This was evident to me during the 2020 election, when many Republicans denounced Fox News over their early (but correct) call for Arizona, and starting advocati

This was evident to me during the 2020 election, when many Republicans denounced Fox News over their early (but correct) call for Arizona, and starting advocating for everyone to ditch Fox and switch to Newsmax or OANN. Fox then had to do a lot of damage control to assuage their audience (essentially lowering the bar to satisfy them).