Fox News Prepares to Cover a Government Filled With Fox News Alumni

Nineteen … and counting.That’s the number of former Fox News hosts, commentators, on-air medical experts, producers and other personnel who are poised to occupy roles in the second administration of President-elect Donald J.Trump.Never before has a single media organization exported so many alumni to a president’s day-one cabinet and staff.

And while Mr.Trump also recruited TV types for roles in his first term, he is now seeking to put pundits like Pete Hegseth, his nominee for defense secretary, in charge of entire government agencies.All of which augurs a new twist in the tempestuous relationship between Mr.

Trump and Fox News, the Rupert Murdoch-controlled network that has been perhaps his most powerful booster in the media world, but also frequently the focus of his ire.Now Fox News correspondents at the White House, the Pentagon and elsewhere in government will be reporting on an administration populated by many of their former colleagues.Star hosts like Sean Hannity and Jesse Watters can be expected to lionize Mr.

Trump and the Fox alumni joining him in Washington.The situation is more delicate for Fox reporters like Jennifer Griffin, the network’s chief national security correspondent, who will be responsible for covering a Pentagon under Mr.

Hegseth’s purview.That’s also the case for Peter Doocy, the White House correspondent who relished needling President Biden and his aides, and will now be scrutinized for his handling of Mr.

Trump.Jay Wallace, the president and executive editor of Fox News Media, who runs the channel’s newsroom, said in an interview that “this is business as usual.”“When push comes to shove, we will want answers to our questions on the issues of the day,” Mr.Wallace said.

“We don’t view this coverage any differently than any other administration we’ve pressed for answers over the last 28 years.”We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank ...