How Fox News conquered Facebook
The channel attracts an ageing, angry crowd on its page, resulting in a high number of reactions, comments and shares – and that’s good for Trump
Donald Trump’s backing from the Fox News channel is well-documented, and pretty much guaranteed. But as the president gears up for his 2020 re-election campaign, he is also getting boosted by Fox News in a different area: via Trump’s occasional adversary, Facebook.
Fox News has enjoyed massive success on Facebook, where its followers tend to mirror the channel’s rightwing hosts: they’re loud, there’s a lot of them and they’re angry.