Donald Trump threatens Fox News with ratings drop due to coverage of his rallies
The US President expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the TV channel is not paying enough attention to his election events
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US President Donald Trump threatened the Fox News channel with a loss of ratings, accusing it of insufficient coverage of Republican rallies and providing airtime to opposition representatives.
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Donald Trump regularly uses his Truth Social platform to criticize media outlets that he believes are not loyal enough to his political agenda.
WASHINGTON, October 4 - RIA Novosti. US President Donald Trump has threatened to lose ratings to the pro-Republican Fox News channel if it does not show his rallies before the congressional elections.
"The other networks are reporting on these rallies, and in a really positive, 'crazy way' kind of way. Our people want to see our rallies and coverage on Fox News, or they'll stop watching very quickly, like I'm stopping now," Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.
The president was dissatisfied with the absence in the channel's Sunday program of stories about the rally that took place the day before in Ohio and other events in previous days.
As Trump said, Fox News invites “communists, socialists and stupidcrats” on the air and won’t contradict them, which displeases supporters of his MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement.
According to the president, if the channel covers the activities of the opposition, and not the events of the Republicans, its ratings will drop to the level of “fake CNN and MSNOW.”
"Remember, Fox has tried this before and almost went out of business, always before an election. It could happen again!" - Trump wrote.
Open Questions
- Will Fox News Change Editorial Policies Following Trump's Threats?
