After Trump, What's Next For Fox News?

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🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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What will happen to Fox News after President Trump leaves office? Fox News is facing Trump's anger for not being sufficiently "loyal," and it's seeing new competition as viewers head to conservative networks like Newsmax and One America News Network. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik and Sam discuss how the feuds of cable news fuel our politics and how the whole news industry adapts to life after Trump.

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0:00.0	Hey, y'all, from NPR, you're listening to It's Been a Minute.
0:02.8	I'm Sam Sanders.
0:04.2	This episode, cable news after President Trump.
0:09.6	So it's quite possible that Donald Trump, as we know him,
0:13.2	would not exist without Fox News.
0:16.0	Several years ago, Fox News was the place Trump repeatedly went
0:20.0	to stir up the conspiracy theory that would really put him
0:22.6	on the political map.
0:24.4	Birth orism?
0:25.5	Do you think he was born in this country?
0:27.4	I am really concerned.
0:30.4	And after that, Fox News was basically Trump's partner
0:33.6	as he creamed towards the presidency.
0:36.4	During the 2016 campaign season, he'd often just call it Fox News
0:39.8	anchors on air to chat.
0:42.2	Donald Trump is actually joining us on the phone right now.
0:44.6	Mr. Trump, good morning to you.
0:45.9	Good morning.
0:46.8	Fox anchors and commentators became some of his biggest supporters
0:50.4	and most trusted allies.
0:51.9	Millions of Americans sincerely love Donald Trump.
0:56.2	They love him in spite of everything they've heard.
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