Posted on 07/31/2017 12:48:04 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Fox News has such an influence on Donald Trump that US journalists now react to the president’s proclamations on Twitter by searching for the Fox and Friends segment that inspired them.
This intimate feedback loop between the Fox morning show and the president has made it “the most powerful TV show in America”, in the words of a New York Times critic. For Rupert Murdoch, a ruthless player in conservative politics across continents, such influence is striking. But it’s not new.
Liberal critics of the administration, however, are now turning the spotlight on what they see as a troubling new pro-Trump outlet. It’s not Fox News, with its angry anchors and aging audience. It’s Circa, a colorful digital media site aimed at viewers in their teens and 20s.
Circa is owned by the Sinclair Media Broadcast Group, which owns or operates more than 170 television stations across the country and calls itself America’s “leading local news provider”. As Sinclair expands, it has faced speculation that it could become a conservative challenger to Fox News.
For months, Circa has attracted special attention from other news outlets for a series of scoops on the progress of the Russian investigation that many saw as shoring up the administration’s narrative.....
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
"Troubling." Of course the 99% sycophantic leftist outlets that fed the public lies for decades and covered for Bubba, the Butcheress of Benghazi and the Mohammadan Boy-Emperor Jugeared Jackass was never troubling. Let ONE modest right-of-center media outlet pop up and the left goes ape$hit.
meh
Circa is a good news source....particularly Sara Carter’s work.
The Guardiann has fallen far from its days of being a reliable source
Wow, she is remarkable! I’d been impressed by some of her articles but didn’t know who she is. Thanks!
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