Good day all. For years, possibly decades, Fox News, which used to bill itself as “Fair and balanced” was crushing CNN and other streaming news sites. In 2016, they were, if not backing President Trump as a candidate, they were covering him fairly well. When Democrats began pushing the fake Russia dossier, Fox reported on it but also dug into what was really going on. Then things changed.
We started seeing a shift when President Trump was literally being legally assaulted by the Democrats, starting with the Garland DoJ. As the on air talent began commenting on the lawfare and that it was potentially a threat to anyone who was a Republican, the management, which had been shifted to Rupert Murdoch’s spawn, began interfering.
First was the reporting on the Dominion voting machines. Fox was sued, but rather than fight, they rolled over and settled. Then Tucker Carlson was basically fired from Fox. (In retrospect, Tucker Carlson has gone completely off the rails since then)
When President Trump won reelection, Fox went more anti-Trump rather than neutral. In the last two years, a number of pro-Trump commentators have been summarily fired. The Fox News management? They have decided that President Trump is to be ignored. Now the backlash has started. Here are the details from Newsmax:
Fox News is suffering one of its most dramatic ratings collapses in years, losing nearly one-third of its audience in key demographics just days before the critical midterm elections.
The devastating ratings news comes as President Donald Trump publicly attacks the network over what he sees as its pro-Democrat bias.
I haven’t watched Fox for years. One reason is I canceled my Dish satellite service since I could get everything I wanted via streaming. The problem with Fox was simple. If you didn’t have a cable or satellite provider, you had to pay to see Fox News. Since I’m cheap, I decided that there wasn’t that much on it I was interested, and I had started to not the changing direction after the Murdoch spawn took over. Now how bad is the ratings drop?
Fox News averaged approximately 1.1 million total-day viewers, a 27% decline compared with October 2025. Among adults ages 25-54, the demographic most coveted by advertisers, viewership plunged 32% to an average of just 98,000.
That is very significant, especially since Fox has been, for at least a decade, crowing about crushing CNN. Now that Skydance and the Ellison’s have taken over Warner Brothers and CNN, along with Paramount and CBS, many people are expecting them to look into major reductions in head count and cleaning up the blatantly leftist biases in both networks.
The collapse extends into prime time, where Fox averaged approximately 2 million viewers, down 28% from October 2025. Its prime-time audience among adults ages 25-54 plunged an even steeper 36%, falling to an average of just 183,000. Even Fox’s flagship morning program, “Fox & Friends,” averaged fewer than 1 million viewers for the second consecutive month.
I’ve read that even Gutfeld is seeing ratings slip. I never watched Gutfeld when I had Fox. This was due to timing. He was on after I generally tuned out for the night. From what I understand, he is considered positively by most Republicans.
Fox is experiencing an extraordinary erosion of its audience at a politically consequential moment, just as Trump is questioning the network’s loyalty to conservative voters. The numbers come amid growing questions about whether Fox executives are already preparing for a post-Trump political landscape.
President Trump is in his second term and will leave office on January 20th, 2029. What a lot of Deep State actors are thinking is that they can either bring back the old Country Club style GOP, as seen under the Bush family, or that the Democrats will take control and basically destroy the country. If the former, then the Fox Management would be sitting pretty since they’re all TransNational Globalists and one world government types. If the latter, then they expect to be a part of the new regime.
CNN reported that some within Fox believe Trump’s ability to draw television viewers has diminished.
“Trump doesn’t rate anymore,” one Fox host told CNN.
CNN added that “the Murdochs are thinking about a post-Trump era and looking ahead to the 2028 presidential election,” noting that the network has moved away from covering the president’s live events and rallies.
That would probably be one of the Never Trumpers that are still in place at Fox. They’ve always hated President Trump and his idea of Making America Great Again. This is why they’ve started purging hosts that have supported President Trump. (At least in my opinion)
As for the Murdochs? Rupert only cared about the money and he saw that liberals are cheap when it comes to spending their own money. It was the Republicans, especially the GOP base, that would open their wallets. As for opening wallets, Fox appears to be joining forces with the rest of the Mostly Stupid Media.
Fox News’ parent company made at least $268,500 in contributions to Democrat candidates and left-wing political committees during the current election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission records.
The list of Fox donations includes contributions to prominent Trump critics, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who received $2,500, and Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who received $1,000. Other recipients include Trump critics such as Reps. Ted Lieu of California, $2,500; Pete Aguilar of California, $5,000; Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, $2,500; and Gregory Meeks of New York, $2,500.
But wait! There’s more!
Fox’s donations also include $50,000 to the California Democratic Party, $30,000 each to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and $10,000 each to the Congressional Black Caucus PAC and CHC Bold PAC. The far left New Democrat Coalition Action Fund received $10,000 from Fox.
If Fox thinks that the current ratings are bad, what until the GOP Base sees who they’re backing now.
The donations and ratings collapse coincide with an increasingly bitter public feud between Trump and Fox News. Trump has accused the network of giving excessive airtime to Democrat candidates while shortchanging Republicans.
“FoxNews is spending far too much time putting on the OPPONENTS of Republican Party Candidates,” Trump complained on Truth Social.
That is the tip of the iceberg. The entire Trump Administration is starting to open fire on Fox. Things took a real turn for the worse when Maria Bartiromo was fired by the CEO of Fox. I had seen her a few times and she was well liked by the GOP Base. Her sudden firing caught everyone by surprise and many made their feelings known to Fox
Fox News’ abrupt removal of longtime star Maria Bartiromo in September further inflamed tensions with Trump and his supporters. Trump called Bartiromo “a total professional, and a true warrior,” warning that her fans “will not be happy.”
And from what I understand, they weren’t.
Navarro blasted Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott, declaring, “She just went out and fired Maria Bartiromo,” and adding, “that place is out of control.”
Navarro accused Fox executives of suppressing pro-Trump coverage, raising fresh questions about whether the network is alienating its conservative audience as ratings plunge ahead of the midterms.
Oh I think they are suppressing Trump’s coverage and they don’t care. What I think they will care about, especially if the ratings keep dropping, (And CNN’s start taking off again), will the loss of advertising revenue. That is one thing Rupert Murdoch does care about, and if his liberal pansy-ass spawn and their Karen wives start costing the business money with their leftist political leanings, he will deal with them. It isn’t to late to save Fox News, but that would mean restoring the network back to being basically slightly right of center. I don’t see that happening now.
Thatisall
~The Angry Webmaster~
