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However, the speaker claims that Obama, and by extension the Democratic establishment, quickly realized the media’s complicity. The president, who once believed the press was relatively unbiased, slowly came to see that much of it had become an extension of the state—more interested in covering for the corruption than exposing it.
The Case of Fox News and the Election Disinformation
The narrative then shifts to the fallout from Fox News’s coverage of the 2020 election, particularly allegations of election fraud involving Dominion Voting machines. The speaker argues that Fox, in an effort to maintain a niche audience loyal to President Trump and his claims, knowingly broadcast theories they believed to be false about the election being stolen.