Analysis: As Fox News panicked in 2020, leaders warned of featuring Buttigieg, Coons
But in the panic after Election Day 2020, which led Fox to often credulously air the voter-fraud conspiracy theories that have now landed it in legal trouble, high-ranking Fox executives suddenly decided that less was more., Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott forwarded a message from Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch lamenting Fox’s ratings. She informed Fox News President Jay Wallace that Murdoch and his son Lachlan were “expecting” a few things.
It’s not entirely clear what became of the request. But while Coons was a frequent Fox guest in preceding weeks — he appeared about half-a-dozen times in the previous month, including on Election Day and the day after, Nov. 4 — his appearances soon dried up. He doesn’t seem to have returned to Fox’s airwaves until April 2021.Likewise, Buttigieg was on air Nov. 2 and on Election Day but appeared to be suddenly less welcome after Scott’s email.
Cronin listed a series of appearances after Scott’s email and Fox having run op-eds by Democrats. But few appearances were focused on the election or Donald Trump’s election challenges, specifically.
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