For the last decade & half, and since the election of George W Bush in particular, Rupert Murdoch's FoxNews under the watchful eyes of wily (& now discredited) Roger Ailes, has set about destroying the credibility, and with it, the rating fortunes of its arch rival CNN.
FoxNews has used a mixture of sensationalist claims, loosely supported accusations & out & out lies whenever possible to achieve its commercial & political strength.
Bible waving dogmatic right wing preachers of division & hate have helped FoxNews control the hearts & minds of the voters in the gun loving bible preaching of "small USA" .
Donald Trump, as it turned out, is the master of media manipulation. He had a stows with Megan Kelly but was always acutely aware of how his own "report a lie enough & people will start to believe it as fact" was aligned with FoxNews strategy.
Politics 101 in FoxNews & Trump's world is about "You have to be trusted by those you lie to"
But amazingly now, following Trump's stows with CNN last week & Sean Spicer's dressing down of media for their "factually accurate" report of lower inauguration crowd numbers today, may bring CNN back to life!
This is because, the millions of anti Trump protesters in the USA & across the world may very well have to turn to CNN as their side's most accessible source of balanced news in the next four years.
New York Times will continue to scrutinise Trump. Bloomberg's will also be there to watchfully report on Trump & his administration. However, their reach remain less than CNN's.
This may overhaul poor ratings fortunes of CNN as most anti Trump viewers turn to it to voice their views & report on Trump's administration.
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