Thread: Right now Fox News viewers are being misled about Trump's chances of winning the election in the following ways... https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/02/media/murdoch-fox-news-donald-trump-reliable-sources/index.html

Fox is so chock full of pro-Trump commentary and rally coverage that viewers come away with the impression that this race is a whole heck of a lot closer to 50/50 than it actually is. The prime time narrative: "BIG ENTHUSIASM FOR TRUMP." "MASSIVE." "TRUMP CLOSING THE GAP..."

The network's talk shows are constantly suggesting that a minority of people are actually the "silent majority." Example: Voters-in-diners segments. Sunday's AM show featured Trump voter after Trump voter at a diner in Asbury Park, NJ. Not at all representative of a blue state.

The shows are also emphasizing state polls that are outliers. And as you already know, Fox's highest-rated shows make Biden seem practically un-electable – they portray him as "sleepy" and crooked and corrupt. They paint Kamala Harris as a radical.

And what about Trump's daily distortions? I was about to write that Fox handles Trump's lies with kid gloves, but that's insulting to gloves. The lies are barely even touched at all. (It's so revealing that Fox never hired a fact-checker, the way CNN poached @ddale8.)

In my book HOAX, I point out that Fox's liberal pundits have increasingly been placed in the position of fact-checking Trump AND their fellow commentators – because Fox's anchors and reporters fail to do it. Today is a good day to http://BuyHoax.com 

This stuff matters because Trump's base = the Fox base. In the event of a Biden win, some Fox viewers will feel blindsided. They might believe it's a fraud, a crime, a hoax – in part because they've been misled about Trump's popularity and honesty. #end

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/11/01/stelter-fox-viewers-are-being-misled-about-trumps-chances.cnn/video/playlists/reliable-sources-highlights/