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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Margaret Sullivan

Any line of separation between Fox News and the US government is about to vanish

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‘The Fox-to-Trump revolving door has been spinning for years.’ Photograph: Fox News

When Donald Trump tapped a Fox News host this week to run the mighty US defense department, even Pete Hegseth’s colleagues at the rightwing media outlet were taken aback.

“What the heck – can you believe it?” wondered Jesse Watters on his primetime show on Tuesday.

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