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Those turning to Fox News on Wednesday to see how the right-wing griftosphere was handling the absolute shellacking Republicans took during Tuesday’s midterm elections might’ve been left wondering if the Blue Tsunami was all a dream. Because if you were watching Fox & Friends on Wednesday morning, Fox News was already back to its regularly scheduled programming while election results continued to trickle in.
Yes, by 8:57 a.m. ET on Wednesday morning, Fox News decided its audience needed a little pick-me-up in the form of WNBA veteran and outspoken critic of transgender athletes Sophie Cunningham. Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt teed up the all-important and entirely novel segment with Fox News contributor Brett Cooper. All was right in the world, if only for a moment.
LMAO — fresh off Republicans getting annihilated last night, Fox News is back to talking about Sophie Cunningham all the time. She’s been praised across four different shows today for her among other things her number of Instagram followers, which is obviously world historical news
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 4, 2026
It turns out, Fox News ran back this playbook several times throughout the day, according to the prolific right-wing media observer Aaron Rupar, who said Cunningham has been praised on four different Fox News shows throughout the day. It’s the television equivalent of a young child putting fingers in their ears and yelling “La la la la, I can’t hear you!” over and over again.
To be fair to Fox News, there was a slight electoral angle to the Cunningham story, which they finessed into discussing later in the day but not during the morning segment on Fox & Friends. Both Nebraska and Arizona passed ballot measures that preclude transgender women from participating in school-sponsored women’s sports, and Cunningham, who has advocated for these initiatives, was framed as someone who moved the needle on the issue.
Still, it’s hard to imagine Fox News was planning to run four separate Cunningham or Cunningham-adjacent segments the day after one of the most consequential midterm elections in recent memory. And to the droves of liberal news viewers who were dropping in throughout the day to see how the other side was handling things, the Cunningham segments made it clear that the answer was: not well.
Drew Lerner is a staff writer for Awful Announcing and an aspiring cable subscriber. He previously covered sports media for Sports Media Watch. Future beat writer for the Oasis reunion tour.
“Sorry we were a little late to the party.”
“This one might surprise you a little bit.”
“It’s this also needing to be able to do it without anyone saying anything mean, ever, about anything that he does.”
A recent ruling opened an avenue for plaintiffs to seek injunctive relief from the league’s ongoing Sunday Ticket partnership with YouTube TV.
“I’d get some blue shirts ready for the next two years.”
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“Sorry we were a little late to the party.”
“This one might surprise you a little bit.”
“It’s this also needing to be able to do it without anyone saying anything mean, ever, about anything that he does.”
A recent ruling opened an avenue for plaintiffs to seek injunctive relief from the league’s ongoing Sunday Ticket partnership with YouTube TV.
“I’d get some blue shirts ready for the next two years.”
The rogue golf tour will start liquidating its remaining assets.
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