Fox News Panics on Air Over Trump Death Spiral

4 Dec 2025 · 22 min · 15 chapters

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The episode argues that Fox News (“state regime media”) is panicking because Donald Trump is “collapsing in the polls” and economic indicators look bad, citing ADP private job losses (~35,000) versus an expected gain (~40,000). The host claims Fox avoids the word “affordability” because Trump allegedly forbids it, then uses celebrity and culture-war distractions: attacks on Sabrina Carpenter for allegedly stolen music used in Trump propaganda; segments mocking/sexualizing her performances; and discussion of Sidney Sweeney’s appearance. It also claims Fox attacks Gavin Newsom as “destroying California,” and features a religious-freedom controversy where a pre-med student cited God and received a zero. The host further alleges Fox pivots to scapegoating Somalis (claims about crime in Minnesota) while Trump pardons drug traffickers/fraudsters.

Guests

none named as interview guests; the episode is hosted by Ron Filipkowski with Fox clips featuring Fox hosts (e.g., Jesse Waters, Greg Gutfeld, Kayleigh McEnany, Harrison Faulkner) and mentions “TPUSA,” plus a “turning point USA”-linked student case. Notable examples include the “affordability” word-avoidance clip, Sabrina Carpenter and Sidney Sweeney segments, the Newsom “crossing legs” bit, and the Somali crime discussion.

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Chapters

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Show Recap and Key Topics

1:05 to 1:23

Hosts recap Fox News' response to Donald Trump's situation and the implications.

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Show Recap and Key Topics

1:30 to 2:04

Hosts recap Fox News' response to Donald Trump's situation and the implications.

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Fox News' On-Air Panic

2:04 to 2:41

Discussion on how Fox News is reacting to Trump's declining popularity.

“They see Donald Trump collapsing in the polls.”

Fear of Using the Word 'Affordability'

2:41 to 3:19

Hosts analyze the reluctance of Fox News to use the term affordability amid economic concerns.

“Let me just show you what went down here.”

Midas Touch YouTube Channel Appeal

3:19 to 3:37

Hosts urge listeners to subscribe to the Midas Touch YouTube channel as a response to media attacks.

“You've seen state regime media Fox attack Midas Touch this week.”

Sabrina Carpenter's Music Controversy

3:37 to 4:09

Discussion on Sabrina Carpenter's music being used in Trump propaganda and Fox News' response.

“You'll see state regime media terrified of using the word affordability.”

Attacks on Sabrina Carpenter

4:09 to 5:02

Hosts critique Fox News hosts attacking Sabrina Carpenter for her music stance.

“They need to start having the audience focus on other things.”

Sidney Sweeney Discussion

5:02 to 6:06

Discussion on Sidney Sweeney and Fox News' portrayal of her amid other controversies.

“But I guess none of that is evil or disgusting.”

Mischaracterization of Women

6:06 to 8:13

Critique of Fox News' narratives about women and their portrayal on the network.

“Let Donald Trump say what he wants to say about you.”

Gavin Newsom Controversy

8:13 to 11:31

Discussion on Gavin Newsom's remarks and how Fox News spins his statements.

“Treasury Secretary Scott Besson was kind of slipped into that segment for reasons that aren't clear.”
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Fox News' Misleading Stories

11:57 to 14:00

Hosts discuss how Fox News misrepresents stories to distract viewers.

“Real quick, can we put Gavin Newsom crossing his legs?”

Reaction to Academic Punishment

14:00 to 15:15

Discussing a student's reaction to being penalized for her religious beliefs in an academic setting.

“She gave her reaction, which was informed by her religious worldview.”

Healthcare Crisis and Political Focus

15:15 to 16:36

Exploring the current healthcare issues in America and the political focus on divisive topics instead.

“And it saddens me to see that that offends them and upsets them the way it did.”

Racism and Media Narratives

16:36 to 18:09

Analyzing how media narratives target specific ethnic groups and the implications of such rhetoric.

“But what they're realizing, and this is their thinking, they have to pull back some of their attacks on the Latino community because they need their votes come the midterms, right?”

Identity Politics and Celebrity Culture

18:09 to 19:32

Examining the intersection of identity politics, public figures, and societal values.

“I like that Donald Trump is saying that Ilhan Omar, the congresswoman, should go back to her country in Somalia and that he's saying Somalians are garbage people.”
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2:03Ben Meiselas:State regime media, which calls itself Fox News, was panicking on air. They see Donald Trump collapsing in the polls. They see the jobs report being absolutely terrible based on the new ADP private job numbers like 35 ,000 jobs lost. when there was an expectation of 40 ,000 jobs created. And Donald Trump keeps on saying that affordability is one big scam and people shouldn't talk about affordability. And state regime media knows that this is about to wipe the MAGA Republicans out of power and potentially for generations. Let me just show you what went down here. So Donald Trump was holding a press conference, but the hosts on state regime media were too afraid to even say that it was about affordability because they were afraid that Donald Trump would send them a text message and tell them you can't use the word affordability because it's one big scam.

3:02Ben Meiselas:So I want you to watch as the host of state regime media are fearful to even use the word affordability right now when that's on every American's mind and rightfully so because Donald Trump has caused such grievous harm to our economy. Before I play this clip, though, I want to just ask you, please subscribe to the Midas Touch YouTube channel. You've seen state regime media Fox attack Midas Touch this week. You saw Donald Trump posting and attacking the Midas Touch this week. We need your help. So please subscribe right now if you can and help us get to six million subscribers. So here's the first clip right here.

3:39Ben Meiselas:You'll see state regime media terrified of using the word affordability. Let's play it. Thank you, John. You bet. Sandra, we continue to wait for President Trump to speak from the White House, announcing the latest move in. I don't want to say the affordability agenda because he might text me. The latest move in his efforts, I guess, to make things more affordable. Can you say it any other way? To improve the economy, to grow the economy. Right, John? So then they need a distraction. They need a decoy. They need to start having the audience focus on other things. So they start attacking Sabrina Carpenter.

4:19Ben Meiselas:Let me show you an example right here, because Sabrina Carpenter was upset that her music was stolen by the Trump regime and used in their propaganda videos, where Trump posts these videos of migrants being tortured and terrorized. and they were using Sabrina Carpenter's music. And she said, stop using my music for that disgusting purpose. It's my music. I don't want to be associated with this. And then the Trump regime started attacking her and commanded state regime media attack Sabrina Carpenter. So here's one of their hosts, Arroyo, attack Sabrina Carpenter. Here, play this clip. This is also the concert artist who at every show simulates oral sex with her dancers, the male dancers.

5:02But I guess none of that is evil or disgusting. The rule book has shifted. Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, they all did that kind of, all the talent, they really, they kind of behave that way.

5:13Ben Meiselas:And this was a theme throughout the day on state regime media, attack Sabrina Carpenter, go after her. Here you'll see Kennedy and you'll see Greg Gutfeld attack her. Here, play this clip. Sabrina Carpenter, she has been a deep yogurt with feminists because, you know, we tried to punch up the album cover, Jesse. Couldn't do it because it's too raunchy. She's on all fours like a dog wearing... A man is presumably holding a leash and he's got a handful of her hair. And she's also doing some pretty, pretty graphic stuff on stage that is mimicking how babies are brought into the world. Oh, she did the stork?

5:53This is not what I expect from somebody named Sabrina or somebody who's a carpenter.

5:58Ben Meiselas:And then one of the other hosts wants to give Sabrina Carpenter advice, one of the state regime media propagandists say, you just need to shut up. Let Donald Trump say what he wants to say about you. Let him steal your music and shut up, basically is what they're saying. So utterly despicable. They said, just be quiet. Then they talk about Sidney Sweeney so that they can basically show videos of Sidney Sweeney's chest, basically, because they think that they're male Fox viewers like that. Here, play this clip. I think she should have just ignored it. That's the problem with the left. Just ignore the president.

6:33Just ignore him. And they can't do that. Sidney Sweeney is the one. Yeah. Yeah, now she's doing very well. We'll have a report on Sidney Sweeney tonight on Jesse Waters. An eight-part series on Fox Nation. It's right. It's an hour special.

6:46Ben Meiselas:And so here they go. You know they get extra desperate when they're bringing out their top dog, Sidney Sweeney. So they bring out this photo of Sydney Sweeney, and they're like, all Republican women are hot. We're hot. Here, play this clip. She's getting hotter, and they're so jealous, right? So she's getting... They're like, she's so Republican. She gets hotter by the minute, right? And so my advice to all the ladies, our side is better, and you get hotter, right? All Republican women are hot. Tell me that's not true. That is true. So when you register Republican, you just get hotter. You do.

7:20It's like you get hotter with age. Like, you get wiser and hotter. It's like good wine, like the wine you sent.

7:24Ben Meiselas:What in the world are they even talking about? You see the Chiron, the left rages over Sidney Sweeney's looks. Dude, nobody is talking about this but state regime media. Oh, and then they have that same person, Kempins, or whoever this guest is, who's like, and here's the thing, Melania decorating the White House. She was born for this job. Here, play this clip. Then you have Melania decorating the White House, and she's filled with class and integrity. That's good. It looks good, right? And she's always had amazing family values. I mean, ever since I can remember, she's just been the epitome of class.

7:58When someone says happy holidays instead of Merry Christmas, do you correct them? Yeah, I'm like, Merry Christmas. And I could also tell that they're not a Republican. You can tell, right? I can tell. There's so many ways to tell.

8:08Ben Meiselas:There's many, many ways to tell. We don't have time. Right. That's why I called state regime media. It's so utterly pathetic, by the way. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson was kind of slipped into that segment for reasons that aren't clear. And I think he gave away the game with this Freudian slip saying inflation's heading to 4%. He goes, oh, not inflation. I mean, I mean, growth. I mean, the growth of our country, not inflation. Yeah, right. Here, play this clip. So I think we could be at 4 % inflation, excuse me, 4 % real growth, and then inflation trending back towards targeted two. So 6 % nominal growth.

8:41Okay.

8:42Ben Meiselas:So while you have all of that going on, you then have Jesse Waters talking about Newsom. They're terrified. You can see who they're scared about. Also, I should note this, Sabrina Carpenter's response to the Trump regime attacking her and stealing her music, it's been viewed like 150 million times on Twitter, now X, by the way. Then they go after Gavin Newsom. Gavin Newsom spoke at a business conference hosted by the New York Times Dealbook on his way to Washington, D.C. today. And you'll see Jesse Waters say they want Gavin to destroy the country like he's destroyed California. He's just going to destroy the country like California.

9:21Ben Meiselas:California has the fourth largest GDP in the world. California basically funds all of the red states. Red states are failed states. They are taker states, leech states, whereas California gives the federal government$85 billion more than it takes. And California leads the country in basically every single category. But go on, Jesse, play this clip. Gavin destroyed California, but that's a good thing if you're a Democrat. Destruction's the key. Yeah. They want Gavin to destroy the country just like he did the state of California. They want open borders. They want homelessness. They want drugs. They want crime.

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11:56Ben Meiselas:And then Jesse Waters attacks Gavin Newsom for crossing his legs. Here, play this clip. Real quick, can we put Gavin Newsom crossing his legs? Kayleigh, when you see a guy cross his legs like this, I mean, what do you think? I think about you, Jesse, and how you cross your legs every moment until the five starts and the camera's rolling you, uncross them. That's what I think about it. Fake news. That's the first thing she said that was ever wrong on this show. We'll let it slide. Thank you, Kayleigh. It is fake news. So then they go to another story that they want to distract their viewers with.

12:33Ben Meiselas:So what else? What red meat can they throw their base? So they talk about this story that's like a turning point USA generated story. And they're like, there's this undergrad student who's a pre-med major and she was asked a scientific question. And rather than answering with the correct answer, she cited religion and God as her answer. And she got a zero on her paper because she didn't answer it with the medically correct information as a pre-med major. She basically said, God told me this, words to that effect. So the teacher gave her a zero is basically the story. And Fox says she should be able to talk about her religion as a pre-med major.

13:13Ben Meiselas:Well, she wants to talk about her religion. Everyone has a free speech, right? But the issue is you have to answer the question correctly. So this is what state regime is talking about. Watch Kaylee McGee White, one of the Fox hosts, say, she just gave her answer about her informed religious views. Well, it's the wrong answer for this test question. No one's saying she can't practice her religion. Just answer the question correctly. Here, play this clip. Yeah. And I went and I looked at the original prompt, TPUSA shared this on X, and it asked students to provide a 650 word reaction response to an article about gender stereotypes and mental health in order to demonstrate that they had read that article and that they understood the material in it.

13:57This was not a request to provide some long empirical essay debunking or proving every single thing that the article was talking about. It asked for students' reaction. She gave her reaction, which was informed by her religious worldview. Nothing about her response was wrong and compared to the original prompt. And yet this professor used it as an opportunity to go after her because of her religious beliefs, ironically claiming that that's not what, you know, the motivation was. And I can't help but think that, you know, I'm so thankful for TPUSA because if it was not for conservative organizations like that, none of this would have come to light.

14:33And quite frankly, you know, she probably would continue to be demonized for her religious beliefs. So I'm really thankful to see that conservatives are standing up for their beliefs and not self-censoring anymore.

14:44Ben Meiselas:And let there be light. And then Harrison Faulkner, one of the Fox hosts, is like, they gave her a zero. They gave her, play this clip. Well, and he made it punitive. It's not okay to be separate. It's not okay to believe what you do and to be able to say why you believe it. Right. And he's holding an opinion. It's not even worth one point. He has some sacred truth. Out of 100, he gave her a zero. And because apparently her remarks were offensive. That was the root of the problem here. But I will just say to David's point about change happening. Offensive to him. Right. Then they bring her on and here's what she has to say.

15:14I am saddened that they're offended by the truth of the gospel and the truth that I wrote about in my assignment. And it saddens me to see that that offends them and upsets them the way it did. Jesus is always worth standing up for. And I just encourage those people that are dealing with something similar to push back against that kind of behavior. I would rather have my integrity and give my true opinion and get a zero on an assignment than have to lie about what I really believe. I think it's a 100 because she knows why she believes what she believes. I'd quiz that professor on whether or not he even believes they're 99 genders or whatever.

16:00Ben Meiselas:Okay, now here's the thing. The American people are struggling right now over real issues. Healthcare is being ripped away. Come December 31st, The Affordable Care Act subsidies officially go away. You have people, 30%, 40 % of people in various states who are not buying health insurance right now from the Affordable Care Act exchanges because they can't afford it. We saw the ADP private job numbers, 35 ,000 jobs lost when people thought there would be a 40 ,000 job gain. Americans are suffering across every sector right now, except for Trump's billionaires. And this is what you're doing. This is what you're focusing on.

16:39Ben Meiselas:But then they need their enemy. Their new enemy is the Somalians. It's always been an enemy. But what they're realizing, and this is their thinking, they have to pull back some of their attacks on the Latino community because they need their votes come the midterms, right? So now they're talking about Somalians as a group. It's the most racist text. The Somalians are doing 80 % of the crime and the Somalians. I mean, why are you doing that? It's so cruel and unusual. At the same time, Donald Trump is pardoning drug traffickers, the top drug traffickers, people who engaged in$2 billion Ponzi schemes like that guy, Dave Gentile.

17:22Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump just pardoned this Todd Waiakey guy who was involved in an antitrust case that Trump's own government prosecuted. As Trump's doing that, actually pardoning the biggest fraudsters. This is what he's calling Somalians as a, as a cult, as an ethnicity, as a culture frauds. It just screwed up. It's just not okay. Then they have Tom Emmer say it's the Somalians. Just crap here. Play this clip. But you know what we're not talking about today? Do you realize that, you know, it's not that all Somalis are committing crimes, but 80 % of the crimes being committed in the twin cities in Minnesota are being committed by Somalis.

18:01Ben Meiselas:And then Greg Gutfeld is like, it's refreshing. This is really refreshing because we've moved past all of the identity politics. I like that Donald Trump is saying that Ilhan Omar, the congresswoman, should go back to her country in Somalia and that he's saying Somalians are garbage people. Here's the thing, Greg. If you want to say these things, you have a First Amendment right to be cruel and unusual, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't be commenting that this is just evil and rude and non-inclusive and just being an awful person. But here's what Greg Gutfeld has to say. Here, play this clip.

18:42It's kind of refreshing to see Trump be able to say that stuff about Omar and not be called all these names because that whole identity politics thing doesn't work anymore. Everybody realizes he's focusing on what she's doing, not who she is. And what does she do? She calls him a rapist, a rapist, a racist, a xenophobe. Doesn't work. Supremacist. A white supremacist. It doesn't work.

19:05Ben Meiselas:And then Greg Gutfeld goes back to talking about Sabrina Carpenter. Here, play this clip. Every time we talk about it. You want to talk about her? Every time we talk about affordability, we're not talking about Sabrina Carpenter. It's true. You want to talk about her? Well, here's the thing is, I don't, I'm not into the celebrity aspect. I'm into the phase of life. Think about, okay, like look at her as opposed to a representative of women her age, single, no kids, no responsibilities. They have yet to experience any transformative event that would inform their beliefs. So the things that she detests today, she will learn and understand to value later like we all have.

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