BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Air Force One landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland late Thursday [9-27-18] morning, all the televisions onboard were tuned to Fox News’ coverage of Christine Blasey Ford’s Senate testimony, according to a press pool report. The analysis from the news hosts on President Donald Trump’s favorite network may not have been what he was hoping to hear. By the end of the day, though, once Judge Brett Kavanaugh had his turn to testify about Ford’s sexual assault allegation, the tune coming out of the network would be much more to Trump’s liking. On Fox News as well as other media outlets favored by conservatives, Thursday was a tale of two testimonies. While earlier in the day the Fox hosts were talking of a Republican ‘disaster,’ by the end anchors were speaking positively about Kavanaugh’s prospects for getting confirmed to the Supreme Court, citing in particular the performance of Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina in rallying fellow Republicans.”
–Jason Schwartz, “Conservative media’s analysis of hearing gets rosier as day goes on,” Politico, September 27, 2018 9:08 pm