{"podcast":{"title":"Decoding Fox News","slug":"decoding-fox-news-5717515","podcast_index_feed_id":5717515,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/764212.rss","website_url":"https://decodingfoxnews.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/764212/aa20e4aa8e379f039517c10c527abfda.jpg","author":"I watch all the Fox News you'd never want to.","episode_count":290,"summary":"I watch all the Fox News you'd never want to.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T10:19:22.347956+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/decoding-fox-news-5717515"},"episode":{"title":"Podcast #203 - Fox News Coverage of the Iran War is as Chaotic and Muddled as Trump's Mind","slug":"podcast-203-fox-news-coverage-of-the-iran-war-is-as-chaotic-and-muddled-as-trump-s-mind","published_at":"2026-03-12T03:26:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/decoding-fox-news-5717515/podcast-203-fox-news-coverage-of-the-iran-war-is-as-chaotic-and-muddled-as-trump-s-mind","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/decoding-fox-news-5717515","url":"https://decodingfoxnews.substack.com/p/podcast-203-fox-news-coverage-of","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190689475/09dcbaf8a995f3d0d1ca4a17e1c81cb4.mp3","summary":"Last week on Fox overpaid television personalities tried to fake their way through a war they didn’t understand. As the president changed the reasons he started the military conflict with Iran the folks at Fox struggled to forge a coherent message about it. The propaganda machine sputtered and stumbled. The network kept repeating Trump’s mixed messages: * The war was already over/The war will be over soon/This isn’t a war * High gas prices are a small price to pay for freedom/Gas prices will drop immediately/Americans don’t care about high gas prices * There will be no ground invasion of U.S. troops/There might be a short ground invasion of U.S. troops * We’ve killed their leadership/The new leadership is worse than the old leadership * Trump is the peace president/Trump has started military conflicts with seven different countries * This war will bring long-term peace/Every problem in the world is caused by Iran * Russia is helping Iran/Russia is not a concern/This war is about China * The U.S. is NOT fighting Iran for Israel/Sean Hannity featured a 21 minute interview with Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu When Fox News hosts weren’t talking out of both sides of their mouths, they were promoting Trump’s lies. * Americans overwhelmingly approve of Trump’s decision to attack Iran - several polls say otherwise * Iran was capable of a nuclear attack on the U.S. or Israel - despite no evidence supporting this * The people of Iran will rise up and take over their government - so far no such movement has formed. It could be because people don’t want to stage a revolution while being attacked by the U.S. and Israel * Trump’s promises of ‘no new wars’ did not mean he’s an isolationist In the four years I’ve covered Fox News the past week is the weakest I’ve ever seen the…","meta_description":"Last week on Fox overpaid television personalities tried to fake their way through a war they didn’t understand. As the president changed the reasons he s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3326,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/decoding-fox-news-5717515/episodes/podcast-203-fox-news-coverage-of-the-iran-war-is-as-chaotic-and-muddled-as-trump-s-mind/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/decoding-fox-news-5717515/podcast-203-fox-news-coverage-of-the-iran-war-is-as-chaotic-and-muddled-as-trump-s-mind.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}