“For Trump, Fox News has two functions: With some exceptions, it largely functions as his ‘shameless propaganda outlet,’ as Margaret Sullivan put it, aggressively inflating his successes and faithfully pushing his messages. When Fox occasionally departs from this role, Trump rages at it as a form of deep betrayal” writes Greg Sargent.
“Yet for precisely this reason, Fox also functions as a kind of security blanket: It persuades Trump that he’s succeeding, which provides an effective reality distortion field against outside criticism.”