN reports.

Fox News and the Drudge Report praised Biden’s ‘barn burner’ DNC speech, despite attacks from Trump

August 21, 2020 Buck Banks

From Business Insider: Joe Biden is winning rave reviews for his speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday night — even from usually critical pundits in conservative media.

After Biden’s speech aired on the final night of the Democratic National Convention’s first virtual conference, Fox News anchors, hosts, and analysts delivered their verdict, and it was one likely to rile President Donald Trump.

The “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace described the speech as “enormously effective.”

Kelly: What Makes an ‘Informed Citizen’

February 13, 2020 Buck Banks

“You have to be careful about what you are watching and reading, because the media has taken sides. So if you only watch Fox News because it’s reinforcing what you believe, you are not an informed citizen.”

— Former White House chief of staff John Kelly, quoted by the Morristown Daily Record, on working for President Trump.

Trump Allies Might Create Fox News Competitor

January 13, 2020 Buck Banks

$250 million

“Allies of President Trump are pursuing an effort to acquire right-leaning news channel One America News Network, in a bid to shake up a conservative media market that has been dominated by Fox News,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The investment firm Hicks Equity Partners is looking to acquire the channel and is pitching other wealthy GOP donors to arrange a bid of roughly $250 million for the channel’s parent company, the people said. The firm is owned by the family of Thomas Hicks Jr., co-chairman of the Republican National Committee and a close friend of Donald Trump Jr.”

Trump Serves as Show Runner for Fox News

November 21, 2019 Buck Banks

“Fox should stay with the people that got them there, not losers!”

— President Trump slammed Fox News over its coverage of the House impeachment probe, taking issue with the network’s decision to interview Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).

Fox News Anchors Raise Possibility of Charging Trump with Witness Tampering

November 15, 2019 Buck Banks

“Adding, essentially, an article of impeachment real time as this hearing is going on.”

— Fox News anchor Bret Baier, who, with co-anchor Chris Wallace said that President Trump’s Friday tweets attacking ex-ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during her testimony raised the possibility of an additional article of impeachment being added against Trump for witness tampering, CNN reports.

No Wonder Trump Hates Fox News Polls

October 11, 2019 Buck Banks

32%

A new Fox News poll shows Joe Biden leading the Democratic presidential race with 32%, followed by Elizabeth Warren at 22%, Bernie Sanders at 17%, Pete Buttigieg at 4% and Beto O’Rourke at 3%. When you combine first and second choices, Biden and Warren are tied at 45% each, with Sanders at 34%. In general election matchups, Biden leads Trump by 50% to 40%, Warren tops him 50% to 40% and Sanders is ahead 49% to 40%.

Trump Faux Fight with Fox Is Good for Both

September 3, 2019 Buck Banks

“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.”

— Jack Shafer

Two-Thirds of Dems Say Fox News Townhalls Are OK

May 22, 2019 Buck Banks

+60%

“More than 60 percent of Democrats said they think it’s acceptable for candidates from their party to appear at the town halls, a new Politico/Morning Consult poll released Wednesday found. Just 17 percent of Democrats said it’s inappropriate for the White House hopefuls to agree to the primetime events.”

“You’re the most important figure in the Republican Party. You can shape the direction of the party. Keep your movement alive.”

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), addressing President Trump on Fox News, adding that pardoning rioters “would destroy” him.

60 minutes

“Fox News Channel is removing one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage and replacing it with a right-wing opinion show, signifying a further shift toward the incendiary programming that Fox viewers overwhelmingly prefer,” CNN reports.

“You have to be careful about what you are watching and reading, because the media has taken sides. So if you only watch Fox News because it’s reinforcing what you believe, you are not an informed citizen.”

— Former White House chief of staff John Kelly, quoted by the Morristown Daily Record, on working for President Trump.

$250 million

“Fox should stay with the people that got them there, not losers!”

— President Trump slammed Fox News over its coverage of the House impeachment probe, taking issue with the network’s decision to interview Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).

“Adding, essentially, an article of impeachment real time as this hearing is going on.”

32%

— Jack Shafer

+60%

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“There is a myth around that Jared and Ivanka will be rejected socially. The rich are never rejected — until they go to prison or lose their money.”

— Tina Brown, quoted by Town & Country.

— New York Times

“My guess is the first thing history will mention is the riots. And rightly so. Tax reform doesn’t offset armed insurrection.”

— Former Trump Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, on Donald Trump’s legacy.

“Have a good life, we will see you soon.”

— President Trump, in remarks before leaving Washington, D.C.

— Jonathan Last

Numerati

400,000

The John’s Hopkins tracker shows more than 400,000 Americans have died from COVID-19.

32%

47%

As President Trump prepares to leave the White House, 47 percent of Americans say he will be remembered as one of the worst presidents in American history, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.

$850,000

100

President Trump is preparing to issue around 100 pardons and commutations on his final full day in office Tuesday, a major batch of clemency actions that includes white collar criminals, high-profile rappers and others but — as of now — is not expected to include Trump himself, CNN reports.