The uneasy truce between Donald Trump and Fox News

Every media outlet in the world is grappling with how to cover Trump, as his public utterances become more stuffed with exaggerations and falsehoods. But the dilemma is most vexing for Fox News.

Anna Nicolaou, Lauren Fedor and Daniel Thomas

Updated Apr 7, 2024 – 12.39pm, first published at 10.09am

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Early this year, Donald Trump participated in a live town hall event on Fox News. In previous years, this would not be a surprise, or even noteworthy. As president, the former reality TV star and obsessive cable news viewer made Fox an extension of his White House, where he installed a large flatscreen TV in the president’s private dining room next to the Oval Office.

Interviews and phone calls into live Fox broadcasts were part of the everyday fabric of Trump’s presidency.

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