Right now they're State TV. Disinformation and conspiracy theories are amplified by them on a daily basis. They need to hold on to their base which is pretty much the President's base. The only way they hold on is by minimizing the incompetence of POTUS and then projecting all his terrible qualities to the Dems. The base buys it hook, line and sinker because they're preconditioned and predisposed to believing this propaganda. This is not just my opinion but shared by most people in the country. They were pulled off the air in the UK for the same shenanigans, but in the US they have their own party and President running rough shod.
it's pretty clear that trump thinks he can win with just the far white vote - he's committed to pandering completely to that one demographic and believes there's enough of them to win
it will be depressing if that does turn out to be the case and will be an indictment of white america