FOX News: Won’t Someone Think of the White People?

Far-right network acts like white nationalist terrorism isn’t a problem

The Proud Boys, a white nationalist hate group, were among the people who attacked the Capitol. (Chad Davis/Flickr)

Even as a mob of far-right groups attacked the Capitol, Republicans/FOX News refuse to acknowledge the threat of white nationalist terrorism. (FOX News is indivisible from the Republican Party.) I shouldn’t be surprised by this aggressive ignorance. FOX News promoted a white nationalist agenda, even before the rise of President Donald Trump. Its underlying message has always been about catering to the needs and fears of America’s fast-shrinking, white majority. FOX News audience is 87 percent white, predominately male and old. According to a 2019 Pew survey, 37 percent of FOX viewership is over 65. If you were to sum up the network’s message, it would be “The black and brown people are coming for your money, house and daughter.”

Conservatives don’t think racism exists

So, when President Joe Biden mentioned fighting white nationalist extremists in his inauguration speech, the people on the right naturally flipped. In their minds, white supremacy and racism don’t exist. Those are issues made up by the left to appeal to aggrieved minorities. Just before the storming of the Capitol, a Black police officer was captured arguing with a Trump supporter who claimed racism…