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Republican Candidate in Montana Special Election Attacks Reporter

jonjonaug said:
Front page of FoxNews.com

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I can't believe Fox is turning on him. They must have done the math and determined he was good to win so they could pretend to report news.

It hurts the GOP brand though.
 
Lord Frieza said:
I don't know if it's all that complicated. Even though Fox is Fox, they are reporters, too. I think a lot of those people, especially those doing the actual footwork on the ground, don't want to see that happen, because they probably are smart enough to know that when such precedents are set, it's not going to be far off that they're in the crossfire at some point.
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It's not the reporters who pick what makes the front page, however. Do you honestly believe if this were a less narrow race this would be on their front page?
 
This guy is a real true believer type. The type who thinks everyone who isn't him just didn't try hard enough. The scary kind.
 
hodayathink said:
For as in the tank for the GOP as Fox is, this makes sense for 2 reasons. One, this is a scoop they have that no one else does. That's important from a purely monetary/traffic perspective. And two, even though most people correctly don't believe it, this helps them keep up their whole "fair and balanced" BS. "See, we will call Republicans out when they deserve it!"
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I don't think every single person working for Fox is a pundit with an agenda, I think the guys who witnessed it, the field reporting staff, want the real truth to get out, and want the scoop they witnessed as well.

“It’s unfortunate that this aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist created this scene at our campaign volunteer BBQ.”
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It's great that Gianforte's staff try to blame the reporter only to have Fox's field team contradict their version of the events. Next time, make sure there are no witnesses dumbass.
 
Why isn't the Sheriff going after the guy? They had a victim saying the guy slammed him and 3 witnesses backing that up. What's the hold up?
 
Tranqueris said:
He wouldn't have to if they would just stop inviting them on there.
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Completely agree, but I doubt the hosts have control over who is on the panels. You can tell Don and Anderson in particular are completely over it at this point.
 
Mrbob said:
Why does CNN still pay for these Trump clowns to come on air.
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Entertainment value.

As [CNN Head Jeff] Zucker sees it, his pro-Trump panelists are not just spokespeople for a worldview; they are "characters in a drama," members of CNN's extended ensemble cast. "Everybody says, ‘Oh, I can't believe you have Jeffrey Lord or Kayleigh McEnany,' but you know what?" Zucker told me with some satisfaction. "They know who Jeffrey Lord and Kayleigh McEnany are."
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Arkeband said:
You mean pretending to be tired of Trump people for ratings as he heads home later with fat stacks of cash from all the drama they created.
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I mean of course they're getting paid for this but didn't Andy Coop have to apologize for calling out Lord? I don't think they actually like each other.
 
The fucking weirdest marketing for Far Cry 5 so far.

No but really. Politicians literally attacking the press lately is some fucking scary shit, and if this goes unpunished we might as well start the book burning rallies
 
Abraham Lincoln invented the chokeslam, so I guess regardless of their shifting platform since his day, it's a Republican tradition.
 
rjinaz said:
lol, I think the poster meant that it's insane he lied knowing there were witnesses in the room. Going to assume they thought they'd have their back since they were fox news people.
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Problem for him is that Fox News Ground Crews =\= The crazy pundits you see on TV.
 
Link said:
Completely agree, but I doubt the hosts have control over who is on the panels. You can tell Don and Anderson in particular are completely over it at this point.
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True. Wish they had the kind of pull where they could have them on the show because that's what CNN wants but then go on to completely ignore the hell out of them. But they probably love the ratings too and only Anderson Cooper could probably get away with doing that.
 
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