{"id":567552,"date":"2023-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trump-fox-relationship-takes-warmer-turn-with-hannity-interview\/"},"modified":"2023-03-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T21:00:00","slug":"trump-fox-relationship-takes-warmer-turn-with-hannity-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-fox-relationship-takes-warmer-turn-with-hannity-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump-Fox relationship takes warmer turn with Hannity interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/trumpdonald_hannitysean_032423gn-ap_split_fox-trump.png?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Donald Trump is slated to sit for an interview with Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> host Sean Hannity on Monday, a significant development in the increasingly complicated relationship between the former president and the country\u2019s top-watched cable network.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump has for weeks relentlessly attacked Fox over its coverage of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is widely expected to challenge him for the GOP nomination in 2024.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>At the same time, Fox remains locked in a high-profile defamation lawsuit stemming from its coverage of Trump\u2019s false claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While some pundits on Fox have suggested the GOP should move on from Trump and focus on boosting other candidates, the interview with Hannity signals steadfast support of the former president among one of the network\u2019s most influential figures ahead of a GOP primary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s planned <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance on Fox \u2014 which briefly experienced a dip in ratings following the 2020 election, though they have since rebounded \u2014 would be his first on the network since he announced his bid for the Republican nomination in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It also comes amid revelations through the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against the network that Fox\u2019s top leaders and hosts privately complained about Trump and his false statements about the election even as many voiced support for him on the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can\u2019t wait,\u201d Tucker Carlson, one of Fox\u2019s top-rated hosts, wrote in one widely publicized text message to an unidentified Fox employee on Jan. 4, 2021, according to one court filing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate him passionately,\u201d Carlson wrote in another message.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Fox, which is defending itself in court on First Amendment grounds, has argued that the text messages and emails of its employees have been \u201ccherry picked\u201d by Dominion in an attempt to embarrass the network.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carlson, for his part, offered a much rosier view of Trump during a radio interview given this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, let\u2019s see. I spent four years defending his policies and I \u2014 I\u2019m going to defend them again tonight,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cAnd actually, and I\u2019m pretty straightforward, I\u2019m, um, I love Trump. Like, as a person, I think Trump is funny and insightful.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Hannity\u2019s relationship with and support for Trump, who he has been friends with for years, has also been under scrutiny as part of the Dominion lawsuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a message shortly after the 2020 election that was sent to former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), a member of Fox\u2019s board, Rupert Murdoch, the owner and co-chair of Fox Corp., said Hannity had been \u201cprivately disgusted\u201d with Trump\u2019s actions following his loss. Murdoch called the post-election period a \u201cwake up call\u201d for the longtime host, according to another court filing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a separate email to Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> CEO Suzanne Scott, Murdoch worried that Hannity and fellow host\u00a0Laura Ingraham\u00a0\u201cwent too far\u201d in endorsing Trump\u2019s false claims.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAll very well for Sean to tell you he was in despair about Trump but what did he tell his viewers?\u201d Murdoch wrote to Scott, according to the filing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s last appearance on Fox was in the fall of 2022, before he announced another bid for the White House. It took place during a similar sit-down interview with Hannity, which the former president used to bash President Biden and Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The network has not carried Trump rallies live and made headlines in November for briefly cutting away from his presidential announcement event, decisions that have earned the network scorn from Trump\u2019s staunchest defenders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cNote to Fox News senior management: When Donald J. Trump talks, it\u2019s newsworthy,\u201d Trump ally Steve Bannon said during a fiery speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this month, seizing on the Dominion lawsuit in his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs there really that much going on at two in the afternoon on Fox News that you can\u2019t cover him live,\u201d Bannon said. \u201cThey don\u2019t respect you, read the depositions. They have a fear, a loathing and a contempt for you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Murdoch\u2019s media empire, which includes The Wall Street Journal and New York Post, have spent the last several months boosting DeSantis ahead of his expected presidential bid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Trump attacked DeSantis this week for a wide-ranging interview he gave to Piers Morgan, who Murdoch hired last year to host a show on TalkTV and write regular columns in the Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I am fighting against Radical Left Lunatics, Persecutors, and unfair Prosecutors who want to destroy us all, Ron DeSanctimonious is not working for the people of Florida as he should be, he is too busy chatting with a Ratings Challenged TV Host from England, desperately trying to rescue his failing Campaign\u2014But it\u2019s my fault, I put him there!\u201d Trump wrote this week in a Truth Social post.<\/p>\n<p>Some hosts on Fox remain sharply critical of Trump and favorable toward DeSantis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Fox host Neil Cavuto blasted Trump on Thursday for \u201clying\u201d about DeSantis\u2019s record, and the network recently featured an interview with the Florida governor during which he tossed a baseball back and forth with host Brian Kilmeade and mused about his personal life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Experts and observers have predicted Trump and Murdoch could set aside public differences if doing so eventually becomes mutually beneficial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fox remains the top-watched cable news network, and its leading advertising executives said this week the company\u2019s ad sales have not been affected by the Dominion lawsuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, major questions loom over the relationship between Trump and Fox in the coming months, like if more hosts on the network will provide Trump a platform to attack DeSantis carte blanche, and if Trump resumes repeating falsehoods about the 2020 election, what sort of pushback he will be met with.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about attention, money and ratings,\u201d said Peter Loge, the director of George Washington University\u2019s Project on Ethics in Political Communication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump has built a career screaming and thrashing and making fun of people, all of whom go back to him because they would like some of that attention \u2026 one of the things that we\u2019ve learned from the Dominion suit is Fox is concerned about its ratings going down once the Trump train left town. 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