Well sure, but do you think Fox News wasn't already going as hard as they could? Were they really rewarding the ACA we got versus a hypothetical public option by hammering it slightly less hard?
Yes, that's basically their corporate charter in a nutshell. Fox News was founded to limit the damage that a future Watergate Committee could do. Later, the Republicans realized it was much more useful than that. It gives them a fulcrum to move the Overton Window by dragging wedge issues into the limelight and making sure they stay there.
