--- title: Seth Meyers on Trump, Fox News, Bill O'Reilly VIDEO description: Seth Meyers is clearly not a fan of the relationship that has developed between President Donald Trump and Fox News. canonical: https://time.com/4728593/seth-meyers-trump-fox-news-bill-o-reilly/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-06T15:13:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:35.552Z og:title: Seth Meyers Slams Trump's 'Symbiotic Relationship' With Fox News og:description: "Fox is basically the closest thing we have to state TV" og:url: https://time.com/4728593/seth-meyers-trump-fox-news-bill-o-reilly/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Seth Meyers Slams Trump's 'Symbiotic Relationship' With Fox News twitter:description: "Fox is basically the closest thing we have to state TV" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Seth Meyers Slams Trump's 'Symbiotic Relationship' With Fox News  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 6, 2017 3:13 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 6, 2017 3:13 PM UTC [Seth Meyers](http://time.com/4720533/seth-meyers-on-trump-approval-ratings/) is clearly not a fan of the nature of the relationship he says has developed between [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4727349/syria-chemical-weapons-trump-reaction/) and [Fox News](http://motto.time.com/4722995/fox-news-roger-ailes-julie-roginsky-sexual-harassment-suit/). During the “A Closer Look” segment of Wednesday’s _Late Night_ episode, the host gave his take on what has spurred the network’s “sycophantic coverage” of the current administration. “They give \[Trump\] glowing, unquestioning coverage and in return, he gives them unparalleled access,” he said, later adding, “So Fox is basically the closest thing we have to state TV. In fact, the relationship between Trump and Fox News has turned into something of a mutual appreciation society, where they heap praise on one another.” Meyers then slammed Trump’s defense of Fox News anchor [Bill O’Reilly](http://time.com/4722035/fox-news-bill-oreilly-lawsuits/) in the wake of a [_New York Times_ report](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/business/media/bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment-fox-news.html?%5Fr=1) that revealed payouts he made to settle [allegations of sexual harassment](http://time.com/4724383/fox-news-misconduct-lawsuits/) and other inappropriate behavior. Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4728593/seth-meyers-trump-fox-news-bill-o-reilly/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4728593/seth-meyers-trump-fox-news-bill-o-reilly/"},"headline":"Seth Meyers Slams Trump's 'Symbiotic Relationship' With Fox News","datePublished":"2017-04-06T15:13:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:35.552Z","description":"\"Fox is basically the closest thing we have to state TV\"","url":"https://time.com/4728593/seth-meyers-trump-fox-news-bill-o-reilly/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","politics","Seth Meyers","Late Night with Seth Meyers","TV","Donald Trump","Late Night Television","bill o'reilly","fox news"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4728593/seth-meyers-trump-fox-news-bill-o-reilly/","name":"Seth Meyers Slams Trump's 'Symbiotic Relationship' With Fox News"}}]}] ```