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5 min readFox News Scrambles as Trump Suddenly Backs Off Iran
The MeidasTouch Podcast host opens with a cascade of foreign policy failures: Donald Trump is "low keying" interactions with Iran, calling it a "semi negotiation" rather than actual talks. Benjamin Netanyahu responds by threatening to strike Iran without U.S. support. The Houthis, aligned with Iran, strike deep inside eastern Saudi Arabia. Iran hits tanker after tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, including an Abu Dhabi National Oil Company vessel. And Trump, according to the host, is hosting a Saudi Aramco-sponsored golf tournament at Bedminster while the same Aramco facility gets hit by Houthi attacks.
The Fox News Distraction Machine
The host's central argument is that Fox News and the broader right-wing media ecosystem deploy culture war stories deliberately to distract from what he calls Trump's "surrender" to Iran and a deteriorating economy. The evidence he presents is the network's weekend coverage: instead of discussing tanker strikes or Houthi attacks, Fox ran segments on Donald Trump's hair, claiming "the left goes absolutely berserk" over it. Hosts on the network call it a "magnificent dome of orange hair" and marvel that "neither you or I could do that with our hair."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Fox News Panics Over Trump's Iran Surrender** - The host opens by describing Fox News’s panicked reaction to Donald Trump’s decision to back off from confrontation with Iran, calling it a “semi-negotiation.”
- 2 (03:04) **Fox News Distracts with Trump’s Hair and Culture War** - The host details how Fox News shifts focus to trivial topics like Trump’s hair and a WNBA controversy to avoid covering foreign policy failures.
- 3 (05:39) **Breaking Down the Brainwashing Tactics** - The host explains how Fox News and the right-wing ecosystem use division to obscure oligarchic policies that harm ordinary Americans.
- 4 (07:20) **Fox News Segment: Trump’s “Great Hair Day”** - The host plays a clip of Fox News hosts claiming the left is “berserk” over Trump’s hair, calling it a “magnificent dome” and “pure power.”
- 5 (08:16) **Fox News Segment: WNBA Culture War** - The host plays clips of Fox News covering a foul by Sophie Cunningham and a transgender athlete debate, with hosts calling for criminal charges and mocking transgender identity.
- 6 (10:54) **Host’s Anger at Fox News’s Distraction** - The host expresses fury at Fox News’s behavior, noting that while they focus on culture wars, the regime is “killing people by ripping away their health care.”
- 7 (12:24) **Cause and Effect: Trump’s Surrender Drives Fox’s Culture War** - The host connects Trump’s weak Iran policy to Fox News’s intensive culture war coverage, arguing it’s a deliberate distraction.
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Show Notes
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Fox News panicking on air over Trump's bizarre surrender as he claims he will now be "low-keying" anything having to do with Iran and Meiselas shows how Fox is desperately trying to change the discussion.
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