Interesting news in US TV. Fox News ratings on a free fall. For the uninitiated, Fox used to routinely beat MSNBC & CNN big time. What happened ? In one line, its base (mostly supporters of Pres Trump) feel betrayed. A thread below https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1331027520314089472

Fox News hired several partisan Democrat journalists which the base hated. Foremost - Donna Brazil from DNC, who leaked town hall questions to Hillary Clinton https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/donna-brazile-hillary-clinton-leak-regret-236184

Paul Ryan, GoP, anti Trump joined Fox News board which again supporters of Trump disliked https://www.businessinsider.com/paul-ryan-position-fox-board-reign-in-trump-report-2019-9

Christopher Wallace, another Fox News journalist, is a registered Democrat. He was the anchor of the first Presidential debate between Trump and Biden. GoP base felt that the questions that he asked the two were loaded against Trump

Fox News pre election polls in 2016 and 2020 showed the Republicans trailing the Democrats significantly. Republicans did much better at every level once the results came out - seats in the Congress and vote shares for Whitehouse. Biased polls were the conclusion.

Fox News was flooded with Biden ads leading to the 2020 elections. Possibly because the GOP had a much bigger war chest. But this would irk the GOP base.

Trump repeatedly tweeted about how Fox News was showing bias against him before and after the polls. Trump’s words carry a lot of weight among the GOP base which are also Fox News core viewers.

On Election Day, Fox News called the election for Biden in Arizona very early, far too early, much before other liberal media networks. They didn’t have to reverse the call, but the elections came whisker close, suggesting that the call was premature. The GOP base resented.

On Election Day, Fox News projected that Democrats would substantially increase their house majority. This projection had to be reversed, as on the contrary, Republicans significantly cut into the House majority of the Democrats. Demonstrable bias yet again.

Post election, Fox News called the election for Biden minutes after CNN-MSNBC did. While Trump was contesting those. Viewers felt betrayed yet again. Many of the smaller conservative outlets refuse to do so until cases are resolved.

Net result - viewers are leaving by the drove. Post election, supporters of Trump did a rally in DC demanding election integrity. There they chanted “Fox News Sucks”, earlier they used to chant “CNN sucks”.

And, the younger Murdoch son and his wife are Democrats. After 2020 elections, the wife tweeted in jubilation. They are still part owner of Fox News I believe.