Decoding Fox News

<p>For this episode Pete and I go through 12 of the craziest and most disturbing clips from Fox from 2025. We both mock and imitate Fox News personalities along with high ranking Trump administration officials. It’s a laughing to keep from crying experience. </p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p> wanted to do a quick update on the newsletter I wrote last month <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/decodingfoxnews/p/a-thanksgiving-primer-to-help-you?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&#38;utm_medium=web">“A Thanksgiving Primer to Help You Deal With your Fox Loving Relatives.</a>”</p><p>I had to wait until December 18 to get the updated CPI report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The agency delayed it eight days due to the government shutdown. It was also based on a partial gathering of data which is problematic for several reasons.</p><p>This is an updated version of the Thanksgiving primer! </p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p>Last week on Fox News it became more apparent that the MAGA Titanic is gliding straight into an iceberg and the only passengers with lifeboats aren’t even on the ship - they are hovering above it in climate-controlled spacecraft fueled by the cuts to U.S. foreign aid meant for starving children.</p><p>Meanwhile their glorious leader tells them that the impending disaster is a Democratic hoax designed by his enemies to make him and the greatest political movement in the history of this country look bad.</p><p>By the end of the month nearly 24 million Americans will see sharp rises in their <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/health-insurance-premium-spikes-imminent-as-tax-credit-enhancements-set-to-expire#:~:text=and%20Elizabeth%20Zhang-,Health%20Insurance%20Premium%20Spikes%20Imminent%20as%20Tax%20Credit%20Enhancements%20Set,will%20be%20underway%20November%201.">healthcare premiums</a>, while the cost <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-price-outlook/summary-findings">groceries</a>,<a target="_blank" href="https://www.wri.org/insights/whats-driving-us-electricity-prices"> electricity</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/insurance-for-homeowners-premium-rates/">insurance</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/acs-1-year-estimates.html">housing </a>continue to rise.</p><p>About 7-8 million Americans enrolled in the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-the-end-of-a-biden-era-student-loan-program-means-for-borrowers">SAVE student loan income</a> repayment plan will also face higher monthly payments. Credit card balances <a target="_blank" href="https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc">have increased </a>along with unemployment while the wannabe king promises everything will work out in two weeks, the next quarter or sometime next year.</p><p>As Trump’s poll numbers plummeted and Democrats won elections all over the country Fox News continued to churn out the propaganda and spin.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p>Last week the microscopic cracks of doubt in the Trump administration evolved into deep fissures on Fox News. Several on-air personalities openly plead with their glorious leader that he needed to change his messaging on the affordability crisis quickly or the country could be headed for a blue wave tsunami.</p><p>Just a year ago these same overpaid mouthpieces of the Trump propaganda machine celebrated his win and thanked their viewers for voting for him.</p><p>Now they cannot hide their panic. Trump is trying to lie to the American public by calling the affordability crisis a Democratic hoax.</p><p>In many ways Fox News created their own monster. By putting all of the blame on Biden for inflation Fox reinforced the idea that a president can guide an economy like a sailboat.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p>The folks at Fox News thought they were going to have an easy time with holiday programming last week with stories about pajama wearing travelers, Thanksgiving leftover tips and pre-taped shows filled with recycled segments. In between the holiday fluff the network put most of its focus on segments bashing Democrats, worshiping President Trump and what it called the “Seditious Six.”</p><p>By mid-day Wednesday the on-air talent at Fox News immediately pivoted to cover a targeted domestic terrorist attack on National Guard troops in Washington D.C.</p><p>Nearly every talking head at the network immediately blamed Democratic lawmakers for the violence even though there was no evidence that the shooter, an Afghan national, was motivated by left of center politics.</p><p>Fox News was so lazy in its coverage of the tragedy that the network included a pre-taped episode of <em>The Five</em> for Thanksgiving that made no mention of the attack. That evening it re-aired <em>The Patriot Awards</em>, a Fox Nation special, in place of its regularly scheduled primetime lineup.</p><p>I was expecting at least episodes of <em>Fox News Live</em>, the breaking news show for the network but the Fox stuck to its original plan for the holiday and decided to only air episodes that included live news coverage mid-day and late night on Thanksgiving.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe</a>