Fox News, Fox Business under new control in the mid-term approach

Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network's opinion leaders have always taken advantage of liberal sensibilities. In recent days, however, some of them have drawn criticism from an even wider circle.

On Monday morning, "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade sparked a social media reaction by referring to a caravan of migrants en route to the United States and becoming a famous cause. remarks by President Donald Trump and various Republicans. "What about diseases? There is a reason why you can not take a child to school if he is not vaccinated, "Kilmeade said. "There are things happening in this country. We are already paying 40% to 50% of our taxable income to the government for social programs, which is to say that we simply can not bring in the entire population of the country without being looked at so heartily. Later in the morning, conservative blogger Matt Drudge – not a Liberal-style snowflake – went on Twitter to denounce a segment of the Fox News Channel program "Outnumbered" during which co-organizers , including Kennedy, discussed the rapprochement of the country while they were on screen Chyron spoke of the attack launched this weekend in Pittsburgh

"Kennedy did an unbound piece of paper at the end of the segment that was centered on unity – there was absolutely no joke or laugh about the events of this weekend and a catch "His smile's screen hardly indicates the entire segment," said the network. in a report. "The bottom third should not have been in place for the duration of this segment because it did not fully reflect what the panel members were discussing."

Monday's incidents come just a day after the Fox Business Network executives condemned the remarks about "Lou Dobbs Tonight," which also provoked the offense. On Thursday's show, Chris Farrell, director of Judicial Watch, a group of conservative activists and watchdog responsible for investigating the wrongdoing of government officials, suggested a caravan of migrants who went to South America to Mexico. President Donald Trump has cited a potential threat to the United States – was funded by billionaire George Soros. Quotes like this are usually meant to refer to Jews. The episode was rebroadcast on Fox Business Saturday and was picked up by social media as people reacted to the Pittsburgh incident.

"We condemn the rhetoric of Lou Dobbs Tonight's guest. This episode was a rehearsal that has now been drawn from all future broadcasts, "said Gary Schreier, senior vice president of network programming at 21st Century Fox, in a statement," Farrell will not be booked anymore as a ". Invited on Fox News or Fox Business.

The nation, already very nervous during President Trump's term, did so only more in the run-up to the November mid-term elections. There are good reasons, with the sending of trapped letters to prominent media outlets and Democrats, and the incident of the Pittsburgh shootings. But Fox opinion leaders remain largely faithful to a dynamic that has been very helpful to them in the past, said Nikki Usher, associate professor at the College of Media at the University of Illinois.

"Fox is really good at getting others to amplify," she said. "The angry Fox can make liberals, the better it does with people who support Fox, who is watching her." And they could also try to talk about conservative policies, she added, with the aim of stimulating the network base. A spokesman for Fox News refuted the characterization.

This is not the first time that a news anchor Fox News is indignant. Laura Ingraham was the victim of a defection by an advertiser earlier this year after commenting on social media targeting one of the survivors of the shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida. The most recent incidents have not sparked new discussions among advertisers, said a media purchasing manager, but more and more advertisers are asking to stay out of opinion programs of all types.