He added: “With the rise of Donald Trump, Fox did become a destructive propaganda machine.”

Then after noting that the primetime hosts are “attacking the rule of order” and “the rule of law,” he insisted “they are doing it for ratings and profit…Knowingly in my view doing a grave, grave disserve to our country.”

Cooper then asked the self-avowed conservative if the Fox News hosts actually believed in the Deep State they so often rail about on their shows.

“I suspect Sean Hannity really believes it, the others are smarter, they know what they are doing.”