Fox lurches further to the right to win back ‘hard-edge’ Trump supporters

Hosts have dabbled in conspiracy theories and aggressively attacked the Joe Biden administration as network's ratings drop

For two decades, Fox News has reigned supreme as America's number one cable news channel. Until January, that is, when the network dropped to a once unthinkable third place in the ratings.

The response from Fox News has not been a period of sombre self-reflection. Instead, the network seems to have made a chaotic lunge towards the right wing in recent weeks as hosts have dabbled in conspiracy theories and aggressively attacked the Joe Biden administration.