{"id":22140,"date":"2025-02-13T09:03:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22140"},"modified":"2025-02-13T10:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:27:22","slug":"for-trump-and-fox-news-new-policies-are-simply-common-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22140","title":{"rendered":"For Trump and Fox News, New Policies Are Simply \u2018Common Sense\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Trump and the network have used the phrase to suggest that his policies are the right ones and popular, though polling suggests otherwise.<\/p>\n

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The phrase \u201ccommon sense\u201d has become a constant refrain on Fox News.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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President Trump\u2019s rapid-fire policy actions are reshaping the federal government, and to Fox News, they are simply pursuing \u201ccommon sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Enacting \u201cbold and sometimes painful measures\u201d is worth it, one Fox News host said, to arrive at \u201ccommon sense.\u201d Mr. Trump\u2019s term so far, another Fox pundit concluded, could be summed up with that simple catchphrase: It\u2019s a \u201crestoration of common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump isn\u2019t radical \u2014 he\u2019s just radically changing our country back to normal,\u201d Jesse Watters said during Monday\u2019s episode of \u201cJesse Watters Primetime.\u201d He said Mr. Trump\u2019s plans to \u201cdeport migrants\u201d and cut waste were \u201call common-sense moves.\u201d<\/p>\n

The flood of \u201ccommon sense\u201d comments on Fox News echoes the language Mr. Trump and his new administration have used to justify his policies \u2014 many of which have deeply divided the country, polls have shown. The administration has deployed the slogan to support a range of actions, from banning paper straws to reversing efforts to stem climate change, and has described his first weeks as a \u201crevolution in common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s easy to do a good job when you are acting on common sense and you are speaking the truth,\u201d said Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, at a recent briefing.<\/p>\n

The shared language reflects the deepening ties between the government and the right-wing media, especially Fox News, by far the nation\u2019s most popular cable news network. Nearly 20 former Fox News alumni have joined the administration, including at the highest levels, with the former hosts Pete Hegseth taking over the Pentagon and Sean Duffy leading the Transportation Department. Lara Trump, the president\u2019s daughter-in-law, has received her own show<\/a> on the network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018Common Sense\u2019 on Fox News<\/h2>\n

The mentions of \u201ccommon sense\u201d surged on Fox News in January.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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