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JonLP24

(29,354 posts) Sun Sep 1, 2019, 03:54 AM Sep 2019

"Destructive propaganda machine": How current and former staffers have ripped into Fox News

This is a long read so well worth reading beyond the 4 paragraphs.

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Fox’s Mueller coverage makes the network look “like an extension of the Trump White House”

Fox staffers told CNN that the network’s coverage was “absurd” and “laughable.” In October 2017, following the revelation that a grand jury had indicted two top Trump campaign staffers as part of Mueller’s probe, Fox devoted less airtime to the revelations than the other networks and repeatedly questioned the special counsel’s credibility. Fox staffers commented anonymously on the situation, telling CNN’s Oliver Darcy:

“I’m watching now and screaming. … I want to quit.”

“It is another blow to journalists at Fox who come in every day wanting to cover the news in a fair and objective way. … Fox feels like an extension of the Trump White House.”

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Promotion of Seth Rich conspiracy theory was “embarrassing” and “heartless”

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Network staffers slam Hannity to The Daily Beast for “embarrassing” Fox. The Daily Beast’s Andrew Kirell and Asawin Suebsaeng spoke to “nearly a dozen reporters, pundits, and hosts inside Fox News who all conveyed the same sentiment: Hannity is ‘embarrassing’ the network, and the promotion of the Rich conspiracy theory is senselessly cruel to a grieving family.” According to the report, “Several of the network’s opinion pundits expressed disgust at the conspiracy theorizing, using words like ‘absurd’ and ‘unhinged’ to describe Hannity’s antics.” Other quotes from Fox sources included:

“ARE WE STILL AIRING THAT SHIT?!”
“The other reporters I’ve talked to [about this] are similarly pissed about the whole thing. … Some find it embarrassing, others downright heartless [to spread this]. ... It’s just gross.”
“I mean, have you seen some of the stuff we put on air?” [The Daily Beast, 5/23/17]

Staffers to CNN: “People need to start getting canned,” but no one is held accountable at Fox.

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/destructive-propaganda-machine-how-current-and-former-staffers-have-ripped-fox-news

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"Destructive propaganda machine": How current and former staffers have ripped into Fox News (Original Post) JonLP24 Sep 2019 OP

So why are those staffers still at Fox? vlyons Sep 2019 #1

"wittingly harming our system of government for profit" Mike 03 Sep 2019 #2

More... Colonel Ralph Peters: Mike 03 Sep 2019 #3

Ok, this one just made me laugh: "journalists at fox" Merlot Sep 2019 #4

Seriously. Anyone who says that is either an idiot or a liar. sharedvalues Sep 2019 #6

If you work at Fox you're complicit sharedvalues Sep 2019 #5

If you work for Murdoch you're harming America sharedvalues Sep 2019 #7

ridiculous Skittles Sep 2019 #8

vlyons

(10,252 posts)

1. So why are those staffers still at Fox?

Reply to JonLP24 (Original post)

Sun Sep 1, 2019, 06:53 AM

Sep 2019

They should quit.

Mike 03

(17,326 posts)

2. "wittingly harming our system of government for profit"

Reply to JonLP24 (Original post)

Sun Sep 1, 2019, 08:09 AM

Sep 2019

That's a powerful way of reducing Fox News to its bare bones: in other words, it's unpatriotic at best and treasonous at worst.

Mike 03

(17,326 posts)

3. More... Colonel Ralph Peters:

Reply to JonLP24 (Original post)

Sun Sep 1, 2019, 08:19 AM

Sep 2019

When prime-time hosts--who have never served our country in any capacity--dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as [then-special counsel] Robert Mueller--all the while scaremongering with lurid warnings of ‘deep-state’ machinations--I cannot be part of the same organization, even at a remove. To me, Fox News is now wittingly harming our system of government for profit.

Fantastic story. It is only regrettable this story didn't appear in the Post or the NYT, where it would be certain to be seen and discussed by many.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)

4. Ok, this one just made me laugh: "journalists at fox"

Reply to JonLP24 (Original post)

Sun Sep 1, 2019, 10:06 AM

Sep 2019

“It is another blow to journalists at Fox who come in every day wanting to cover the news in a fair and objective way. … Fox feels like an extension of the Trump White House.”

Those journalists working at fox who expect to "cover the news in a fair and objective way" aren't very good journalists or they might have noticed that that's not how things are done at fox. And yes, the rest of the world DOES think of fox as an extension of the trumpft administration.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

6. Seriously. Anyone who says that is either an idiot or a liar.

Reply to Merlot (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 1, 2019, 11:25 AM

Sep 2019

“Useful idiot” doesn’t just apply to the GOP base
voter.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

5. If you work at Fox you're complicit

Reply to JonLP24 (Original post)

Sun Sep 1, 2019, 11:24 AM

Sep 2019

And everyone has known this since 1996 when Fox was founded. All you needed to do is look at Murdoch’s history in Australia, UK, at NY Post to know what Fox was about—

Destroying America to advance Murdoch’s political agenda.

Fox employees need to quit and then go public. Get on CNN and talk about it.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

7. If you work for Murdoch you're harming America

Reply to JonLP24 (Original post)

Sun Sep 1, 2019, 11:26 AM

Sep 2019

Maybe that’s a better way to put it.

Lachlan Murdoch and his dad should be ostracized. And no patriotic American should work for them, or watch Fox.

Skittles

(160,236 posts)

8. ridiculous

Reply to JonLP24 (Original post)

Sun Sep 1, 2019, 05:30 PM

Sep 2019

you only have to watch Faux News for FIVE MINUTES to figure out they are rightwing whores - who do these so-called ethical journalists think they are fooling?

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