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Trump spent August 28 lashing out at Fox News, accusing the network of letting supporters down and saying it was no longer working for them. The outburst was politically revealing and self-defeating: it showed a president publicly panicking over friendly coverage while trying to command the right-wing media ecosystem by force of habit.
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Trump spent August 28 lashing out at Fox News, accusing the network of letting supporters down and saying it was no longer working for them. The outburst was politically revealing and self-defeating: it showed a president publicly panicking over friendly coverage while trying to command the right-wing media ecosystem by force of habit.
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Trump spent August 28 lashing out at Fox News, accusing the network of letting supporters down and saying it was no longer working for them. The outburst was politically revealing and self-defeating: it showed a president publicly panicking over friendly coverage while trying to command the right-wing media ecosystem by force of habit.
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