Podcast #203 - Fox News Coverage of the Iran War is as Chaotic and Muddled as Trump's Mind

Podcast #203 - Fox News Coverage of the Iran War is as Chaotic and Muddled as Trump's Mind

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March 11, 2026 · 55 min

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The episode critiques Fox News' chaotic coverage of the Iran War and the mixed messages from Trump regarding the conflict.

Last week on Fox overpaid television personalities tried to fake their way through a war they didn’t understand. As the president changed the reasons he started the military conflict with Iran the folks at Fox struggled to forge a coherent message about it. The propaganda machine sputtered and stumbled. The network kept repeating Trump’s mixed messages: * The war was already over/The war will be over soon/This isn’t a war * High gas prices are a small price to pay for freedom/Gas prices will drop immediately/Americans don’t care about high gas prices * There will be no ground invasion of U.S. troops/There might be a short ground invasion of U.S. troops * We’ve killed their leadership/The new leadership is worse than the old leadership * Trump is the peace president/Trump has started military conflicts with seven different countries * This war will bring long-term peace/Every problem in the world is caused by Iran * Russia is helping Iran/Russia is not a concern/This war is about China * The U.S. is NOT fighting Iran for Israel/Sean Hannity featured a 21 minute interview with Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu When Fox News hosts weren’t talking out of both sides of their…

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