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Donald Trump says Fox News CEO Roger Ailes called him and promised fair treatment

by Ezra Klein
Updated
Scott Olson/Getty Images

If this seems confusing, then you must have missed the insane fight Donald Trump picked with Fox News over the weekend. You can read all about it here.

But the upshot is this: Donald Trump needs Fox News more than Fox News needs Donald Trump. So in some ways, the interesting question isn’t what Ailes said to Trump, but what Trump said to Ailes.

After all, for a network that calls itself “fair and balanced” when it is anything but, a promise to treat Trump “fairly” might mean less than Trump hopes.

Related Donald Trump's fight with Fox News and Megyn Kelly, explained


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