<p>Last week on Fox overpaid television personalities tried to fake their way through a war they didn’t understand. As the president changed the reasons he started the military conflict with Iran the folks at Fox struggled to forge a coherent message about it.</p><p>The propaganda machine sputtered and stumbled. The network kept repeating Trump’s mixed messages:</p><p>* The war was already over/The war will be over soon/This isn’t a war</p><p>* High gas prices are a small price to pay for freedom/Gas prices will drop immediately/Americans don’t care about high gas prices</p><p>* There will be no ground invasion of U.S. troops/There might be a short ground invasion of U.S. troops</p><p>* We’ve killed their leadership/The new leadership is worse than the old leadership</p><p>* Trump is the peace president/Trump has started military conflicts with seven different countries</p><p>* This war will bring long-term peace/Every problem in the world is caused by Iran</p><p>* Russia is helping Iran/Russia is not a concern/This war is about China</p><p>* The U.S. is NOT fighting Iran for Israel/Sean Hannity featured a 21 minute interview with Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu</p><p>When Fox News hosts weren’t talking out of both sides of their mouths, they were promoting Trump’s lies.</p><p>* Americans overwhelmingly approve of Trump’s decision to attack Iran - <a target="_blank" href="https://www.npr.org/2026/03/11/g-s1-113261/up-first-newsletter-iran-israel-us-georgia-clay-fuller-shawn-harris-second-amendment-rights-national-guard">several polls </a>say otherwise</p><p>* Iran was capable of a nuclear attack on the U.S. or Israel - despite no evidence supporting this</p><p>* The people of Iran will rise up and take over their government - so far no such movement has formed. It could be because people don’t want to stage a revolution while being attacked by the U.S. and Israel</p><p>* Trump’s promises of ‘no new wars’ did not mean he’s an isolationist</p><p>In the four years I’ve covered Fox News the past week is the weakest I’ve ever seen the network. Instead of a streamlined well thought out strategy to promote the war the network’s messaging is a sloppy mess full of contradictions.</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>