President Donald Trump rejected Fox News on Tuesday night in a series of posts on Social Truth as the Democrats won the historic midterm elections.
Trump blamed the network, which he has long championed, for the Republican losses, saying in one of his posts on the social media network that “responsibility for these losses is constantly and constantly fighting the Dumocrat opposition.”
Democrats took control of the Senate and the House of Representatives, flipping seats in states normally favored by Republicans, including Texas, South Carolina and Kansas.
Trump also pointed to recent Fox ratings as evidence of the network’s decline.
“FoxNews Ratings way down (27%!) Because they are spending too much time covering Trump Deranged Dumocrats! Everyone who used to watch Fox, and not anymore, get it. It’s people, not me,” He sent.
Fox News did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a press release last week, Fox News reported 1.1 million average viewers for October, down about 27% from the same month a year earlier.
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch noted the decline during the company’s quarterly earnings call on Monday, citing “audience fatigue.”
However, Murdoch said the change would be made during the midterm elections with the second-term president and said it was not a result of the audience going to the competitor’s coverage.
“Those viewers aren’t going to other news channels. They’re not switching to MS NOW or to CNN,” he said. “He’s just tired and watches a little less television overall.”
slope-owned by MS NOW and SkydanceCNN’s two reported primetime viewership rose by double digits in October compared to the same period last year. However, both networks still have a smaller total daily average audience than Fox News.
MS NOW had 588,000 average viewers in October in all day parts, and CNN had 402,000, according to Nielsen data cited by Fox.
Despite the decline in Fox News viewership, the company reported a strong quarter in what Murdoch called an “outstanding start to fiscal 2027.”
Fox Corp., which includes linear TV networks as well as entertainment and sports assets and streaming businesses, reported revenue for the fiscal first quarter of $4.57 billion, up 22% year over year.
The company showed strength in advertising revenue, which increased by 47%, supported by strong political advertising and the FIFA Men’s World Cup, which aired on the Fox platform in June and July.
Trump is a critic of media companies, especially broadcasters who are considered biased against him. When it was repeatedly captured by Yahoo on NBC and Disney-owned by ABC, the president has a much friendlier relationship with Fox and the network.
Trump appeared on Fox News’ “Hannity” on Monday night before the election.
Disclosure: CNBC and MS NOW are divisions of Versant Media.