Why is Fox News so invested in propping up Donald Trump?

Why is Fox News so invested in propping up Donald Trump?

by Hunter at Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/02/1398720/-Why-is-Fox-News-so-invested-in-propping-up-Donald-Trump

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I'll admit I'm a bit flummoxed as to why Fox News has been defending Donald Trump so energetically. Conventional wisdom is that Donald Trump is a raving clown whose mere presence in the presidential race is an embarrassment to a party desperately trying to be seen as serious and responsible; Sean Hannity, the Fox & Friends crew, and other Fox network staples have been rather quick to rise to his defense—nay, to applaud him for his services. Monica Crowley:


"The question about whether he's good for the Republican Party I think is immaterial, because he's performing two great services for the rest of the candidates, if they're smart enough to follow his lead. Number one, he is not caving in to the leftist intimidation tactics. Right? They're going after Univision, they're going after Macy's, they're going after NBC and they have all caved and Donald Trump says no, statistics back me up on the significant criminal element coming over the border, I can back up everything I'm saying and I'm not apologizing. That is a big lesson for Republicans and conservatives going forward.

And number two, by being this brash and outspoken, could he say things in a more graceful way, maybe, but guess what: He's doing a lot of political blocking for the other candidates. Because he is saying things that need to be said, and if the other candidates are smart—they might wrap it up in more diplomatic language—but he is actually going out there kind of as the lead rabbit running around."

As a reminder, here's the sort of thing he's been saying that "statistics back me up on" and on which other candidates should be "following his lead."


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