In Trump's mind, Fox News is the media arm of his White House -- and his reelection campaign. Trump has quite clearly benefited from Fox News' championing -- not to mention its near-monopoly among conservative TV viewers. He has granted more than 40 interviews to Fox News (and another 10+ to Fox Business Network), according to calculations by The Washington Post . Perhaps the most telling sign of how closely the two are aligned is the staff pipeline between FNC and the Trump White House. Bill Shine, a former co-president of Fox News Channel, served as the de facto communications director at the White House.

Source: CNN May 20, 2019 17:37 UTC