Trump again expresses dissatisfaction with Fox News ahead of midterm elections

Following recent criticism of Noh as an excuse for his appearance, he expressed his dissatisfaction again ahead of the midterm elections.

“We almost went out of business in the past because of something like this right before the election… It could happen again.”

(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Seong-min = On the 4th (local time), U.S. President Donald Trump again expressed strong dissatisfaction with the conservative U.S. terrestrial broadcaster Fox News.

President Trump said on the social media platform TruthSocial that he was "sad" that Fox News' morning current affairs program "Fox & Friends" did not properly report on his midterm election campaign site.

After listing the rallies he held in Ohio, Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma over the past two days, Trump claimed, "They were all sold out, thousands of people tried to get in, and they were better than ever and absolutely amazing."

At the same time, he criticized the failure to report on his campaign as "Fox News' long-standing intention" and warned that if Fox News does not continue to report on his campaign, his supporters will stop watching Fox News.

This is not the first time that President Trump has expressed his dissatisfaction with Fox News as the U.S. midterm elections approach, with many predicting that the ruling Republican Party could lose its majority position in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

He also publicly criticized Fox News on the 30th of last month, saying that it frequently features Democratic Party leaders and opposition political commentators, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, to pour out criticism of him.

President Trump also pointed out in a post that day, "Fox News is spending more time talking to communists, socialists, and dumb Democrats (a portmanteau of 'Democrats' and 'Dumb'), and often does not rebut them."

He also claimed, “Who makes these decisions at Fox News? It’s probably the same loser who fired the great Maria Bartiromo for complaining that she wasn’t allowed to cover Trump.”

Bartiromo, a former Fox News anchor, was fired early last month as a close associate of President Trump.

Fox News explained the reason for the dismissal as a "management decision." However, CNN and others reported that even though Bartiromo wanted to broadcast President Trump's speech to the nation last July in which he alleged China's intervention in the 2020 US presidential election, management put the brakes on it, and that the reason for his dismissal was that Bartiromo notified White House officials of these instructions.

President Trump then said to Fox News, "Report what happens to us, not the opposition to American greatness," and added, "Otherwise, Fox News will soon have viewer ratings on par with fake news CNN or Microsoft Now."

In particular, he warned, "Fox News has almost gone out of business trying this kind of behavior in the past, and it's always been right before an election. It could happen again."