https://qz.com/1932434/is-fox-news-really-losing-viewers-to-newsmax/
Donald Trump spent his whole morning today retweeting random Twitter users who are fed up with Fox News.
“Fox has been completely unfair and untruthful,” one user said, earning a shout from the soon-to-be former US president to his 89 million Twitter followers. “Moving to Newsmax.”
“Newsmax was the big winner election night. Fox lost many loyal viewers to them and have now discovered a new conservative home,” another tweeted.
Because Fox News was among the first media organizations to call Arizona for Joe Biden last week (the state has since been called by other decision desks), right-wing viewers are deserting the conservative cable news network for alternative channels, like Newsmax and One America News Network (OANN), two networks that have seen their profiles magnified in recent days because of Trump. While Fox’s news division has acknowledged Biden’s victory, Newsmax and OANN still deny it.
The sweet irony of Fox News, full of Trump sycophants, being brought down by Trump...brings so much sunshine.
13 Nov 20
@AThousandYoung
But maybe not fox NEWS. It's a big company and won't die off if they lose Fox News.
I can't wait!
17 Nov 20
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/media/fox-news-newsmax-ratings/index.html
Fox News' rivals are using the network's own dishonest tactics against it
"Fox News sucks! Fox News sucks! Fox News sucks!"
Those words were chanted in the streets of Washington, DC, this past weekend -- not by hordes of angry liberals but by disenchanted supporters of President Donald Trump.
For more than two decades, Fox News has conditioned its audience to distrust news that collides with its worldview or theirs. Inconvenient facts have been dismissed and blamed on the "liberal media" or the "deep state" or one of the many other boogeymen favored by the right at any particular time.
But now that strategy could be catching up to the conservative cable channel, with rising competition from networks such as Newsmax and OAN, which have positioned themselves as Trumpier than Fox.
Trump, who is livid at Fox for calling Arizona for Biden on Election Night and for not supporting him as slavishly as he would like, has been encouraging those viewers to change the channel and tune into Newsmax or OAN.
All that said, it's also worth noting that Fox has armed its rivals with the very instruments they are using against it.
Fox has primed viewers to distrust journalists and it has disseminated disinformation and promoted conspiracy theories that support the President. Now, Trump and these fledgling networks are wielding these tactics like a weapon against Fox. In some cases they're also using former Fox personalities against them.
Newsmax hosts "Diamond & Silk," who previously hosted a show on Fox's streaming service, insisted Monday that Biden is "NOT the President" and said, "Somebody should let the left-wing media, including Fox News, know!"
If Fox executives are frustrated or perplexed by a the portion of their audience protesting the channel, they need only to look in the mirror to understand who bears the main share of the responsibility.
Beautiful.
17 Nov 20
@cheesemaster saidNot by conservatives.
If a new network started and left out opinion pieces and just told the news like it used to be i bet they would be the most watched news network.
@Cheesemaster
Yes. I gave up in TV news LONG ago. They play a game and it is so clear to see.
I just want the fooking news. No games.
17 Nov 20
@cheesemaster saidOpinion columns in American newspapers date back to colonial times. Later on, when radio and TV came along, they quickly joined the parade.
If a new network started and left out opinion pieces and just told the news like it used to be i bet they would be the most watched news network.
17 Nov 20
@cheesemaster saidFox News is far worse:
CNN is the worst for that but all are bad.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/358941-british-regulator-fox-news-broke-uk-bias-rules
Fox News was found to have broken anti-bias rules in the UK. Fox's bias is infamous all around the world.
18 Nov 20
@vivify saidAren’t we missing the point that Fox is being dumped by trump because it wasn’t sycophantic enough to that scumbag. Any lie factory that usurps Fox on the basis of Fox not lying enough is hardly something to celebrate.
Fox News is far worse:
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/358941-british-regulator-fox-news-broke-uk-bias-rules
Fox News was found to have broken anti-bias rules in the UK. Fox's bias is infamous all around the world.
The users of Fox aren’t in rehab they are simply looking for a stronger fix.
