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Gas and diesel prices are soaring. Right-wing media figures promised that wouldn't happen. (opens the original)
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Since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, right-wing media have attempted to downplay, dismiss, and deflect from the resulting pain at the pump, including by repeatedly claiming that elevated prices would be temporary. Some right-wing media personalities have even gone so far as to predict exactly when prices would fall back to prewar levels or to speculate about precisely what deadlines prices would need to drop by in order for the Trump administration and Republican Party
Fox argues that high oil and gas prices “could have been a lot higher” — though not everyone at the network agrees it’s a winning message (opens the original)
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As diesel hit an all-time high and gas prices set a Labor Day record, Fox Business contributor Phil Flynn argued on Fox & Friends, “People don't give [Trump] enough credit for how he's kept gasoline prices under control.” He continued: “Yes, I know they are high. I know they are at the highest level they've been at Labor Day, but you know people were saying we should have been at $10 a gallon, you know, or $15 a gallon, none of that's happened.” Fox figures and guests have repeated the argument
Fox News has claimed that high gas prices would be temporary at least 188 times since the beginning of Trump's conflict with Iran (opens the original)
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Since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, Fox News has attempted to downplay, dismiss, and deflect from the resulting pain at the pump, including by repeatedly claiming that elevated prices would be temporary. Fox figures have suggested high energy prices are a necessary “sacrifice” and “a small price to pay” to keep Iran from developing nuclear capabilities; they’ve repeatedly pointed to “Biden high” gas prices stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to argue that it’s n
Over 7 days, Fox News spent only 1 minute covering rising diesel prices caused by Trump’s Iran war (opens the original)
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Diesel fuel, which essentially “powers a vast chunk of America's economy” including the agricultural sector, hit a national average of $5.50 a gallon on August 19 for the first time since the early months of President Donald Trump’s conflict with Iran. In the following seven days, Fox covered this significant milestone for just 1 minute — virtually ignoring a consequence of Trump’s actions in the Middle East which, along with high fertilizer costs also caused by the conflict, have acted like a “
Fox News spent only 15 minutes covering gas prices hitting the $4 mark (opens the original)
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Fox News paid scant attention to rising fuel costs in the days after July 20, when nationwide average gas prices broke the $4 mark again after dipping slightly below that threshold for a three-week period following the U.S. and Iran agreeing to a ceasefire — and the few network figures who did acknowledge the milestone largely downplayed it. From July 20 through July 23, Fox dedicated a mere 15 minutes to reporting on the return of rising gas prices. For context, when gas prices peaked under Bid
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