cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/news@lemmy.world/t/2006492
Fox News appears to have removed their DOW ticker in a pattern for the company, choosing to block out the steep drop in DOW points after Trump’s tariff announcement
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We all know that BAD NEWS sells so they must think the crashing stock market is GOOD NEWS.
their audience has already proven themselves to be suckers… that’s some prime pixels there.
Suckers and losers-trump
Here is just the text for anyone who cares for their eyeballs
It appears as though FOX News removed their DOW ticker as it dropped 1,228 points today, following President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements.
A screenshot on X showcased the moment. In a clip, Kayleigh McEnany, Trump’s former press secretary, was on Fox speaking today as the DOW sank, and the screen was missing its usual DOW ticker.
It’s not the first time the conservative news giant has done so, as others have recorded them getting rid of their DOW ticker pretty much anytime there was a significant loss. There’s a clip of Trump on in August 2024, and as the DOW fell, the FOX ticker was removed.
It comes after Trump had to be ‘guided back’ on stage following his tariff-touting speech after ‘forgetting’ to sign his executive order, sparking health fears after yet another strange moment.
Buzzfeed reported the same back in March, when stocks first fell after Trump announced his original tariff plans.
Users on X responded with their usual: jokes about Fox news. “Fox News logic is if the ticker’s gone, the crash didn’t happen,” writes one user. Another laughed, “Good thing I developed object permanence when I was a baby.”
“Naturally, they would prefer that their audience remain oblivious to the impact Donald Trump’s tariffs are having on them,” said another.
wall street floor The stock market opened up with all three major stock indexes going under (Image: Getty Images)
Yesterday, President Trump announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners. The Trump tariff hikes included another 34% tax on imports from China, which was already looking at a 20% tariff hike, bringing the total tariffs on Chinese products to 54%, as per NBC.
Trump also added a 20% tax on products from the European Union, a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries, 46% on Vietnam, and 32% on Taiwan. All in all, 180 countries were on the tariff list.
The new price hikes could be a painful transition for many Americans as middle-class essentials such as housing, autos, and clothing are expected to become more costly, while disrupting the alliances built to ensure peace and economic stability. The lack of faith has now transferred to the stock market, which has been in a tailspin since the announcement.
US President Donald Trump signs an executive order after delivering remarks Trump signed the tariff executive order, adding taxes to nearly imports from around the world (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
The S&P 500 was down 3.7% in afternoon trading, more than other major stock markets, and at its bottom in the morning was on track for its worst day since COVID struck in 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1,228 points, or 2.9%, as of 1:08 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 4.8% lower.
Everything from crude oil to Big Tech stocks to the value of the U.S. dollar against other currencies fell. Even gold, which has hit records recently as investors sought something safer to own, pulled lower.
Some of the worst hits walloped smaller U.S. companies, and the Russell 2000 index of smaller stocks dropped 5.5% to pull it more than 20% below its record.
Trump had to be ‘guided back’ on stage following his tariff-touting speech after ‘forgetting’ to sign his executive order
Hey Donald. Blink twice if you’re OK
It doesn’t matter. One thing the voters agreed upon resoundingly in 2024 was that a non-functioning brain is a-okay.
Maybe even this guy realised it is not a good idea. Ah no, he’s a dunce.
Oooor, just install an adblocker.
install an adblocker.
That’s why I was able to create this clean screenshot in the first place ;)
Aha! So How did you know it was “ad-ridden” in the first place? Checkmate, liberal!
Is this serious? Did I join a crazy instance?
You joined an anarchist instance. Obviously I’m joking here cmon
In what ways did you signal that was sarcasm? Some anarchists are also not smart.
Regardless, all is ok bc you clarified.
“checkmate,liberal” is so on-the-nose it’s absurd that you didn’t get it also it’s a very well known sarcasm trope.
Is the screenshot with an adblocker? Because if that is the normal site, it seems fine to me tbh.
It is with adblockers:
- Pi-Hole (home-network-wide)
- uBlock origin (AddIn for Firefox android)
I just tried it without and it is afwul. I had 5 popups (1 google login - why???, 2 newsletter, 1 video, 1 full page ad). Wtf.
Bless your soul
That wouldn’t stop the market crashing.
If a stock falls in the market when there’s no ticker watching, does it go red?
*and your fan base doesn’t have tangible investments
Well, if you don’t look at the problem, it goes away. It’s not rocket surgery!
“If we don’t record COVID numbers, there will be nothing to report!”
“If we don’t track the number of people dying by gun violence, there will be nothing to report.”
“If we don’t count the number of people dying in our overheated prisons, there will be nothing to report.”
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I bet once the markets come back up after he lifts those tariffs again, the ticker will be back.
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Last time (1930) it took down the US economy, you threw out the Republicans and President Hoover, and the Democrats under Roosevelt had to fix the mess, which finally happened about 1934. Since then it is textbook established that tariffs are a stupid idea, but sadly the only historical books the orange turd reads are “Mein Kampf”…
This modern tariff-induced catastrophe is different from the one in 1930 in one important aspect: Back then, the reliance on foreign trade was way, way smaller than today. If the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 put the US into a serious recession (with still lower tariffs than Trumps!), guess what will happen today in an America that cannot produce screws, bolts and nuts; transistors, resistors, and capacitors; and about every piece of mass-produced item, being it plastic, metal, or whatever.
There’s no coming back from this. You are delusional.
You came back from the last Republican tariffs caused chaos from 1930. I never said recovery would happen in our lifetimes.
I wonder if I could help it keep going by pulling my entire 401k
I had to do that during his last administration. Now I’m going for broke
Pussies
Ah, peak Trumpism. “If we ignore it, it goes away!”
Lolol. I thought this had to be on c/leopardseatingfaces 😂
Ostrich mode, activate!
Trust in the Trump! His Orange Grace, for He is playing 47-D chess!
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Yeah. I see some people trying to talk down to those of us who just call them fucking idiots. “Well, is that any way to get them to see your point of view? How does that help any?”
My brother in Christ, we’ve tried doing that for the LAST 8 YEARS. If they haven’t gotten any more wise since then, and in fact doubled down for round 2, what the fuck else can you do but call the dumbass duck a dumbass duck?!
Don’t look down
Yeah yeah yeah!!! Gimme that propaganda!!! Gimme that denial!!! Happy happy ignorance!!!
It’s called “Soma”
As in…you need to be blonde to not be carried away to a gulag in Guantanamo.
Man this sounds familiar. Need blonde hair and blue eyes?
I googled for fox news screenshots, but can’t find any with ticker… I’m confused, where is it usually?
Edit: Found a clip, unfortunately with Trump onscreen here
For convenience here’s a side by side
He has really changed a lot too.
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