After assailing Fox News for calling Arizona in Biden’s favour, which way now for MAGA movement?

Name: Disbelief among Trump voters in Pennsylvania as Pence says US presidential election ‘ain’t over’
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The race is on to determine which media outlet will embrace Trumpism the tightest

And the competition is driving the far-right MAGA echo chamber to cannibalise itself

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POLITICO

Published: 11:40pm, 14 Nov 2020Updated: 11:39pm, 14 Nov 2020

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Tina Nguyen on politico.com on November 14, 2020.

MAGA nation may be turning its back on Fox News – but it doesn’t know where to go.

Parler, the “free speech”-friendly version of Twitter, saw a massive explosion of growth right after the election – only to be hit with a viral claim that the social media platform was owned by George Soros. QAnon supporters revolted against Newsmax, a conservative cable channel owned by President Donald Trump’s confidant Chris Ruddy, after the network used a photo of a man wearing a hoodie to describe a white nationalist.

Nationalist blogs began running hit pieces on Fox News, claiming its viewership was down, and Trump, reportedly mulling his own media enterprise when he leaves the White House, claimed that its ratings had “collapsed,” because “they forgot the Golden Goose.”

While Fox News still easily bests newer networks like Newsmax in viewership, a Newsmax show on Thursday night drew more than 1 million viewers for the first time, according to Nielsen TV ratings. And since Fox News network committed the ultimate heresy – being the first to declare Joe Biden had flipped Arizona, and later acknowledging Biden’s victory – the network’s disenchanted viewers may now be up for grabs.

So the race is on to determine which outlet – cable, radio, internet or otherwise – will embrace Trumpism the tightest. And the competition is driving the far-right MAGA echo chamber to cannibalise itself.

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After assailing Fox News for calling Arizona in Biden’s favour, which way now for MAGA movement?

The race is on to determine which media outlet will embrace Trumpism the tightest And the competition is driving the far-right MAGA echo chamber to cannibalise itself

The race is on to determine which media outlet will embrace Trumpism the tightest

And the competition is driving the far-right MAGA echo chamber to cannibalise itself