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Posted: 2019-03-04T16:52:40Z | Updated: 2019-03-04T20:27:46Z

President Donald Trump ranks Fox News reporters based on their perceived loyalty to him, according to a New Yorker report published Monday that details the presidents cozy relationship with the cable news network.

Trump has told confidants that he rates Fox News personalities on a scale of 1 to 10, The New Yorkers Jane Mayer wrote in her eye-opening essay titled The Making Of The Fox News White House.

Trump gave Fox News host Sean Hannity , arguably the presidents loudest cheerleader in the media, a perfect 10, according to Mayer. Reportedly outshining Hannitys allegiance with a score of 12 is Steve Doocy, a co-host of Fox & Friends, the morning talk show Trump seemingly loves to live-tweet as he watches.

Trump isnt as enamored with Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier though, who has been known to hold some Republicans feet to the fire from time to time. The president only gave him a 6, Mayer wrote.

Head over to The New Yorker to read Mayers full report .

The affinity between Trump and Fox News is no secret. But in her roughly 11,000-word essay, Mayer outlines how the cable news network unapologetically devolved into a platform for conspiracy theories and pro-Trump propaganda.

Trump has something no other President in American history has ever had at his disposala servile propaganda operation, Jerry Taylor, co-founder of the moderate think tank Niskanen Center, told Mayer.