President Trump lashed out at Fox News on election night, attacking the network's personalities, polling and coverage as voters awaited midterm election results.

Why it matters: Trump, who has repeatedly dined with Fox News patriarch Rupert Murdoch and hired talent from the network, has come to expect favorable coverage. But Fox's editorial decisions this election cycle suggest it isn't always willing to oblige.

The latest: Under the shadow of a burgeoning blue wave, Trump wrote minutes before midnight Tuesday that "FoxNews [sic] bears responsibility for these losses by constantly and consistently putting on the Dumocrat opposition, and worse."

But he then participated in a live interview with Fox anchors into the early hours of Wednesday.

Driving the news: Trump began the night by criticizing Jessica Tarlov, a Fox co-host and Democratic strategist, saying he'd "go somewhere else" until she was off the air.

He reportedly went so far as to text her co-host, Greg Gutfeld, to complain.

His ire then turned…