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As cable news begins to feel the squeeze from cord-cutting, arch-rivals Fox News and CNN are stepping up efforts to adapt to the trend that poses a long-term threat to their businesses.
For the first time, Fox News will make its most popular programming available online to consumers who don’t subscribe to cable.
The conservative news network announced Tuesday that its nightly prime-time opinion shows “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” “Hannity” with Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham’s “The Ingraham Angle” will be available to subscribers of its Fox Nation streaming service starting June 2.
The full episodes will be available on demand at 5 a.m. Eastern the day after they air on Fox News.
Fox Corporation CEO and Executive Chairman
Lachlan Murdoch expressed support for Fox News journalists and “center-right” opinion hosts Thursday, saying that he’s happy with the positioning of the network because that’s where “middle America” is.
Murdoch’s comments, which came during a Q&A session at research firm MoffettNathanson’s Media and Communications Summit, were part of his response to a question asked about competition from networks like Newsmax and One America News.
“We compete every day with CNN, MSNBC, other news sources, so having competitors to the right of us is natural,” Murdoch said. “Opinion on our channel is center-right. That’s the right place for us to be. That’s where we think our audience is, that’s where middle America is. We’re happy with that positioning.”
John Avlon tore into
Tucker Carlson by establishing a connection between violent racists and the Fox News host’s promotion of the “replacement theory.”
Carlson is facing renewed outragefor pushing the racist conspiracy theory held by white supremacists that non-white people are transforming America demographically through immigration and asymmetric birthrates. Fox Executive Chairman
CNN’s
Reality Check segment about this on Tuesday with
John Berman introducing Avlon by asking “what do you do with a racist theory chanted by white supremacists, embraced by killers, used for hate for generations? Well, if you’re Tucker Carlson, you embrace it again and again and again.”