As rhetoric over nuclear war suddenly ramped up this week, Trump and the Fox News show set about amplifying each other to a worldwide audienceThe crisis in relations between the US and North Korea has put Donald Trump’s symbiotic relationship with his favorite morning TV show, Fox & Friends, firmly back in the spotlight. Fox & Friends in the henhouse: how Trump's beloved show wields power Read moreBetween around 3am and 6am ET on Wednesday, Trump, who is on what appears to be a “working vacation” at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, retweeted Fox and Friends social media posts five times. The seemingly symbiotic relationship between the show and the president has prompted journalists for less Republican-leaning channels, such as CNN and ABC, to refer to Fox as “State TV”. Steve Herman, White House correspondent for Voice of America, suggested that Trump’s global promotion of Fox’s journalism could reinforce long-held assumptions in North Korea that the US government tells the media what to say. Earlier in the week, Senate hopeful and Trump cheerleader Danny Tarkanian announced on Fox and Friends that he will challenge the Republican incumbent US senator in Nevada, Dean Heller.

Source: The Guardian August 09, 2017 19:08 UTC