r/politics • u/IWantPizza555 • Sep 21 '26

No Paywall White House to Announce ‘Trump TV’ Days After Press Ban

https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/white-house-announces-trump-tv
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u/rezelscheft Sep 21 '26 edited Sep 22 '26

But it begs the question – will this piss Fox News off? They make shit tons of money reporting to right wingers. Will state sponsored TV cut into their profits enough to make them turn on Trump?

Or will state sponsored TV be good enough for the Murdochs that they won’t care?

It seems like at some point, Trump‘s interest will no longer align with a wealthy oligarchs who enabled him.

But then again, it seems like every time he steps in shit, it somehow just doesn’t fucking matter.

Ugh. This is exhausting.

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u/Brutal_Kindness Sep 21 '26

We’re becoming the United States of North Korussia.

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u/stasi_a Sep 22 '26

You forgot to add People’s Republic

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u/ShopUCW Sep 22 '26

DEMOCRATIC peoples Republic.

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u/TheShaydow 29d ago

The United Democratic Peoples Republic of North Korussia is WAY to on the nose holy shit.

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u/im_dead_sirius 29d ago

The Untied States of North Korussia.

There, I improved it for you.

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u/Great_Business_1414 29d ago

The Russians and North Koreans have the same thing.

Welcome to total authoritarianism.

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u/Crafty-Purpose5540 Sep 21 '26

Imagine if we got a temporary babyface turn from Fox News. Boomers are creatures of habit if Fox went back to neo conservativism, they could really hurt Trump. Old ass GOPers aren't seeking out Trump TV.

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u/EducationalRock167 Sep 22 '26

Fox News joined the boycott.

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u/MihaKomar 29d ago

If you haven't already noticed the pattern: no-one is safe. Doesn't matter how rich you are and how much you suck up to him. You can appease him for 5 minutes and the next day he can decide it's not enough and demand more.

See also: the revolving door of Whitehouse staff

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u/Chastain86 29d ago

My guess is it'll cut into their advertising revenue about as much as OANN does. It'll almost certainly be a subscription model, so the viewership will be pretty niche -- a very small subset of the folks that watch Fox News, which is available with any cable subscription. I honestly don't see it being a standard part of any cable package, because there's not enough money or grifting in that. Fox may view it as a sort of "companion channel," in a sense, in that they're focused on the same kinds of goals, but aside from Trump no longer needing to call in to Fox & Friends, I don't think it'll be any kind of real competition.

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u/Phil_Coffins_666 29d ago

You think it's exhausting? Try living above that burning meth lab.

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u/Capybarhigh 29d ago

I expect some Fox news people to join the new TV channel.

This was the plan all along, the trap was set and they were just waiting on the opportunity to move forward.

With the rigged elections coming up, they are preparing themselves to completely ignore any results and declare martial law.

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u/Langley05642 Sep 22 '26

Um who do you think is gunna be running it ?