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Fox News brain

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An addiction to anger and outrage brought about by overconsumption of sensationalist media.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable

Examples

  • 2021 June 8, Brian Stetler, Why Fox News Has Blood on Its Hands, Literary Hub Fox News enabled Donald Trump in ways that changed the country forever. Trump was afflicted by “Fox News brain,” a diagnosis that was ID’ed by a White House aide. It was fun for a while, at least for Fox stars like Sean Hannity, to treat the most powerful man in the world like a marionette.
  • 2022 June 13, Jay Willis, The Supreme Court Has Had Fox News Brain For a Long Time, Balls and Strikes Supreme Court justices don’t often discuss their media diets, but the occasional glimpses we do get hint at an institution where Fox News Brain is a common and perhaps incurable affliction.

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