In his book Hoax, journalist Brian Stelter tells the story of how a 2016 Russian-manufactured conspiracy theory—regarding the murder of Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer Seth Rich—found its way onto the popular morning show Fox and Friends because (as a Fox News employee later revealed in a lawsuit) it “advanced President Trump’s agenda.”6 This is not to mention Sean Hannity and other Fox hosts’ extensive coverage of WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential campaign, which is now known to have been the result of a Russian influence operation.7 Or the more recent shilling that Tucker
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