{"id":63404,"date":"2024-10-18T15:29:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T22:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63404"},"modified":"2024-10-19T11:44:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T18:44:07","slug":"trump-joins-the-fox-news-curvy-couch-potatoes-to-complain-about-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63404","title":{"rendered":"Trump Joins the Fox News &#8216;Curvy Couch&#8217; Potatoes to Complain About Fox News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2024 presidential race winds down to its final three weeks, Kamala Harris is blanketing the nation &#8211; and particularly the critical swing states &#8211; to shore up support and persuade undecided voters that she is the only alternative if we are to preserve American democracy and the principles of the Constitution that we revere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump Joins the Fox News 'Curvy Couch' Potatoes to Complain About Fox News%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63404\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to Tweet this article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/FoxNews\/foxnews-friends-trump-baby.jpg\" alt=\"Fox News, Donald Trump Baby\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39828\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump, on the other hand, is cowering in the safety of his MAGA media bubble, refusing to expose himself to any real questions, and even canceling events at friendly venues, including one with the NRA. It&#8217;s hard to determine if this behavior is due to his cowardice or his laziness or, most likely, both.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63219\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kamala Harris is Blitzing Media that Donald Trump is Too Afraid of To Do<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Friday morning Trump made another visit to a group of the most devoted Trump-fluffers on Fox News, the <em>&#8220;Curvy Couch&#8221;<\/em> potatoes of Fox and Friends. It&#8217;s a program that is a favorite of his for phone-in interviews in his jammies, where he knows that he won&#8217;t be challenged by any substantive questions or embarrassed by any fact checks. So it&#8217;s just the sort of safe space he&#8217;s limiting himself to as Election Day drays nearer.<\/p>\n<p>On this occasion Trump was greeted with the customary welcome from hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley, Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade. Whereupon he launched into a sob session sparked by what he regards as treason by the his Ministry of Propaganda. Trump whined that&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In the old days, you never played negative ads. In other words, when I leave here, I\u2019ll then be hit by five or six ads&#8230;When I leave, I\u2019ll have 12 people from Kamala on, and pretty much unopposed. For 19 days I don\u2019t think we should do that anymore. I think you shouldn\u2019t play negative ads. It\u2019s very tough. You do a show &#8211; and I complain all the time. I love complaining. I like to have everything perfect. But when I leave here 200 people from&#8230;by the time you do it you say &#8216;What are you doing?&#8217; It\u2019s sort of a net neutral&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump: In the old days, Fox News didn\u2019t air negative ads about me. It\u2019s very rough. I don\u2019t think you should do that anymore. I love complaining <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VfWgjac75A\">pic.twitter.com\/VfWgjac75A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHQ\/status\/1847255955383124252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right. Trump is big mad that Fox News dares to interview people who are not bona fide disciples of the Trump cult. In his warped mind, Fox is obligated to book only guests who will exalt Dear Leader without exception. And that&#8217;s not all. Trump is also upset that Fox News will sell advertising time to Democrats who might have cause to criticize him.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is, in effect, revealing that his idea of what Fox News is there for is to advance his interests at all times. He may have gotten that impression because that&#8217;s precisely what they have been doing for years. However, should they waver in that mission now, they become just another enemy and a propagator of <em>&#8220;fake news.&#8221;<\/em> And this isn&#8217;t the first time that Trump has made these feelings known&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63091\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crybaby Trump Tells Fox News that They Should Only Put on Sycophantic Trump-Fluffers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, there is no need for the MAGA-nuts to worry. Trump is taking matters into his own hands to correct this wayward shifting of sentiments. As the segment was wrapping up, Trump told his F&#038;F pals that&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m going to see Rupert Murdoch. That&#8217;s a big event. I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s thrilled that I say it. And I\u2019m going to tell him, I\u2019m going to tell him something very simple &#8211; because I can\u2019t talk to anybody else about it &#8211; &#8216;Don\u2019t put on negative commercials for 21 days, don\u2019t put them \u2014 and don\u2019t put on the air their horrible people.&#8217; They come and lie. I\u2019m going to say, \u2018Rupert, please do it this way,'&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald Trump concludes his Fox &amp; Friends interview by saying he&#39;s about to go meet with Rupert Murdoch and tell him Fox shouldn&#39;t allow negative ads for the final 21 days or Democrats on air &quot;and then we&#39;ll have a victory, because I think everyone wants to have a victory.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NoKxS4Q2Tv\">pic.twitter.com\/NoKxS4Q2Tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattGertz\/status\/1847258810399834293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Murdoch may or may not be amenable to Trump&#8217;s request. On one hand, he&#8217;ll want to please Trump, who he is ideologically aligned with, and who is the object of blind adoration by most the network&#8217;s viewers. On the hand hand, Murdoch won&#8217;t want to turn away ad dollars that offered to him, or lose access to Democratic power brokers in Washington. What&#8217;s more, he may be a little perturbed with Trump for bashing his network and it&#8217;s executives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63384\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Slams Fox News Shortly After Gushing Over Bret Baier\u2019s Hostile Interview of Kamala Harris<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is unlikely that Fox News will do anything to anger Trump. They rely on his cult followers for ratings, which translate into ad revenue. But it&#8217;s notable that Trump is so comfortable going on a Fox program and griping about how they aren&#8217;t being subservient enough to him. And of course, none of the Couch potatoes had any objection to his him kvetching in their faces. They know their place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63358\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News Hosts a MAGA-Only \u2018Town Hall\u2019 that is Actually a Lie-Riddled Trump Campaign Infomercial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63348\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Totally Deranged: Trump Gets Hopelessly Lost in His Own Warped \u2018Weave\u2019 of Lies and Deflections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63304\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Traitor Trump Says that Americans Who Oppose Him are \u2018a Bigger Enemy than China and Russia\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Be sure to visit and follow News Corpse<br \/>\non <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newscorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@newscorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>And check out my books on Amazon:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aOYFpM\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Nation vs. Reality:<br \/>\nThe Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Thanks so much for your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2024 presidential race winds down to its final three weeks, Kamala Harris is blanketing the nation &#8211; and particularly the critical swing states &#8211; to shore up support and persuade undecided voters that she is the only alternative if we are to preserve American democracy and the principles of the Constitution that we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152,1,684,16],"tags":[554,1140,879,33,30,1396],"class_list":["post-63404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-media-bias","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-fox-friends","tag-fox-news","tag-rupert-murdoch","tag-trump-attacks-fox-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-friends-trump-baby.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-guE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53430,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=53430","url_meta":{"origin":63404,"position":0},"title":"Judge Rules that Fox News Acted With &#8216;Actual Malice&#8217; By Spreading Trump&#8217;s Election Fraud Lies","author":"Mark NC","date":"6\/22\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The hearings of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection incited by Donald Trump have been effectively exposing the role of Trump and his confederates in politics and the press. 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