Donald Trump calls Fox News ‘dead’ as he steps up feud with network

President Trump has taken another dig at the right-leaning network Fox News calling it a “dead” news channel and claiming its ratings are falling, without any data to back this up.

Mr Trump tweeted on Wednesday: “Can't believe how badly @FoxNews is doing in the ratings. They played right into the hands of the Radical Left Democrats & now are floating in limboland. Hiring fired Donna Brazile, and far worse, allowing endless negative and unedited commercials. Fox News is dead. Really Sad!”

Mr Trump did not provide any data to back up the claims of falling ratings of Fox News. The ratings of Fox News have been in line with their overall viewer share and their primetime continues to retain its audience. However, a little impact of his calls to ditch Fox News and go for other conservative news networks was visible when Newsmax for the first time beat Fox News on ratings last week during the 7pm programme slot.