Fox News is trash too, it’s not as Republican loved as it is made out to be, not even close. It may even be more of a lightning rod for taking jabs at Republicans than it is actually trusted.

Is Fox too "left" for them? What do they prefer instead, OAN?

I’m not sure if it’s not “right enough” so much as it’s just mostly low quality content, many see it lumped together with CNN/NBC/ABC/etc as just another bunch of talking heads to manufacture consent on behalf of the American political oligarchy.

It's too in favor of the elite or powerful. It's the heart of the deep state politics.

I can't disagree, but usually when you ask them what news source they trust they list places that do nothing but spew qanon talking points and other conspiracy theories.

As a single source yes. But if you count all the other media with a different take on news Fox is a minority viewpoint.

> But Fox News has been the most-watched news source in the United States for nearly two decades!

Why does watching a news channel necessarily mean that you think that the news channel understands you? Maybe they're watching it and from that deciding it doesn't understand them. In fact... if they didn't watch it they wouldn't know that it doesn't understand them so they must be watching it...

Even if it's an awful news source, which it is, it's the only place to receive the other side of stories, or alternative viewpoints, as biased as they are. Fox News and CNN are the same in my book. You can disagree with that, which is fine, to each their own, but I see them both as insanely biased, politicized, monetized, having given up on actual journalism long ago. I watch them both just to see what the extremes of both sides are up to, with the truth being a combination of bits and pieces from both sides. I literally have to incorporate Fox News in, as horrible as it is, because it's the only way to be exposed to any other data.

So yes, I watch it, and yes, I don't think it's good or understands me, but there's no other choice; the alternative is to be awash in one ideology's propaganda 24/7, to only ever receive information from sources that are horribly biased one way.

But you’re not receiving “the other side” because news stories aren’t binary. You’re simply consuming an alternate take on the matter.

That seems like sticking your head in sand. I want to know how other people are talking and thinking, so it's not a surprise later on!

Most watched is an ambiguous statement. Was fox news the top of the sorted list of channels or were they over 50% of all watching?

Majority vs plurality

why do you think it gets a pass? may be they just choose to watch it the same way they choose to vote, the least bad option. And also it is entertaining in a way, so might be just that(don't trust any media, but fox is at least fun, etc)

For reference, most of the "right" / "conservatives" don't actually watch Fox...

Primarily, it's OAN, Newsmax, and radio. Fox has some people who are watched (Tucker Carlson, Hannity).

I disagree. They start on Fox and, after addicted, seek more outrage venues.

Fox News has built their business on portraying themselves as the victim.