Fox Finds Itself In a ‘Hell of a Pickle’ as America Turns on Trump

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Baragona, J. (2026, November 4). Fox Finds Itself In a ‘Hell of a Pickle’ as America Turns on Trump. Zeteo. https://zeteo.com/p/fox-finds-itself-in-a-hell-of-a-pickle

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Indeed, what transpired during the MAGA network’s Election Night coverage amounted to an hours-long struggle session, where the network’s stars desperately looked for any and all excuses for why Democrats completely blew out the GOP across the country.

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In today’s edition, we look at Fox’s painful struggle session during last night’s blue tsunami, and how it tells us that Donald Trump is tied around their necks like an albatross – no matter how much they’d like to pivot. asserted

they → look → albatross

Plus, did The Atlantic do something about one of its writers’ blatant and gross Islamophobia against Mehdi and Wajahat Ali? asserted

Atlantic → do → Mehdi

Throughout Tuesday night’s stunning wipeout of the Republican Party, Fox went through great pains not to blame the one person obviously responsible for the blue tsunami – even though everyone on set knew that the results were a repudiation of Donald Trump. asserted

results → go → Trump

“Trump is toast, but it’s so fucking telling that even while they move on from him, they won’t attack him or throw him under the bus,” a former Fox employee told me late last night. asserted

employee → ’ → me

Indeed, what transpired during the MAGA network’s Election Night coverage amounted to an hours-long struggle session, where the network’s stars desperately looked for any and all excuses for why Democrats completely blew out the GOP across the country. asserted

Democrats → transpire → country

Fox Finds Itself In a ‘Hell of a Pickle’ as America Turns on Trump

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