Ahead of the 2024 national election, the race for the Republican presidential nomination begins. Donald Trump loses its strong position in the media world, Fox News Television Network Rupert Murdoch. According to the British newspaper The Guardian, the former president appears furious to discover that his favorite channel, which played a catalytic role in his victorious 2016 election campaign, is implementing a “silent embargo” by closing its doors to it, while regularly many of his Republican opponents.

The last time the 45th President was a Murdoch Channel host was last September, when he appeared on his favorite host Sean Hannity’s show. Since then, he has been in unofficial quarantine, and Florida Gov. Ron de Sandys, who many consider his most dangerous opponent among potential Republican candidates, regularly appears on the channel. Former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, who ran for office last month, has made seven appearances, while even obscure businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who is also running for the Republican nomination, has made four appearances.

Change of attitude

Fox News supported Trump throughout his presidency and continued to support him after the election defeat, with many presenters echoing his vitriolic rhetoric about fraud from the Joe Biden camp. That all changed after Trump fanatics stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Faced with a flurry of lawsuits, his opponents for the Republican presidency are on the campaign trail.

In English-language media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s decision to distance himself from the loser of the presidential election, his group risked a hefty fine by a court where Dominion, a company of machine guns used in electoral processes, filed an appeal. Fox News aired reports of Dominion’s involvement in alleged rigging in favor of Biden in the last election, and the company has filed a defamation lawsuit seeking $1.6 billion in damages.

Rejecting a request

Meanwhile, the Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court in Washington to dismiss Trump’s attorneys’ motion to recognize the January 6 warrant because, they argue, as President of the United States, he had the right to address the people directly. The Justice Department counters that Trump did not address an angry mob as president, so lawsuits from Democratic lawmakers and injured congressional cops should go to trial. At the same time, the Georgian judiciary is investigating whether Trump and his closest associates violated the law in an attempt to undo the state’s election results.

Next week, Trump and DeSandis will meet in Iowa, the state that traditionally opens the primary election cycle for the Republican nomination. The Florida governor will speak at a March 10 launch event for his new book, and Trump will deliver a speech on education policy three days later. Finally, former Vice President Mike Pence added to popular belief that he is preparing to run for president against Trump. “I don’t think anyone other than him could have beaten Hillary Clinton in 2016, but I think we’re living in a different time today where a different candidate is needed,” Pence told The Associated Press.