When Fox News screams the quiet part, it’s worth listening and gleaning a lesson — especially when the network lets the old “fair and balanced” veneer drop and admits its real mission.
“We are waging a 21st-century information warfare campaign against the left,” said Fox’s prime time host Jesse Watters in a televised moment of candor. “It’s like grassroots guerilla warfare. Someone says something on social media, Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, Fox broadcasts it and by the time it reaches everybody, millions of people have seen it.”
There’s a trove of worthwhile books, documentaries, and podcast series tracing the construction of that conservative media machine. For years, conservatives have rolled their eyes, pretending it’s all just a deranged liberal conspiracy theory. But here was Watters — on Fox News’ own airwaves! — proudly admitting the conspiracy is real, while also mocking critics.
