Matthew Gertz

Sure, so our latest report on this, we looked at all the people in the Trump administration and how they are a constant presence on Fox News and its sister network, Fox Business. We tracked over the first hundred days of the Trump administration, something like 536 appearances. of high ranking Trump administration officials on those networks.

Sure, so our latest report on this, we looked at all the people in the Trump administration and how they are a constant presence on Fox News and its sister network, Fox Business. We tracked over the first hundred days of the Trump administration, something like 536 appearances. of high ranking Trump administration officials on those networks.

Sure, so our latest report on this, we looked at all the people in the Trump administration and how they are a constant presence on Fox News and its sister network, Fox Business. We tracked over the first hundred days of the Trump administration, something like 536 appearances. of high ranking Trump administration officials on those networks.

Basically what's happening is the Trump administration and Fox News are effectively, they've merged. They're effectively the same thing. It's very difficult to tell where the administration ends and the network picks up. You've had a whole host of people that Trump hired from Fox News. We've counted 22 individuals who have Fox on their resumes, who have ended up in the administration.

Basically what's happening is the Trump administration and Fox News are effectively, they've merged. They're effectively the same thing. It's very difficult to tell where the administration ends and the network picks up. You've had a whole host of people that Trump hired from Fox News. We've counted 22 individuals who have Fox on their resumes, who have ended up in the administration.

Basically what's happening is the Trump administration and Fox News are effectively, they've merged. They're effectively the same thing. It's very difficult to tell where the administration ends and the network picks up. You've had a whole host of people that Trump hired from Fox News. We've counted 22 individuals who have Fox on their resumes, who have ended up in the administration.

That includes cabinet officials, the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, got promoted from being Fox & Friends' weekend host. Now he is in charge of the U.S. military. Trump has always had a fixation with Fox News. Uh, he watches a huge amount of it, uh, really hours of it every day, according to a lot of reporting.

That includes cabinet officials, the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, got promoted from being Fox & Friends' weekend host. Now he is in charge of the U.S. military. Trump has always had a fixation with Fox News. Uh, he watches a huge amount of it, uh, really hours of it every day, according to a lot of reporting.

That includes cabinet officials, the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, got promoted from being Fox & Friends' weekend host. Now he is in charge of the U.S. military. Trump has always had a fixation with Fox News. Uh, he watches a huge amount of it, uh, really hours of it every day, according to a lot of reporting.

Uh, and so the people that he takes advice from, uh, both inside and outside office now, uh, are, uh, people who made their, uh, names, uh, throwing bombs on Fox News, uh, you know, attacking the left, uh, complaining about various things that have annoyed them and annoy people on the right. That's the main job qualification to be an advisor to Donald Trump at this point.

Uh, and so the people that he takes advice from, uh, both inside and outside office now, uh, are, uh, people who made their, uh, names, uh, throwing bombs on Fox News, uh, you know, attacking the left, uh, complaining about various things that have annoyed them and annoy people on the right. That's the main job qualification to be an advisor to Donald Trump at this point.

Uh, and so the people that he takes advice from, uh, both inside and outside office now, uh, are, uh, people who made their, uh, names, uh, throwing bombs on Fox News, uh, you know, attacking the left, uh, complaining about various things that have annoyed them and annoy people on the right. That's the main job qualification to be an advisor to Donald Trump at this point.

Yeah, I think that's a good way to think about it. I mean, when you look at someone like Pam Bondi who is currently in charge of the Justice Department, she spent, she made two dozen appearances on different Fox News shows over the course of the first hundred days. of the Trump administration. One day in four, she's going on Fox News to talk about whatever she says the Justice Department is doing.

Yeah, I think that's a good way to think about it. I mean, when you look at someone like Pam Bondi who is currently in charge of the Justice Department, she spent, she made two dozen appearances on different Fox News shows over the course of the first hundred days. of the Trump administration. One day in four, she's going on Fox News to talk about whatever she says the Justice Department is doing.

Yeah, I think that's a good way to think about it. I mean, when you look at someone like Pam Bondi who is currently in charge of the Justice Department, she spent, she made two dozen appearances on different Fox News shows over the course of the first hundred days. of the Trump administration. One day in four, she's going on Fox News to talk about whatever she says the Justice Department is doing.

That just doesn't really add up. That's wildly disproportionate to what we've seen under previous administrations. And that's because the Trump administration doesn't view itself as attempting to carry out public policy to benefit the people of the United States.

That just doesn't really add up. That's wildly disproportionate to what we've seen under previous administrations. And that's because the Trump administration doesn't view itself as attempting to carry out public policy to benefit the people of the United States.

That just doesn't really add up. That's wildly disproportionate to what we've seen under previous administrations. And that's because the Trump administration doesn't view itself as attempting to carry out public policy to benefit the people of the United States.

They see themselves as propagandists who are trying to spin what Trump is doing to the Fox clientele, to the Trump base who are tuning into Fox every day to get their news. They're trying to keep that base intact. Because they know that if that base cracks, they're in a huge amount of trouble. As it is, they've seen the polls steadily decline over the first three months of the administration.

They see themselves as propagandists who are trying to spin what Trump is doing to the Fox clientele, to the Trump base who are tuning into Fox every day to get their news. They're trying to keep that base intact. Because they know that if that base cracks, they're in a huge amount of trouble. As it is, they've seen the polls steadily decline over the first three months of the administration.