{"id":2031838,"date":"2023-09-14T13:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-touts-hiring-of-youngest-black-co-host-in-cable-news-as-network-signs-lawrence-jones\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T13:57:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:57:05","slug":"fox-news-touts-hiring-of-youngest-black-co-host-in-cable-news-as-network-signs-lawrence-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-touts-hiring-of-youngest-black-co-host-in-cable-news-as-network-signs-lawrence-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News hires Lawrence Jones as the youngest black co-host in cable news."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffox-news-touts-hiring-of-youngest-black-co-host-in-cable-news-as-network-signs-lawrence-jones%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2031838&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Fox \u200cNews Touts Hiring\u2064 of &#8216;Youngest Black \u2062Co-Host\u200b in Cable News&#8217; as Network Signs Lawrence Jones<\/h2>\n<p>Fox\u200b News is claiming it has achieved a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-touts-hiring-of-youngest-black-co-host-in-cable-news-as-network-signs-lawrence-jones\/\" title=\"Fox News hires Lawrence Jones as the youngest black co-host in cable news.\">major diversity achievement<\/a>\u200b in its latest \u200caddition to the hosts of \u2064\u201cFox &#038;\u2062 Friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/lawrence-jones-joins-fox-friends-permanent-basis-im-so-grateful-humbled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> announced on\u200d Thursday that Lawrence Jones will join the \u2063show as one of \u2062its co-hosts beginning Monday. The show, which currently includes co-hosts Steve \u2063Doocy, Ainsley\u200d Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade, airs from 6 a.m. \u200dto\u2063 9 a.m.\u200d on\u200c weekdays.<\/p>\n<p>In announcing the change, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/geraldo-rivera-makes-stunning-admission-fox-news-new-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox<\/a> proclaimed, \u201cAt 30 years old, Jones is the youngest black co-host in cable news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox \u2064also trumpeted that\u2062 when \u201cLawrence Jones Cross Country\u201d began last \u200cyear, Jones, who was 29 at the time,\u200d \u201cbecame the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unfiltered-with-dan-bongino-dominates-third-quarter-is-most-watched-saturday-show\/\" title=\"\"Unfiltered With Dan Bongino\" Dominates Third Quarter, Is Most-Watched Saturday Show\">youngest black solo host<\/a> on \u2062cable news.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why is Fox calling \u2064out\u2064 that \u2062he\u2019s\u2063 black?!? Why \u200dare they so wOkE?!!?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 MAGAs everywhere<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John \u200bConway (@jco871) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jco871\/status\/1702312249770045588?\">September 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jones said he was looking forward to \u2064the\u200b new\u200b gig.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like when it comes to the\u200b couch, you\u200c really feel \u200bAmerica. We \u200chave this\u2062 incredible\u2063 opportunity to represent our audience every single \u2064day on the couch,\u2063 and \u200dI\u2019m so grateful,\u2064 humbled. I\u2019m going\u200b to learn\u200d a lot from\u200d you all,\u200d and it\u2019s going \u2064to be \u200ba fun ride,\u201d\u200b he said.<\/p>\n<h3>Are you still loyal to \u2064Fox News?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Completing \u2063this \u200cpoll entitles you to The Western Journal news \u200cupdates free\u200b of charge. \u200bYou may opt\u2062 out at any\u200d time. You \u2064also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jones said Fox has been an integral \u2064part of his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored to become a part of the cable \u200bnews legacy Fox News has created\u2064 with \u2018Fox &#038;\u2062 Friends,\u2019 \u200cthe very \u2064show\u2063 where \u2064I made my first-ever\u2064 national television appearance.\u2062 It\u200b is truly a privilege\u2063 to inform our audience every day and I \u2064can\u2019t wait\u200c to \u2062do\u200d so each\u2063 morning,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-personalitys-brother-killed-chicago-host-goes-war-lightfoot-personally-air\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jones<\/a> first \u2063connected with Fox News in\u2062 2018 and \u2062will remain a \u201cFox &#038; Friends\u201d enterprise reporter, a role\u200c he assumed in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLawrence Jones \u200bCross Country\u201d will be replaced\u2064 in the\u2063 9 p.m. Saturday slot\u2063 by \u201cOne Nation with Brian Kilmeade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Senior\u200b Vice President of morning programming Gavin Hadden said\u200d Jones \u201chas \u2064his finger on the\u200c pulse of what matters to\u200b communities across America and \u200dhis insight \u2063has proved invaluable\u200c to the \u2018Fox \u200d&#038;\u200c Friends\u2019 audience. We look forward to welcoming \u200bhim to our family as he wakes up America\u2062 alongside our star co-hosts each morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones\u2062 has said that in \u200chis career, he has relied on advice from Fox host\u200b Sean Hannity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHannity told me when \u200dI\u200c first got into\u2062 this\u2062 business, \u2018Just be \u200dL.J,\u2019\u201d Jones said last year.<\/p>\n<p>A report last month from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/tvnewser\/here-are-cable-news-ratings-for-august-2023\/536968\/#:~:text=According%20to%20Nielsen%20live%20plus,on%20all%20of%20basic%20cable.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AdWeek<\/a> noted that while Fox News \u2064remained on \u200ctop in basic cable ratings for August, it faces\u200c some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/numbers-trump-tucker-team-beat-fox-news-viewership-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worrying trends<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that compared with August 2022, Fox News was down 21 percent\u2062 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ratings-crash-cnn-falls-out-of-cables-top-5-networks-in-prime-time\/\" title=\"RATINGS CRASH: CNN Falls Out Of Cable\u2019s Top 5 Networks In Prime Time\">total daytime viewers<\/a> and down 32 percent in the 25-54 age range coveted \u200bby advertisers.<\/p>\n<p>AdWeek said that year-over-year data showed that in prime time, Fox\u2062 News \u2062had\u2062 dropped \u206313 percent from \u200bAugust 2022 to August 23 and \u200cdropped \u200d19 percent in the 25-54 age bracket.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-touts-hiring-youngest-black-co-host-cable-news-network-signs-lawrence-jones\/\">Fox News \u2062Touts Hiring of &#8216;Youngest Black Co-Host in Cable News&#8217; as Network Signs Lawrence Jones<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News proudly announced that Lawrence Jones will join the co-hosts of &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; on Monday, marking a significant step towards diversity. Alongside Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade, Jones will contribute to the show&#8217;s dynamic lineup. Tune in to catch the latest episodes on Fox News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2031839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}