Fox News is not pro-Trump enough for Trump allies. Their solution is something that amounts to a Trump News Network.
Hicks Equity Partners, a firm tied to Republican National Committee co-chair Thomas Hicks Jr., is pitching GOP donors on buyout of One America News Network.
Please consider Trump Allies Explore Buyout of Conservative Channel Seeking to Compete With Fox News
Allies of President Trump are pursuing an effort to acquire right-leaning news channel One America News Network, according to people familiar with the matter, in a bid to shake up a conservative media market that has been dominated by Fox News.
The investment firm Hicks Equity Partners is looking to acquire the channel and is pitching other wealthy GOP donors to arrange a bid of roughly $250 million for the channels parent company, the people said. The firm is owned by the family of Thomas Hicks Jr., co-chairman of the Republican National Committee and a close friend of Donald Trump Jr.
The efforts come as Mr. Trump has periodically rebuked Fox News for being too criticaldespite its opinion-show hosts general support of his administrationand has praised One America News Network. The channels opinion programming is known among its cable-news peers for its praise of Donald Trump and its advocacy for conservative causes.
Some Republican donors say privately that Fox News isnt doing enough to toe the party line, according to people familiar with the matter. They have noted, for instance, that the network doesnt always carry the presidents full campaign rallies live on air, the people added.
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Both Commiecast MSNBC & Fake News CNN are watching their Ratings TANK. Fredo on CNN is dying. Dont know why @FoxNews wants to be more like them? Theyll all die together as other outlets take their place. Only pro Trump Fox shows do well. Rest are nothing. Hows Shep doing?
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