Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto says he doesn’t see stories in red or blue, but green—he tends to look at the news as it impacts business. But even as he steers clear of the partisanship that makes up much of the cable news world, he still hears from viewers who think he’s either way too tough—or not tough enough—on figures like President Trump. “My job isn’t to do that,” he says of viewers who wish Cavuto would be more loyal to Trump.
We talked after the election, which brought Cavuto back to the Fox News studios for the first time in seven months—a move that brings elevated risk as Cavuto lives with multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable and disabling disease. But he says for every difficulty and struggle, he knows others are hurting even worse—particularly those impacted by Covid-19. “I have a scary and healthy respect for this thing,” he told me.
STORIES FROM THE LAST 7 DAYS:
In Episode 6 of the podcast, I talked to Kal Penn, the actor and activist who this year launched his own political series, Kal Penn Approves This Message. We talked about taking on big issues without resorting to the sort of partisan coverage commonly found on cable news, and why he’s excited about the activism of young people who don’t watch cable news—but do tend to talk to each other, even across the partisan divide.
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Episode 7: Neil Cavuto, Fox News