In Succession, the Fox News stand-in, ATN, declares the probable loser – the Republican neo-fascist Jeryd Mencken – as the winner of a presidential election in an attempt to overturn the vote. I just don’t think it would produce a crisis as serious as [Succession] is trying to suggest, because we’re on to Fox. Fox News infuriated Trump by going out on a limb and calling Arizona for Joe Biden on election night in 2020 before other news organisations. As it happened, the head of Fox News election night decision desk was George W Bush’s cousin, John Ellis. Still, as Fox News attempts to paint the 2020 election as stolen from Trump showed, its ability to stir up trouble should not be underestimated.

Source: Fox News May 21, 2023 08:16 UTC