FOX Amazed By Trump's Rage

Other than his conspiracy theories about the election itself, Trump is also escalating his attacks on news networks that refuse to play a part in his scheme. Last week, NBC, CNN, and some ABC affiliates refused to air the speech, escalating his claims. It has set networks up for another battle with the Trump government as he tries to pull network licenses through his Federal Communications Commission. The goal is intimidation, with the hopes that the next time Trump demands time on the airwaves, the networks will be too nervous to buck him. "And then Trump’s plot of using the news organizations to spread distrust in our elections could work," said Sargent. Enos called it another authoritarian move and contrary to the First Amendment. But at its most basic, he said it was "essentially schoolyard extortion ... Like, it’d be really bad if you didn’t do what I want. Maybe you’ll have an accident next time you’re walking home or something like that." Related video: America made politics into a show — and the internet is making it worse (J.J. Mc The hope is that these arguments will ultimately go to court and they'll continue protecting the First Amendment. What was unique in this situation is that even Fox News is growing nervous, because it's still fighting litigation with the voting equipment and software company Smartmatic. So, Fox has been cautious in its reporting on the 2020 election. It told the audience it wasn't in a position to evaluate Trump's claims. The network may have agreed to air Trump's speech, but it refused to run Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin's rehashing of it. The fact that Mullin felt the need to continue the message from Trump, Sargent said, "shows Trump continued to rage over it, because that’s the only reason these guys ever say anything. It’s to minister to the audience of one." "Trump thinks that the American people are a lot dumber than they actually are, which is sort of one of the tragedies of his whole administration: how stupid he actually thinks the American people are," Enos said. "But the American people aren’t buying this. You can see this in the polls. Like, even only about half of Republicans actually say they believe this, right? And I’m not sure even that half actually believes what they’re saying they believe." https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/even-fox-news-seems-rattled-by-trump-s-latest-rage-boil/ar-AA28iaBj?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ACTS&cvid=6a5f5f103de047ac8011353e6fe8bbf8&ei=15