"Fair & balanced" was always code for, "Fox is a safespace where you don't have to get exposed to real news." But even Fox had its limits, and so Trump had to find someone else willing to shill even more desperately for the GOP, and OAN answered the call.
Fair and balanced was used to suggest the other news outlets were not by comparison. It's whole thing was to paint the other guys are the liars when Fox would inevitably say something that didn't jive with what other new sources said.
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u/valvilis Aug 16 '20
"Fair & balanced" was always code for, "Fox is a safespace where you don't have to get exposed to real news." But even Fox had its limits, and so Trump had to find someone else willing to shill even more desperately for the GOP, and OAN answered the call.