Posted on 12/21/2020 3:09:18 PM PST by marcusmaximus
Former Fox News host Eric Bolling didn’t hold back when speaking about the network on Monday, claiming that staffers there told him they are worried in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.
Bolling, now a Sinclair TV host, spoke to a throng of young Republicans at Turning Point USA’s annual Student Action Summit on Monday.
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The former Fox News host went on to explain the rise of networks like Newsmax and OAN, both of which experienced a ratings surge in the aftermath of the 2020 election, as Fox News called first Arizona and then the presidency for Joe Biden. Bolling said some Fox News hosts are worried about a loss of viewers to conservative rivals.
“Here’s what happened guys, let’s be honest with you, I can talk about this, Donald Trump on November 3rd — Fox declared Biden the winner in Arizona. MAGA-world went ballistic, they said ‘I’m not watching Fox News,’ they switched over and they looked and they found Newsmax,” Bolling said.
“Fox lost about 40% of their audience. 40 percent. That’s a big number,” Bolling continued, a statement that sparked roaring applause from the audience of young conservatives.
“I have friends still there that say they are very, very nervous about it, they’re sucking wind on it and they don’t know how to turn it around,” Bolling said.
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Thanks!
We are still being sold out by that 50% who can’t leave Tucker or Hannity.
Well they should be...go pound sand Fox...
It's easy, stop trying to be an MSNBC or a CNN. We already have corrupt journalism, we don't need a third network to carry water for the Democrats.
Very helpful.
If you read the snipped parts, the Kevin Bacon character in Animal House comes to mind...
Mediaite spends a good amount of ink yelling: “All is well!”
Wait for DJT to have his account suspended. The exodus will be biblical.
It's going to put Twitter in an uncomfortable position.
It's been argued that these social media sites never wanted to get into the censor game and only did so after the were pressured by liberal journalists. Twitter knows that if they ban Trump, he'll simply go elsewhere and take millions of followers with him but they also know that the first time as former president he says something offensive, there will be howls from liberals, "WHY HAVEN'T YOU BANNED HIM ALREADY?!?!? YOU SAID HE COULD BE BANNED AFTER HIS PRESIDENCY ENDED!!!"
They're going to have to pick one or the other. It's going to be interesting to watch what happens.
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