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- Steve Bannon criticized Fox News in a CPAC speech that got a standing ovation.
- The speech marked a widening rift between Fox News and the MAGA movement.
- Fox News bosses criticized Trump while promoting his election fraud claims, court papers show.
Steve Bannon, an ally of Donald Trump, has dramatically escalated the conflict between the former president's MAGA movement and the conservative Fox News network.
In a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday, Bannon mocked the network's owner, Rupert Murdoch, and accused the media mogul of trying to stymie Trump's bid to be elected president again in 2024.