Coverage of Donald Trump’s July 4 Salute to America Boosts Fox Viewer Ratings
US President Donald Trump (R) and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for the "Salute to America" Fourth of July event at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, on July 4, 2019. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
Fox News’ decision to air the President Donald Trump’s full speech on July 4 gave its viewership ratings a bump.
Fox did not follow other TV networks in stopping their live broadcast of Donald Trump’s 4th of July Salute to America speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
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