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Fox Was Frightened By the Monster It Helped Create
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Fox Was Frightened By the Monster It Helped Create

It’s still afraid, and it still feeds the beast.

David French
Dec 14, 2021
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Fox Was Frightened By the Monster It Helped Create
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On January 6, 2021, as a mob stormed and ransacked the Capitol in an effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Fox News host Laura Ingraham sent this telling text message to Mark Meadows, President Trump’s chief of staff: “Mark, the president needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home. This is hurting all o…

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