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Make no mistake about it, people like Steve Doocy, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and the guy that sits across from Steve Doocy are doing all they can to try and get Donald Trump re-elected.

But, many of the Trump cheerleaders and lapdogs at Fox News are preparing for life without their no. 1 viewer sitting in the White House.

As the election nears, polls show that Trump will lose the election and the man that put Fox News on the air is ok with that.

The Washington Post writes that Rupert Murdoch, the 89-year-old billionaire whose family controls Fox News's parent company, has told associates that he is resigned to a Trump loss in November. And he has complained that the president's current low polling numbers are due to repeated "unforced errors" that could have been avoided if he had followed Murdoch's advice about how to weather the coronavirus pandemic, according to associates who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.

Murdoch’s relationship with Trump changed after the coronavirus. Murdoch watched with concern as Trump downplayed the crisis. He dispatched one of his closest aides, News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson, to speak to the president about the risks of the virus back in March, in a previously undisclosed meeting.

The Post writes that the network's current lineup is a reflection of the Trump presidency, with opinion hosts such as Hannity, Ingraham and Jeanine Pirro, who have leveraged their personal relationships with the president for ratings success; and a morning show, "Fox & Friends," that has become Trump's go-to venue. On shows such as "The Five," Trump skeptics such as Dana Perino and Greg Gutfeld have quieted their reservations and embraced their roles as critics of Trump's critics; while the network's finance-focused cousin, Fox Business Network, has catapulted Trump allies Lou Dobbs and Maria Bartiromo to greater prominence through exclusive interviews with administration officials and Trump himself.

If Biden wins, that access disappears. Yet Murdoch has always considered Fox News's original underdog status to be its strength. And while he valued the White House access, he is ready to welcome a new inhabitant - partly because it may give Fox the central role in the Republican Party that it occupied before Trump co-opted the party.

If Trump loses and we get back to a White House that is more respectful and professional, that is not going to be good news for Fox News or any of the other cable news channels.

Trump’s name-calling, hate for the other side, and lack of any decorum has goosed the ratings for cable news and especially Fox News.

The hosts at Fox News are just mini mirror versions of Trump.

Many believe that if Trump loses that hosts like Hannity, Carlson, and Ingraham will grow more mean and nasty on the air.

Is that even possible?

Stay tuned….