Trump’s World Increasingly Shaped by Fox News, and Fox by Trump
- President said to binge more on Fox News, avoid CNN, MSNBC
- Lobbyist discusses buying ads on Trump’s favorite TV shows
Trump on Fox News
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Donald Trump’s TV viewing habits have changed since he became president -- networks he views as hostile have fallen out of favor, Fox News is in heavy rotation -- creating an unusually close relationship between a president and a news outlet.
Long a voracious consumer of cable news, Trump has cut back how much he watches CNN and MSNBC in recent weeks, having sworn off the latter network’s “Morning Joe” after criticism from its hosts, according to a senior White House aide privy to the president’s viewing habits.