Daybreak with Jason Jones (92.5 FOX News WFSX)
Daybreak with Jason Jones offers a center-leaning perspective with a strong focus on Florida politics and conservative figures.
What This Tone Is Based On
The tone scores on this page come from analyzing how this show covers each political figure it mentions. Below is the breakdown of how many of those reads were positive, neutral, or negative.
Net media tone Neutral across 1,980 figure-in-episode tone reads (not audience/impressions).
That average is a partisan split, not genuine neutrality — 40% of reads are positive and 36% negative, and they cancel to the middle.
How Daybreak with Jason Jones (92.5 FOX News WFSX) Differs from Other Shows
Compared to 220 outlets · Sep 2025–Aug 2026This show's average tone sits near the field, but its coverage is far more split by figure. It rates Karoline Leavitt +0.47 above the media average on the figures it favors and Zohran Mamdani -0.45 below it on the ones it criticizes — a 0.92-point gap between its most favorable and most critical coverage that a typical outlet doesn't show.
- Karoline Leavitt+0.47more favorable vs. other showsShow↑ +0.54Other shows↗ +0.07174 eps
- Pete Hegseth+0.46more favorable vs. other showsShow↑ +0.43Other shows→ -0.0323 eps
- JD Vance+0.46more favorable vs. other showsShow↑ +0.47Other shows→ +0.0172 eps
- Zohran Mamdani-0.45more critical vs. other showsShow⤓ -0.52Other shows→ -0.0728 eps
- Tom Homan+0.43more favorable vs. other showsShow↑ +0.57Other shows↑ +0.1412 eps
- J.B. Pritzker-0.42more critical vs. other showsShow⤓ -0.62Other shows↓ -0.2010 eps
- Bernie Sanders-0.39more critical vs. other showsShow⤓ -0.43Other shows→ -0.0423 eps
- Gavin Newsom-0.37more critical vs. other showsShow⤓ -0.56Other shows↓ -0.1841 eps
- Jasmine Crockett-0.37more critical vs. other showsShow⤓ -0.54Other shows↓ -0.1624 eps
- Mike Johnson+0.37more favorable vs. other showsShow↑ +0.41Other shows→ +0.0416 eps
Delta = this show's tone toward the figure minus the average across all 220 other tracked outlets that covered them ≥3 times, Sep 2025–Aug 2026.
Positive = friendlier here; negative = harsher.
Editorial Identity
The editorial fingerprint of this center local news show — who it elevates, who it goes after, and where it breaks from the pack.
Daybreak with Jason Jones is a local news show that leans center-right, with a particular emphasis on Florida's political landscape. The show frequently covers state and national political figures, often providing supportive coverage of conservative leaders like Ron DeSantis and Karoline Leavitt. It tends to focus on policy and character, with a notable interest in issues such as taxes, immigration, and the economy. The show operates with a mix of policy analysis and character-driven narratives, often highlighting the implications of political actions and decisions.
The show champions conservative figures, notably offering favorable coverage of Ron DeSantis, Karoline Leavitt, and JD Vance. It also provides a more positive portrayal of Donald Trump Jr., Dan Bongino, and Pete Hegseth compared to the broader media landscape. Issues like taxes, immigration, and national security receive significant attention, often framed in a manner that aligns with conservative viewpoints.
Daybreak with Jason Jones is critical of several Democratic figures, including Ilhan Omar, Chuck Schumer, and Gavin Newsom. The show often scrutinizes these figures in the context of government ethics and corruption, as well as rule of law and government weaponization. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Tim Walz are also frequent targets of criticism, often discussed in relation to their political actions and stances.
Distinctively, the show over-covers tax-related issues, with a lift of 3.75 times the average, indicating a strong editorial focus on fiscal policy. It also provides a more favorable view of certain conservative media personalities and political figures than the broader media, setting it apart in its portrayal of figures like Donald Trump Jr. and Dan Bongino. This framing suggests an editorial stance that is more supportive of conservative policies and personalities than the average media outlet.
Who Daybreak with Jason Jones (92.5 FOX News WFSX) boosts and attacks
Tracked figures split by this show's average tone toward them, each with the clips behind the call — tap a quote to jump to the audio.
Daybreak with Jason Jones (92.5 FOX News WFSX) is a reliable ally to Karoline Leavitt, Ron DeSantis, JD Vance; its prime targets are Ilhan Omar, Chuck Schumer, Gavin Newsom.
“Ron DeSantis said that Florida's going to start testing flying cars by the end of the year, and he did it up in Polk County.”
“Boy, Ron DeSantis, he was on with Life, Liberty, and Levine. Hey, let me ask you a question. Is he politicking for another one, Rob? Do you think he's politicking for the next job? Do you think he is setting himself up?”
“When Ron DeSantis goes out there and he tells everyone, hey, look, this is what you need to know and this is what's going on. Stop writing those checks. And then you stop writing those checks. You might get real reform.”
“Karoline Leavitt has been maybe the greatest White House press secretary in the last 30 years at least. She's been nothing short of brilliant.”
“Her departure is unexpected and sad for all of us. As we, as conservatives, love what Karoline Leavitt has done.”
“It's good to have Karoline Leavitt back. She's ready to. She's singing heat. She's been slinging heat ever since she got back.”
“Vice President JD Vance said he learned a lot from watching and listening to Senator Graham that he was impossible not to like.”
“JD Vance had great things to say about Lindsey Graham.”
“JD Vance isn't going to lose if he runs. He won't even lose to a Democrat. He's running this thing. He's going to win it.”
“Every time I talk to Senator Rick Scott, he is on it. He's amazing guy. I love him too. He calls here on a regular basis, just out of blue.”
“Just for the record, you don't have to call Rick Scott. He's on board. I'm sure Ashley Booty's on board as well as all true Floridians stand for voter ID.”
“I'm with Senator Rick Scott. You shut it down at any angle at all, then the lawmakers don't get paid.”
“I'd vote for Marco Rubio over anybody that's out there right now other than Wes Moore or Josh Shapiro.”
“When you hear that Marco Rubio has the ability to cross the aisle and pull people over, you start going, wait a second, do we want Marco Rubio?”
“Marco Rubio handed it to everyone who had a question about this operation. Every news source to hit him up, he schooled Welker on meet the press. I was like, yeah! And this is what he did.”
“Sean Hannity, 3 to 5 on 925 Fox News, right all along.”
“Sean Hannity, getting it right from three to five. The walls are literally collapsing on Eric Swalwell. It keeps getting worse.”
“And even Sean Hannity was there who points out one of the big, big attendees.”
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running for president. That is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saying that, you know, hey, I'm not ruling it out. She's 100% running.”
“when I think about Ilhan Omar, when I think about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, when I think about the majority of Democrats, I think of somebody who gets up every day and hates America.”
“you at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could have both kicked rocks and not been there. There was nobody there that wanted to see any one of the Democrats”
“Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work. These aren't people that say, let's go, come on, let's make this place great. These are people that do nothing but complain.”
“If we find a way to get Ilhan Omar out of office, we should do that right away.”
“Ilhan Omar is not only anti-American. She's not American. And she sits in and makes laws for America. She's not an American. And she makes laws for America.”
“But Chuck Schumer, no one respects you. The definition of a lying scumbag politician, that is you.”
“It knows I hate Chuck Schumer. It knows that. So I see so much Chuck Schumer in my ex feed. It just makes me so mad.”
“Chuck Schumer, number one.”
“So F you Gavin Newsom because Gavin Newsom made this go.”
“Gavin Newsom signed this loophole field, loophole, he signed this loophole. He made this happen.”
“that moron in California, who I can't stand with that quaffed hair and that stupid face, Gavin Newsom. I can't stand the guy.”
“Nancy Pelosi isn't that rich. There's a lot of things we can do to secure the election. Like, yeah, pass the Save America Act. Require voter ID? The fact that you're worried that we... Let me, let me say, let me talk about the hypocrisy of this because this is my most rich moment of the day. Nancy Pelosi is worried about us, Republicans, getting into the technology and cheating the count.”
“I haven't trusted Nancy Pelosi in 100 years. And yeah, she's been in Congress that long.”
“maybe we should say it actually is Nancy Pelosi because her pockets are fat. She fed those fat pockets.”
“When did you ever, ever see Kamala Harris behind that podium filling in for somebody that was sick or filling in for the press secretary? No, they never did that.”
“Cape Parkway backed up again. Must be another Kamala Harris voter. They get lost easily.”
“Nancy Pelosi must be drinking from the same thing that Kamala Harris is drinking from. She sounds hammered, Kamala Harris sounds hammered.”
Coverage Volume
Transcribed episodes per week — last 26 weeks
Sentiment Trajectory
Average weekly tone toward figures — green favorable, red critical
Near-zero tone here is a polarized average — this show boosts one side and attacks the other, which cancels to the middle.
Whose coverage is ramping up — and dropping
New attack lines forming: Anthony Fauci (1→12 eps, tone -0.62) and Abdul El-Sayed (0→6 eps, tone -0.48). Cooling on Graham Platner, Sean Hannity, Mitch McConnell.
“Across N days” = distinct days behind the recent count; a single burst means it’s concentrated in ≤2 days — treat as one story, not a trend.
Top Issues Daybreak with Jason Jones (92.5 FOX News WFSX) drives
Top Issues ranked by lift — how much harder this show pushes an issue than the average outlet. ≥ 1.25× over-indexes.
Daybreak with Jason Jones (92.5 FOX News WFSX) pushes Education hardest — 3.7× the average outlet's rate of coverage.
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