Fox News Guest Incurs Twitter Wrath by Mocking ‘Stuttering’ Biden

Joe Biden closer to the presidency is exposing rifts at Fox News Channel, the influential media outlet that is the favorite for many supporters of President Donald Trump.Despite intense pressure from Trump's team, Fox's decision team has stood fast with its election night call of Arizona for Biden.

Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten After CNN Business’ Brian Stelter went on air Friday to report that CNN had obtained memos in which Fox News instructed its anchors not to refer to Joe Biden as “president-elect” if the presidential race is called in his favor, some Fox News anchors indicated that they would refer to the former vice president that way.According to Stelter’s report with Oliver Darcy, its anchors were instructed to instead say something such as Biden has “enough electoral votes to win

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTwo simple words uttered on Fox News Channel Friday morning gave its audience obvious facts — and may have served to quell a nascent controversy about how the network intends to cover Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden if he should prove victorious in the 2020 election.After CNN reported Friday morning that it had reviewed “two memos” instructing Fox News talent  to “stay away” from calling Democratic candidate Joe Biden the “President-elect” when the

CNN reports that, should Biden win, Fox News has told its anchors not to refer to Biden as “President-elect” when the network declares him the winner.A memo told staff to “stay away” from the term — a widely accepted title for the winner of the election, should they not be an incumbent — despite Fox News referring to Donald Trump as the “President-elect” following his victory in 2016.Instead, staff are to use phrases such as Biden having “enough electoral votes to win the presidency” until any

Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten With Donald Trump’s path to reelection narrowing, he and his campaign have taken aim at the director of Fox News’ Decision Desk, which called Arizona for Joe Biden on Election Night.The Trump campaign sent out a press release attacking Arnon Mishkin, who has since made multiple appearances on the air defending the call and declining to retract it.“Arnon Mishkin, the director of Fox News’ election decision desk, prematurely called Arizona for Joe Biden before hundreds

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe second night of the news networks’ coverage of the 2020 presidential election saw CNN surpass Fox News for No. 1 overall in primetime, scoring 7.12 million viewers Wednesday, its second-highest total in its 40-year history, to lead all broadcast and cable outlets.

Tuesday’s top channel Fox News by about 800,000 people. MSNBC finished a semi-distant third with 4.8 million viewers.CNN was also No.

stood by its projection.That means that should Nevada or Georgia be called for Biden next, Fox News’ — and AP’s — Electoral College count would push the Democratic candidate past the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency, and the network would be compelled to call the election for Biden.Also Read: Fox News Anchor Grills Network's Own Expert on Calling Arizona for Biden: 'You're 100% Sure?'But as of Thursday afternoon, it’s not likely that Nevada will be called on Thursday, and should

that will be a ‘tweet storm,'” said Kilmeade.After it was pointed out that Twitter and Facebook have a monopoly — more money and more users than competing platforms — Kilmeade replied, “MySpace was big, too, at one point.”Ainsley Earhardt, Kilmeade’s “Fox & Friends” co-host, noted that some social media users have migrated to Parler.

NEW YORK -- Two of Fox News Channel's three prime-time opinion hosts — Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham — reached their biggest weekly audiences ever during the week leading up to Election Day.The third host, Sean Hannity, had his second-best week, with only his coverage of the 2020 Republican national convention topping it, the Nielsen company said.With news ratings up overall, President Donald Trump could take heart that Fox News, the network that most appeals to his fans, outdrew MSNBC and

including those at the network, forcing Fox News “decision desk” Arnon Mishkin to defend the call. The AP has also called the state for Biden though it must be noted the ballots are still being counted as we write this.Anyway, Trump has been an increasing critic of Fox News, which regularly produces some of the most aggressively pro-Trump content on Television.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorAs hundreds of Trump supporters congregated outside the Maricopa County Recorders Office in Phoenix, Ariz., Wednesday night, Hollywood figures were quick to point out the irony of Trump-supporting crowds shouting “Fox News Sucks,” along with similarities to a storyline in “Veep.”With Americans anxiously awaiting the final results of the presidential election, observers on social media found an outlet for their anxieties by making light of crowds that in some places

Fox News is projecting that former Vice President Joe Biden will win the state of Michigan, leaving him with just one major swing state to win before he obtains the necessary 270 votes to claim the White House.

The presidential contest stretched into the early hours of the morning without a clear winner, as a deeply divided nation watched anxiously for ballots to be counted in several battleground states.  President Donald Trump received strong support from his base and chipped into Democratic margins among nonwhite voters to chalk up a string of wins in key swing states.

coronavirus tests among its employees, leading to their quarantine.At least one person who tested positive was on a flight that ferried Fox personnel to New York from Nashville, Tennessee, the site of last week's final presidential debate, according to The New York Times, which first reported the development.Fox cited privacy concerns in not identifying who had tested positive or was exposed.

Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, Fox News president Jay Wallace and The Five co-hosts Dana Perino and Juan Williams are among those quarantining after a person they traveled with on a private plane later tested positive for COVID-19. The New York Times, which broke the story, reports that everyone on board a flight chartered by the channel from Nashville to New York last week have been advised to quarantine and get tested.

Fox News Channel will once again have Special Report anchor Bret Baier and The Story anchor Martha MacCallum leading its 2020 presidential election coverage from Studio F on the ground floor of the channel's Manhattan headquarters. Baier and MacCallum will be joined by a number of reporters and analysts during their coverage, which is set to kick off at 6 PM ET.