I agree about the latter, he's a centrist Democrat at best, but he's got a lot at stake directly opposing the Trump administration on their latest actions as the US slips into dictatorship, and I'd hardly call that cowardice.
Is It just me, or is this a very badly written article? I read it twice and it makes no sense to me. I understand the article is trying to day fix say fox news it's trying to be manipulative, but it's not clear in what way based on what is written. No context is provided. They mention the time the call takes, in Newsom's and Trump's local times like that helps when we don't know when the fox segment airs, nor when Trump's claim of calling newsom.