Fox News will portray Kamala Harris as the “most dangerous, far-left” figure ever to stand for President as Rupert Murdoch’s network seeks to rebuild a fractured relationship with Donald Trump. Insiders said the Murdoch family, who fell out with Trump over Fox’s coverage on election night in 2020 , is keen to retain the millions of viewers and billions of advertising dollars that flow from the network’s support for the former president. But with Vice-President Harris pulling ahead in the polls, boosted by her choice of Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her vice-presidential pick, Trump will seek to set aside his differences with the Murdochs and tap into Fox’s huge audience.
A source at Mr Murdoch’s company News Corp said: “They [Trump and the Murdochs] are like a bickering married couple, they can’t live with or without each other. “Fox News has to keep its MAGA Republican-supporting viewers happy or they will defect to further right rivals like the Newsmax channel.” The source said that Trump was “grumpy with Fox, always criticising its coverage”.
But they added: “He could win without it but it’s still the biggest thing going, many viewers are swing voters and ratings have soared as the race has tightened. “Fox will portray the Harris/Walz ticket as crazy, far-left and extreme to show they are delivering for Trump.” This week, Fox News viewers – whose numbers surged following the assassination attempt on Trump last month, to an average of 3.
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