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Nearly 2 years into the Trump presidency, Fox News is still obsessed with Hillary Clinton

With Trump fighting off scandals, Fox News still needs the “Hillary” villain.

By Alvin Chang @alv9n [e-mail] Jul 11, 2018, 9:40am EDT
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Hillary Clinton has played no active role in our politics since she lost the 2016 presidential election. She has watched from the sidelines as Donald Trump writes one of the most scandal-plagued chapters of the American presidency.

But on Fox News, the character “Hillary Clinton” still plays a crucial part in the story.

I call her a character because the value Fox News finds in Clinton is largely a narrative one. Fox News has devoted itself to painting Trump as a protagonist, which can be hard given the scandals .. https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/4/3/17189462/scott-pruitt-condo-epa-ethics-scandal , the incompetence .. https://www.vox.com/2018/5/30/17407750/puerto-rico-maria-death-toll , and the cruelty .. https://www.vox.com/2018/6/18/17474232/trump-immigration-scam . But with the perfectly crafted villain, anyone can be made a hero.

And that villain is, still, Hillary Clinton.

Since Trump’s inauguration, Fox News has consistently covered Clinton more than other cable news channels — by a wide margin.



Continued - https://www.vox.com/2018/7/11/17526836/hillary-clinton-fox-news-villain