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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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[–] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

This page is really ad-ridden. I screenshot it:

(Imgur)

[–] teft@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

It doesn't matter. One thing the voters agreed upon resoundingly in 2024 was that a non-functioning brain is a-okay.

[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

Maybe even this guy realised it is not a good idea. Ah no, he's a dunce.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Oooor, just install an adblocker.

[–] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

install an adblocker.

That's why I was able to create this clean screenshot in the first place ;)

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Aha! So How did you know it was "ad-ridden" in the first place? Checkmate, liberal!

[–] upandatom@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this serious? Did I join a crazy instance?

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

You joined an anarchist instance. Obviously I'm joking here cmon

[–] upandatom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

In what ways did you signal that was sarcasm? Some anarchists are also not smart.

Regardless, all is ok bc you clarified.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 15 hours ago

"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.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

their audience has already proven themselves to be suckers.. that's some prime pixels there.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 0 points 1 day ago

Suckers and losers-trump

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Remember when the republicans were pro-business? Now what the hell do they represent? Tin foil hat psychos? Maybe they've tricked working class americans that they are somehow on their side but distracting them with the boogey man of illegal immigrants taking their jerbs but the reality is they'll be getting laid off and paying more harder than ever. Education and R&D are being trashed, the things that businesses claim are crucial to progress and an educated workforce. Add on top of that no improvement in healthcare and now public health has been gutted and they've essentially been thrown into the gutter. They are so distracted by trivial political distractions though that they can't even see how badly they are being shoved aside.

[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Bless your soul

[–] needanke@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is the screenshot with an adblocker? Because if that is the normal site, it seems fine to me tbh.

[–] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 day ago

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.