At some point, Media Matters’ Matthew Gertz had a theory that Trump’s tweets correspond quite well with Fox & Friends, the weekday morning news show on FoxNews. (When I call it a “theory,” I mean that in the loosest way possible, since Gertz’s subsequent work made it, essentially, a proven fact.) This morning, he sought to track Trump’s tweets and match them with F&F content. Here’s what he found:
The president is tweeting. Gonna match what I can against Fox & Friends. Remember, he TiVos, so times will vary.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 18, 2017
Left, Fox & Friends, 6:08 am.
Right, Trump, 6:38 a.m. pic.twitter.com/efvoRhv5bs— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 18, 2017
Left, Fox & Friends, 6:29 am.
Right, Trump, 6:56 a.m. pic.twitter.com/jMLWEdQgj0— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 18, 2017
Left, Fox and Friends, 6:28 am.
Right, Trump, 7:06 am. pic.twitter.com/SOzge4taEN— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 18, 2017
Left, Fox and Friends, 6:12 am.
Right, Trump, 7:25 am. pic.twitter.com/OGAvlSioqD— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 18, 2017
Trump to F&F host Kilmeade yesterday: “Fox is good. Fox — we love you, Fox…. You are fair.” https://t.co/soAJEjVq17
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 18, 2017
This is not the first time Gertz has done this. You should also check out his work from Oct. 10, which is also up at Media Matters.
Gonna see if I can plot Trump’s tweets this morning against the episode of Fox & Friends that aired at the same time.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 10, 2017
6:10 am, Earhardt: Don’t take a knee during National Anthem, “Too many people have died for this country.”
6:13 am: https://t.co/DDcUKiHe3s— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 10, 2017
6:02 am: Kilmeade: On immigration, “It looks like Nancy Pelosi doesn’t understand compromise!”
6:18 am: https://t.co/pvcPwA10Cd— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 10, 2017
No health care coverage, but two ads for health insurance companies before 6:30 am: https://t.co/t1lgXBCCE3
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 10, 2017
6:05 am: F&F discusses Hill suspension.
6:42 am: https://t.co/20NVvxcdI3— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 10, 2017
745 am: F&F interviews Bedford on his book.
8:13 am: https://t.co/pED8mUFXz7— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 10, 2017
Today’s Fox & Friends vs. Trump tweets, part 1 pic.twitter.com/1VsPICrplt
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 10, 2017
Today’s Fox & Friends vs. Trump tweets, part 2 pic.twitter.com/Yjkm67fVgb
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 10, 2017
Today’s Fox & Friends vs. Trump tweets, part 3 pic.twitter.com/7xvB7YVcl3
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 10, 2017
Today’s Fox & Friends vs. Trump tweets, part 4. pic.twitter.com/K7uYo9d034
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 10, 2017
Of course, for the final word on this matter, we must turn to weird Twitter. Ahem:
president grandpa is mad at tv
— BAKoON (@BAKKOOONN) June 30, 2017