The MeidasTouch Podcast Fox News Panics On Air after Trump Suffers Massive Loss
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Nov 25, 2025 Tensions ran high as hosts at Fox News struggled to cope with major legal setbacks for Trump. A federal judge's dismissal of cases sparked on-air chaos, with pundits branding the outcomes as flukes. The conversation quickly shifted to wild conspiracy theories involving Obama and deep-state plots against Trump supporters. Meanwhile, MAGA lawmakers touted optimistic economic promises, even as contradictions piled up in Fox's narrative. The analysis also touched on airline passenger rights, making for an entertaining mix of politics and punditry.
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Media Panic Reveals Coverage Weakness
- Fox News scrambled live after a judge dismissed the Comey and Letitia James cases on procedural grounds.
- Ben Meiselas frames the network's reaction as revealing that prior coverage was propaganda rather than substantive reporting.
On-Air Coping: Pivot To Bigger Targets
- Ben plays clips of Fox analysts treating the dismissals as a fluke and pivoting to other targets like President Obama.
- The episode uses those segments to illustrate Fox's on-air coping strategies after bad legal news for Trump allies.
Speculation Used As Distraction
- Fox segments quickly amplified speculative claims about indicting Obama and others as a counter-narrative.
- Ben highlights how that tactic shifts audience attention away from the dismissed cases toward broader conspiracy framing.