

Decoding Fox News
I watch all the Fox News you'd never want to.
A weekly analysis of 15 hours of Fox News programing hosted by Juliet Jeske a researcher and journalist with a background in covering extremism. decodingfoxnews.substack.com
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Jan 20, 2025 • 55min
Podcast #146 - Fox News Officially Becomes Trump State Media
Last week the folks on Fox were angrier than ever that Joe Biden lasted until the end of his term and that Vice President Kamala Harris declared it was not in her nature to go “quietly into the night.” Fox News personalities claimed that Trump negotiated the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Sean Hannity and others declared that the FDA’s decision to ban a food dye. The network also bolstered Melania Trump’s false claim that the Obama administration impeded her move into the White House during her husband’s first term even though Mrs. Trump lived in Manhattan for the first five months of her husband’s presidency. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe

Jan 15, 2025 • 52min
Podcast #145 - How Fox News Weaponized the Fires in California
Last week on Fox the network used the tragedy of unprecedented wildfires in Southern California as a cudgel to attack Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. In stark contrast the “PBS News Hour” covered the fires as if they were a natural disaster not a failure of leadership. Jesse Watters seems to think he’s the emperor of the universe and Janice Dean, the weather lady on Fox & Friends, went rouge! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe

Jan 7, 2025 • 1h 4min
Podcast #144 - How Fox News Used the NOLA Terrorist Attack to Spread Hatred Towards Immigrants
Fox News promoted a false narrative about the terrorist attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day. Even after the network issued a retraction hosts and guests alike kept insinuating that immigration played a role in the attack. The decades suspect was an American citizens and Army veteran not a foreign born extremist. I break everything down in a detailed timeline to show exactly how Fox wouldn’t let truth get in the way of its agenda. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe

Dec 24, 2024 • 1h 8min
A Conversation with Jeff Jarvis - The Godfather of Decoding Fox News
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Dec 19, 2024 • 53min
Podcast #143 - Fox News Loves Selective Vigilante Justice and Mysterious Drones
Last week on Fox News the subject of vigilante violence was center focus as the network lionized Daniel Penny, a former Marine who was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide for killing a homeless man, while lambasting the public reaction towards the cold-blooded assassination of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. The folks at Fox also seemed disappointed that Black Lives Matter protesters weren’t rioting across the country over Penny’s acquittal. Sean Hannity and Dr. Drew Pinsky both weaved fairy tales about the healthcare system in the United States while Hannity also obsessed over mysterious drones, Jessica Tarlov schooled her co-hosts on Biden’s economic accomplishments and Tom Homan said he would prosecute governors if they got in the way of his plans for mass deportations. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe

Dec 16, 2024 • 1h 29min
Bonus Podcast - Pete Hegseth - Trump's Worst Cabinet Pick
Pete Hegseth - the unqualified train wreck that Trump thinks should be our next secretary of f defense. I open him up like a tin can and find a bunch of rotten garbage. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe

Dec 11, 2024 • 54min
Podcast #142 - The Hunter Biden Pardon Fox News Freakout
Last week on Fox the outrage machine was on overdrive as the overpaid stuffed shirts expressed their disgust at President Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter. Judge Jeanine conveniently forgot to mention that Trump pardoned her ex-husband, Steve Doocy and Emily Compagno both declared that the president-elect was already improving the economy and Jesse Watters joked about annexing Canada and Greenland while promoting conspiracy theories about Iran rigging the 2020 election.Jessica Tarlov was the only person on the network that mentioned Donald J. Trump also pardoned a family member. Hunter Biden had fallen off the radar of Fox News but last week it was suddenly the most important topic in the world. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe

Dec 4, 2024 • 52min
Podcast #141 - Fox News: Pay No Attention to All of the Sexual Predators Trump Picked for His Cabinet Kamala Spent Money
Last week the folks at Fox demonized Vice President Kamala Harris for raising and spending money, trashed Joe Biden for celebrating Thanksgiving with members of the U.S. Coast Guard and tried to cover up that Trump really was connected to Project 2025. As Trump continued to pick unqualified, radical people with sex scandals for various high-ranking positions in his administration the right-wing propaganda machine tried desperately to distract with segments about Kamala Harris wasting donor money by spending it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe

Nov 26, 2024 • 59min
Podcast #140 - Trump's Web of Lies is Already Starting to Fall Apart
Fox tried to sugarcoat Trump’s many alarming picks for various cabinet positions while Steve Doocy and others openly admitted some of Trump’s plans for mass deportation, shutting down the Department of Education and paying off the national debt with crude oil revenue were unattainable. The Murdoch owned media empire is already lowering its viewers expectations for the next Trump administration. Judge Jeanine Pirro, Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld completely demonized and trashed transgender Americans - portraying them as sexual predators lingering in women’s bathrooms. At the same time, they ignored a lawsuit filed against the company formerly run by Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education that involved the sexual abuse of minor aged boys. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe

Nov 20, 2024 • 52min
Bonus Podcast - Trump's Cabinet Picks: Tulsi Gabbard
A profile of the Russia Loving Conspiracy Theorist Whackjob Who Should be Nowhere Near U.S. Intelligence. I briefly go over a timeline of Gabbard’s political career while also breaking down some of her appearances on Fox News. This would should be nowhere near our intelligence community much less in charge of it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit decodingfoxnews.substack.com/subscribe