David Folkenflik

And then there's a very gentle explainer by Fox News anchor Brett Baier explaining why tariffs don't really work the way the president claims that they actually end up really hitting the American consumer. And even Fox host Maria Bartiromo, a true Trump loyalist. Here's what it sounded like when she mixed it up recently with Trump's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

And that's somebody who goes out of her way to frame things in the best possible way for Trump most of the time. She just got an appointment from Trump to the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.

And that's somebody who goes out of her way to frame things in the best possible way for Trump most of the time. She just got an appointment from Trump to the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.

And that's somebody who goes out of her way to frame things in the best possible way for Trump most of the time. She just got an appointment from Trump to the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.

I think you look at the four Ds, defend, deflect, deny, disregard. You've seen that in a bunch of right-wing pro-Trump outlets. Take Newsmax's Rob Finnerty. He recently debated Ontario Premier Doug Ford about Canada's reaction to Trump's tariff moves.

I think you look at the four Ds, defend, deflect, deny, disregard. You've seen that in a bunch of right-wing pro-Trump outlets. Take Newsmax's Rob Finnerty. He recently debated Ontario Premier Doug Ford about Canada's reaction to Trump's tariff moves.

I think you look at the four Ds, defend, deflect, deny, disregard. You've seen that in a bunch of right-wing pro-Trump outlets. Take Newsmax's Rob Finnerty. He recently debated Ontario Premier Doug Ford about Canada's reaction to Trump's tariff moves.

There are other right wing and pro-Trump sites that simply are focusing the blame on former President Joe Biden for whatever is going wrong now or might in the future.

There are other right wing and pro-Trump sites that simply are focusing the blame on former President Joe Biden for whatever is going wrong now or might in the future.

There are other right wing and pro-Trump sites that simply are focusing the blame on former President Joe Biden for whatever is going wrong now or might in the future.

Well, I think these things are both a leading and a lagging indicator. They tell you where these outlets think their audiences are. And in the case of Fox, where they hope to get the president to, because they know few people are watching Fox and the media more closely than he does.

Well, I think these things are both a leading and a lagging indicator. They tell you where these outlets think their audiences are. And in the case of Fox, where they hope to get the president to, because they know few people are watching Fox and the media more closely than he does.

Well, I think these things are both a leading and a lagging indicator. They tell you where these outlets think their audiences are. And in the case of Fox, where they hope to get the president to, because they know few people are watching Fox and the media more closely than he does.

But also a tool that reduces chances for human infection.

But also a tool that reduces chances for human infection.

But also a tool that reduces chances for human infection.

Some fans are castigating MSNBC. Some MAGA loyalists are performing a victory dance on social media. But the network doesn't appear to be softening its ardent political bent. Alex Wagner is being replaced by Jen Psaki, who was President Joe Biden's press secretary. Enjoy Reed's time slot. Viewers will find a trio of other MSNBC hosts, not a Trump supporter among them.

Some fans are castigating MSNBC. Some MAGA loyalists are performing a victory dance on social media. But the network doesn't appear to be softening its ardent political bent. Alex Wagner is being replaced by Jen Psaki, who was President Joe Biden's press secretary. Enjoy Reed's time slot. Viewers will find a trio of other MSNBC hosts, not a Trump supporter among them.

Two weekend hosts are having new extended shows built around them, and the third is remaining as a correspondent. MSNBC chief Rebecca Cutler is taking steps to get ahead of the network split with parent NBC. They're now part of different corporations, and she has to reshape the lineup without its reporters or its infrastructure. David Folkenflik, NPR News.

Two weekend hosts are having new extended shows built around them, and the third is remaining as a correspondent. MSNBC chief Rebecca Cutler is taking steps to get ahead of the network split with parent NBC. They're now part of different corporations, and she has to reshape the lineup without its reporters or its infrastructure. David Folkenflik, NPR News.