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packman

(16,296 posts) Wed Oct 17, 2018, 11:55 AM Oct 2018

Pigs DO FLY - Is Fox News throwing him under the bus?

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Pigs DO FLY - Is Fox News throwing him under the bus? (Original Post) packman Oct 2018 OP

Revenge of the Social Media Interns violetpastille Oct 2018 #1

Fox News Research has to be a troll account. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2018 #2

Those are two posts but I don't think Fox News research retweeted theirs after Trump's. Maraya1969 Oct 2018 #3

The Fox News post is timestamped 1 hour after Trumpy's Gregory Peccary Oct 2018 #4

Fox News Research tecelote Oct 2018 #5

A large share of Fox is owned by a Saudi billionaire who was arrested last year by MbS. BadgerMom Oct 2018 #6

That cannot be a real FOX account. It says research. bitterross Oct 2018 #7

I am of the opinion that either more than one person runs the Fox News Research account, or -Steph- Oct 2018 #8

violetpastille

(1,483 posts)

1. Revenge of the Social Media Interns

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 12:05 PM

Oct 2018

Nice!

OAITW r.2.0

(24,570 posts)

2. Fox News Research has to be a troll account.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 12:05 PM

Oct 2018

We all know that research isn't conducted at Fox News. But it is effective messaging....

Maraya1969

(22,495 posts)

3. Those are two posts but I don't think Fox News research retweeted theirs after Trump's.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 12:06 PM

Oct 2018

I checked it out after I couldn't click on it. Both posts exist but are not connected

Gregory Peccary

(490 posts)

4. The Fox News post is timestamped 1 hour after Trumpy's

Reply to Maraya1969 (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 02:22 PM

Oct 2018

Hard to believe Fox News has a research dept.

tecelote

(5,122 posts)

5. Fox News Research

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 02:32 PM

Oct 2018

Now there's an oxymoron if I've ever heard one.

BadgerMom

(2,771 posts)

6. A large share of Fox is owned by a Saudi billionaire who was arrested last year by MbS.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 02:36 PM

Oct 2018

Word is Jared gave up the guy’s name based US intel reports he’d seen. The billionaire was held and had to pay for his release. Alwaleed bin Talal is the guy’s name.

bitterross

(4,066 posts)

7. That cannot be a real FOX account. It says research.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 02:43 PM

Oct 2018

It has to be someone trolling. I mean really - Research? Fox doesn't do research. They do gossip, lies and innuendo.

-Steph-

(409 posts)

8. I am of the opinion that either more than one person runs the Fox News Research account, or

Reply to packman (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 02:45 PM

Oct 2018

whoever tweeted that got in trouble, because hours after the original tweet... this one was posted, as if to make up for the earlier one:

"Saudi Arabia
- importance to the U.S.
•U.S. startups: Largest single funding source
•U.S crude oil: 2nd-largest source of U.S. imports
•Past 25 years: Exported 12 billion barrels of oil to the U.S.
•Biggest buyer of U.S. arms/weapons
•Counterweight to Iran"

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