Fox never fully abandoned Trump, and its biggest stars spent 2023 furiously defending him from legal jeopardy. Its political and business models demand that as the GOP field clears and leaves him as the party’s nominee, Fox will inevitably backslide into being Trump TV. Fox responded to its jeopardized profits by promoting the conspiracy theory that the election had been rigged against Trump. The lesson Fox executives learned from their 2020 election fiasco is that when they defy Trump their viewers are up for grabs. If Fox splits from Trump, it will give those rivals the opportunity to turn on the network and steal its viewers.

Source: Fox News December 24, 2023 07:35 UTC