Is Fox News Now Mentioning Hasan Piker More Than Trans People? We Investigate
<img src="https://www.them.us/media-library/an-anchor-mentioning-abdul-el-sayeds-lack-of-plans-to-campaign-with-hasan-piker.webp?id=67725895&width=1200&height=800&coordinates=73%2C0%2C73%2C0"/><br/><br/><p>It’s hard to imagine any topic getting more mentions than transgender people on Fox News. Why deviate from the script when stories about bathrooms, student athletes, and Elliot Page’s casting in <a href="https://www.them.us/story/right-wing-outrage-over-elliot-page-playing-achilles-sinon-the-odyssey" target="_self"><em><u><em>The Odyssey</em></u></em></a> can generate so much reliable outrage? Well, as it turns out, a new subject may be at risk of overtaking the trans community as the cable behemoth's object of ire: left-wing political streamer <a href="https://www.them.us/story/hasan-piker-teases-so-fking-hot-laverne-cox-as-next-podcast-guest" target="_self"><u>Hasan Piker</u></a>.</p><p>On X, user @JulesNader386 posted an analysis on September 2 claiming that Fox News and Fox Business had mentioned Piker more times than transgender people across both networks in the month of August.</p><blockquote class="rm-embed twitter-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="2095202465448624320">
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p>Using the same Archive.org data set of television transcripts, and looking at Fox News specifica…
