You have to realize that a large chunk of their viewers live in a completely fabricated world now. It's why the backlash against Fox for calling the election for Biden was so intense. Fox News and the talk radio/online resources could coordinate to say that Joe Biden is dead and Kamala has taken the presidency and a LARGE percentage of their viewers would never know, nor more importantly BELIEVE, any different.
Human Foxipede! Analogy kind of works with their programming schedule and the way topics get digested and re-consumed.
This. They find Fox News to be safe, soothing and reassuring that the beliefs and views that the hold are still mainstream and relevant. Hell I know one man that talks about Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity like they are people he hangs out with regularly, he is closer to them than his own kids. It is a fantasy world carefully constructed.