"As Joe Biden assumes the responsibilities of the presidency, his press operation is already being asked to confront a perennial debate: What, exactly, should it do about Fox News?" report The Daily Beast's Sam Stein and Maxwell Tani. "The cable news behemoth has vexed prior Democratic administrations, darting between acting as the voice of the opposition and a legitimate news outlet with the nation’s largest audience. But a series of recent developments—including growing animosity between President Donald Trump and some of the more straight-faced personalities at Fox News—has changed the dynamics of this particular political-media nexus. And it has sparked a renewed argument among Biden allies and White House veterans about how and whether he should engage the network more fully." Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg -- who has gone viral with his Fox News appearances -- thinks Biden officials should engage with Fox News, but not the opinion shows. “If they believe these 70 million people are evil, then our country is not going to make it," says Buttigieg. "If, on the other hand, you believe they’re largely working from different information, or so-called information, than the rest of us, then the real problem is not the character of the voters as it is the nature of the information that’s getting to them. Then we have a responsibility to try and change the information they receive.” Former Obama spokesperson Tommy Vietor, however, thinks Biden should treat Fox News like it's an arm of the Republican party. Vietor explained that this didn’t mean never engaging with the network. But “I don’t think Joe Biden should sit down with Bret Baier,” he added, “that’s an insane waste of time.”
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TOPICS: Fox News Channel, FOX & Friends, Biden Presidency, Cable News, Trump Presidency