
Decoding Fox News
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
Latest episodes

May 14, 2024 • 57min
Podcast #113 - Fox News: The Trump Trial with a Side of College Protests and a Dash of Woke Boy Scouts
Matt Taibbi claims the New York Times has a left wing bias while appearing on Fox News, a right-wing propaganda network. Eric Shawn continues to go rogue regarding the Trump hush money trial. A Columbia Univ. student criticizes Fox News' college protest coverage without realizing it. The cast of Fox and Friends seemed to think George Washington hated protesters even though he was a revolutionary himself. Kellyanne Conway claimed fetuses wave to their parents during ultrasounds. Sean Hannity claimed the Boy Scouts have gone woke! 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

May 7, 2024 • 53min
Podcast #112 - Fox News: The College Protest Channel!
Fox News dedicated over 2/3 of its airtime to covering the college protests last week. The network often ran commercial free hours of live feeds from UCLA or Columbia University. Fox portrayed the protesters as violent antisemites who were determined to destroy the country. Some of them even had nose rings. The network cited matching tents as proof of a nefarious foreign actors fueling the demonstrations. More than one Fox hosts or guest compared the protests to January 6th. Eric Shawn went rogue and called Trump a liar twice during a short segment about his hush money trial. Judge Jeanine tore into Gov. Kristi Noem on behalf of all dog owners. 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

Apr 30, 2024 • 55min
Podcast #111 - What Trump Trial? There are PROTESTERS ON COLLEGES!!!!
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Apr 28, 2024 • 57min
Bonus Podcast: John V. Petrocelli & Juliet Jeske Break Down Fox News Clips
John V. Petrocelli, an experimental social psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Wake Forest University and author of The Life-Changing Science of Detecting B******t breaks down propaganda on Fox News with Decoding Fox News founder, Juliet Jeske, MA in Journalism, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. We breakdown clips along the lines of the psychology of how Fox manipulates its audience. It’s nerdy but also funny as we openly laugh at the absurdity that is Fox News. 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

Apr 23, 2024 • 54min
Podcast #110 - Fox News: An Exercise in Jury Intimidation, Trump Worship and Lies About Israel
Fox News tried really hard to intimidate jurors on Trump's criminal hush money trial. Jesse Watters seemed to make it his personal mission to reveal the jurors identities. Tammy Bruce said the world was destroyed but Trump will save the world. Sean Hannity lied about our alliance with Israel. Charlie Hurt compared Trump's trial to O.J. Simpson's double murder trial and said the crminal trial would be a laugh riot. As usual it was a whole lotta stupid. 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

Apr 16, 2024 • 55min
Podcast #109 - Trump's Chick-fil-A Fake Out with A Bunch of Racist Garbage and the Death of O.J. Simpson
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Apr 9, 2024 • 55min
Podcast #108 - Fox News: Celebrities Who Almost Love MAGA and the Damn Dirty Democrat Earthquake!
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said he wouldn't endorse Biden in 2024. He also didn't endorse or praise Trump. Fox News tried to make a lot out of random celebrities complaining about things. Kid Rock praised Trump while failing to disclose that Budweiser is sponsoring his latest music tour. The Five blamed an earthquake on Democrats. There was a lot of bigotry against transgender people. Matt Whitaker misrepresented Bill Clinton's sock drawer scandal along with the Presidential Records Act. 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

Apr 2, 2024 • 57min
Podcast #107 - Fox News: Squatter Caravans, Chaos at the RNC and How to Blame Buttigieg for a Bridge Collapse in Baltimore
Fox desperately tried to blame Biden or Pete Buttigieg for the bridge collapse in Baltimore. As soon as they couldn't find a political angle for the story they dropped it. Greg Gutfeld got jealous of Stephen Colbert. Judge Jeanine couldn't tell the difference between a civil and criminal bond. Stephen Miller predicted waves of migrants entering the U.S. just to steal people's homes. Lara Trump has no idea how to run the RNC. Fox claimed NBC was ruined because the network fired Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor. 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

Mar 27, 2024 • 55min
Podcast #106 - Fox News: Bloodbaths, Taco Bowls and The Hunter Biden Nothing-Burger
Fox News hosts were outraged that members of the media reacted to Trump saying there will be a bloodbath if he doesn't win reelection.Jesse Watters thinks Mexicans love Trump's taco bowls. Judge Jeanine said migrants will steal your home. Steve Doocy went rogue twice! The House held the another nothing-burger hearing about Hunter Biden. 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

Mar 19, 2024 • 55min
Podcast #105 - Fox News Fueled Migrant and Haitian Hysteria While Misleading its Viewers on The Hur Report
Laura Ingraham cranks up fear and paranoia to epic levels. The cast of The Five freaks out that Joe Biden corrected his use of the term illegal. Clinton's sock drawer was classified. Tulsi Gabbard dons a tin foil hat. Harold Ford Jr. gets a major detail about the Haitian crisis wrong. I tell a goofy story about Haiti, Voodoo, a bigot and a cruise ship. 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