now, host laura ingraham did not ask oz about the dog story, even though it might been the biggest development of his race that day. she gave him plenty of chances to attack his opponent. even labeling him doctor mehmet oz, republican running against john fetterman. interviewing candidates for office, we ve come to midterms quite a bit on the show, but i want to be clear, fox s coverage different both in tone and the sheer amount of it. fox news is essentially an arm of the 24-hour public relations channel four of the republican senate candidates, interrupted periodically by ads from mike pillow. no other way to put it. according to a new report from in the four weeks since labor day, fox news primetime opinion shows have covered the midterm races twice as often as this network and cnn combined. fox functions as the communications are the gop and it s because stars are working to ensure the republicans take
day, fox news primetime opinion shows have covered the midterm races twice as often as this network and cnn combined. fox functions as the communications are the gop and it s because stars are working to ensure the republicans take over than it and have an opportunity to implement a hard right agenda. networks proud right-wing agenda bombarding their audiences with a stream of attacks on democratic nominees you can see this all over fox s coverage in case you don t know. to some hyperbolic graphics portraying democratic candidates as losers, dangerous animals hell-bent on destroying the country. the undisputed king of the stuff is fox anchor john hannity. he is a unique figure. here he is openly partisan, even among his colleagues, a plea appeared at a trump rally in 2020. what exactly is sean hannity s job? as far as we can tell it s getting republicans elected. here s sean hannity with a graphic of radical raphael warnock. he was hannity labeling john fetterman as john the socialist,
post, the new york times, all the dominant mainstream media which are all in decline have become the most opinionated. conservative media is booming, but the mainstream media s in decline. howard: you write that the press is not the enemy of the people, to use donald trump s phrase, but they sure can be their own worst enemy. i agree with that, but i was going to push back on what you wrote next. you say that the american people want to get their news straight, they want honest reporting based on facts. some do, but i think and you alluded to this increasingly many people want to see their own views reflected back to them, and that s true for viewers of cnn, msnbc and fox. yeah, but i think it falls into segments. i think viewers have an understanding that nighttime shows are opinion shows and it s like reading the editorial page in the newspaper. the daytime shows are suppose to be fair, straight, neutral
janine, maria in the morning, sean hannity, laura ingraham. they were all acting as advisers oftentimes. in fact, on election night, the night before he took the stage, judge janine and laura ingraham were in the room. i m not going to say fox as a whole was advising him or the line was too blurred there. but certainly the evening more opinion shows. you know, stephanie, we ve talked a lot. we talked after your book came out about you reflecting on your role in the trump administration. you ve said things like you re not sure that you will ever be redeemed for your participation in the trump administration. you know, you really have soul searched in the wake of leaving. i do wonder what you think is next and if there s anything that you can shed light on on what comes ahead? . absolutely. and i mst ill not looking for redemption. i m actually just looking
mobilize. so i think the idea is that we re seeing right-wing pundits in the u.s. seeing this as a way to encourage sort of massive action and mobilization, you know, in sort of response to the biden administration and the democrats in general. this could have pay-offs in the midterm elections and looking ahead to 2024. it s ironic, and we talk about this all the time, the anti-vaccprogramming on fox news considering all those hosts are essentially vaccinated. 90% of fox news employees are vaccinated but they fail to mention that. you have been monitoring and reporting closely on their vaccine coverage or anti-vax coverage, and you report it s getting worse. yeah, it s pretty interesting, and it s worrying. so a lot of people may not know this, but fox news is not actually sort of totally a monolith. they have their opinion shows, like tucker carlson, that a lot of people know about, that are