The Trump Campaign Is Tearing Fox News Apart
Reich writes: "I'm not overly worried about the unwinding social fabric of Fox News. In fact, it's the only good thing to come out of the Trump campaign."
Robert Reich. (photo: Getty)
07 October 16
spent this morning in Washington, D.C., talking with political analysts, and also debating Charles Krauthammer, a conservative commentator on Fox News. In our public debate, Krauthammer called Donald Trump “unworthy to be president.” (There wasn’t much argument on this point.)
Before the debate I asked Krauthammer about the mood at Fox News. He said it’s awful. There’s huge tension between the pro-Roger Ailes/Donald Trump faction and the anti-Ailes/Trump faction.
For example, anchor Megyn Kelly said last night on the air that the presidential candidates are avoiding tough interviews and that “Trump will go on Hannity and pretty much only Hannity, and will not venture out to the unsafe spaces these days.”
She was referring to the nightly free infomercials Fox anchor Sean Hannity has been giving Trump for over a year.
Hannity immediately shot back at Kelly in a tweet containing what Hannity probably imagined to be the worst possible insult he could level at Kelly, saying she “clearly” supports Hillary Clinton.
Horrors.
I’m not overly worried about the unwinding social fabric of Fox News. In fact, it’s the only good thing to come out of the Trump campaign.
What do you think?
