Crooked Media: “Approach Fox News with eyes, not arms, wide open. Call Fox what it is: an extension of the Republican Party. Say it often. Repetitive messaging works—just ask Lyin’ Ted and Low-Energy Jeb. Reject the absurd insistence that the network has a ‘real news’ division. Yes, Fox’s decision desk called Arizona and the election for Biden, but those nerds are stuffed in a boiler room while people like Jeanine Pirro and Karl Rove haunt the hallways and rule the airwaves.”

“Instead, Biden’s team should develop closer ties with progressive outlets like The Nation, The Young Turks, and yes, Crooked Media. Give them scoops and access and grow their audiences and influence the way Trump’s team has nurtured fringe rags like Newsmax and OAN. More importantly, Biden should supersize his White House digital media team. When the Obama administration created a video blog called West Wing Week to give the public a behind-the-scenes look at the White House, some members of the press corps sniffed that it was propaganda. That was silly even back then, but caving to those self-interested critiques today would be politically disastrous. The filter these journalists think they provide is shredded beyond repair. More people get their news from Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube than from sites with professional editorial standards, and conservative voices dominate that landscape. Biden’s team needs to fight harder on Facebook than it does in the White House briefing room.”