Fox News Quietly Pulls Stock Ticker as Trump’s Tariffs Tank the Market
—This is how they play with the frame so you don’t see the full picture—
As the Dow dropped nearly 1,700 points—the worst day since 2020—Fox News quietly did what it does best: shift the lens. On Thursday, April 3, as the market plunged in response to Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs, Fox removed its on-screen stock ticker. Just poof, gone. No numbers, no red arrows, no truth.
The moment didn’t go unnoticed. Screenshots spread like wildfire online. One user nailed it:
“Dear #MAGA, Did you notice today that for the first time ever I’m told Fox News has removed the stock market ticker from all their shows? They don’t want you to see what is really happening.”
That’s the point. If the Dow tanks and you don’t see it tank, did it really happen?
The ticker usually sits quietly at the bottom of the screen, a constant hum of reality. But not today. Not while Kayleigh McEnany, Trump’s former mouthpiece, was live on air. Not while Trump’s policies were actively setting off economic alarms.
Critics Called it Historic
“First time in almost 3 decades Fox News removed the stock market ticker from their screen. Are we great yet?” And if you’ve been watching long enough, you know this isn’t the first time Fox has hit the mute button on inconvenient facts. Last summer, they did the same thing—yanked the ticker just as the DOW passed 40,000 and Trump was live claiming the market would crash under Kamala Harris.
Now, Fox is defending itself:
“These claims on social media that this is the first time in 28 years the ticker has come down are not accurate. The stock ticker has never been deployed on screen on a full-time basis.”
Sure. And maybe the moon landing was filmed in a studio too.
They also pointed out that the ticker stayed up on Fox Business. Of course. Keep the truth locked up on the channel fewer people watch.
Meanwhile, the chaos was real. Trump’s new tariff plan, rolled out April 2, spares Russia but hits others hard—setting a blanket 10% duty on all imports, with country-specific hikes for anyone charging the U.S. more. He says it’ll bring jobs back. Here’s how he put it:
“For nations that treat us badly, we will calculate the combined rate of all their tariffs, nonmonetary barriers, and other forms of cheating… So, the tariffs will not be fully reciprocal. I could have done that. Yes. But it would have been tough for a lot of countries.”
That’s the spin. But the markets didn’t buy it. Investors jumped ship. And Fox? They just changed the channel—literally.
Don’t be distracted by who’s talking. Watch what’s missing. Because when Trump’s policies spark chaos, Fox News will be the first to dim the lights.
