Did Fox News' fixation on Hasan Piker backfire?

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Hasan Piker
Did Fox News' fixation on Hasan Piker during the midterms backfire?
I caught up with a US political streamer to discuss this and more
for Al Jazeera's center stage coming soon.
Here's a quick look.
I saw a report that you were named on Fox News
more than many Republicans.
Every single one.
Yeah.
With the exception of Mike Rogers.
All of which lost, right?
Yeah.
I believe Pete Ricketts is the only one that won.
Yeah.
So every other Republican candidate
that was in hot water lost their races.
They got very little coverage on Fox News because they were too...
Focused on me.
Hassan Piker is the Democrat base.
In the aftermath of midterms, I've seen a couple of Republican-aligned
commentators come onto these right-wing media outlets and say,
oh, you know what, maybe, just maybe, we might have spent
a little bit too much time talking about Hassan Piker
and Abdullah Syed while they were actually speaking to...
Our electorate, about key grievances they have
with corruption and with the economy.
Were you surprised by this change in tune?
Yes and no.
Yes, I was surprised because they seemed hyper-invested
in it for some weird reason.
And also because they're still continuing to do it.
I'm sure today there will
be five other news stories about me on Fox News
that will drive their discourse for the day.
Yeah.
