2026-04-09
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As missiles rain down on the Middle East, Trey Yingst fires off salvos of news from his smartphone.
The 32-year-old chief foreign correspondent of Fox News dons a flak jacket and stands on a Tel Aviv balcony
to file reports several times a day.
His main audience is on cable, but Mr Yingst has cultivated another set of viewers on TikTok,
where he posts bulletins to one million followers.
He is such a prolific poster that viewers sometimes inquire after his safety
when he has been offline for more than a few hours.
Fox is the undisputed king of American TV news.
Long the Tribune of Conservative America, it has become so widely watched that it is also the most
popular cable news channel among Democrats.
As well as outrating CNN and MS Now, its main cable rivals, it sometimes beats even broadcast outlets like CBS News.
Donald Trump's return to the White House has brought back advertisers,
who are now less likely to see Fox's brand threateningly right-wing.
War has juiced viewership further.
Fox News recently recorded its highest Saturday ratings in over 20 years.