In case you missed this last night, the alliance between Fox News and President Trump, always strong, had a new moment last night. Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro appeared on stage with Trump at a rally in Missouri. I know that people assume Fox is conservative and MSNBC is liberal. But I doubt Fox News’s Chris Wallace will ever appear on stage with Trump at a rally — and I’m not even sure Tucker Carlson would. MSNBC would almost certainly not allow say, Rachel Maddow to campaign for Elizabeth Warren. I don’t want to use the term “state media” lightly here — but having one of your top anchors (Hannity) as basically a presidential surrogate is not typically what has happened in America.
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