Fox News hosts gushed over the parade, with no protests in sight

Cable networks covered President Trump’s Army parade on a busy day of protests, a political assassination and Middle East strikes. ABC, CBS and NBC aired other programming on their affiliates.

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On Fox News, it felt like Thanksgiving Day and Christmas rolled into one.

“You feel the energy here, everyone is so excited,” exulted Lawrence Jones, the “Fox & Friends” host who served as an emcee of the network’s celebratory coverage of President Trump’s military parade in Washington on Saturday. “When the president took the stage, you heard the people say ‘U.S.A., U.S.A.!’”

Mr. Jones was seated with his co-host, Emily Compagno, on a riser just above Constitution Avenue, as Abrams tanks rolled by and paratroopers swooped down from the sky. An on-screen fireworks graphic twinkled in the background. Their banter resembled the excitable “Today” show crew on NBC during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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