When the white house dug in their heals and made the statement that Fox News is *not* news, they also made a statement that Fox would not have access to any Whitehouse advisors or staff until at least next year.
Fox, of course, made sure it’s viewers knew about this. Then, of course, came the News Pool interview where Fox was denied the interview, while all other networks were not, until all of the other networks came to Fox’s defense, ultimately forcing the White House to back down.
What I find most interesting is the fact that Hilary Clinton will be on Fox tonight (on On the Record.) What’s even more interesting is the fact that Fox hasn’t made hay of that fact at all. They are advertising it like any other interview, as though there was no Anti-Fox history from the White House. One wonders if Greta will ask any questions about it, my guess is no.
The cynic in me sees it this way: The White House backed down, contacted Fox, and said “Alright, we’ll give you access to our staff, but let’s drop the feud on both sides”. The White House was losing that bit of PR *badly*, and I think they took steps to stop the bleeding, while Fox, in the interest of news and ratings, decided that having the ability to Report the News was better than the PR/Ratings improvement the “See, we told you so” would bring. They can let people, like me, do it for them. 
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