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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 05:14 PM Oct 2019

Trump called Fox News' CEO to complain about unfair coverage

Fed up with the coverage on his favorite cable news station, President Trump decided late this summer that a direct intervention was needed. So he telephoned the chief executive of Fox News, Suzanne Scott, and let loose.

In a lengthy conversation, Mr. Trump complained that Fox News was not covering him fairly, according to three people with knowledge of the call. Ms. Scott, who has led the cable network since last year, responded by urging Mr. Trump to sit for an interview with Bret Baier, the channel’s chief political anchor, the people said.

If the conversation placated Mr. Trump — who has taken to calling Fox News “HOPELESS & CLUELESS!” — his public statements in the weeks afterward did not show it. Irked by their reporting, he taunted the Fox News anchor Shepard Smith, who resigned from the network on Friday, and its chief national correspondent, Ed Henry. He declared that the Fox News pollsters “suck” after they found majority support for impeachment and openly pined for the network’s “good old days.”

“Fox News doesn’t deliver for US anymore,” Mr. Trump tweeted last week.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/business/media/trump-fox-news.html?action=click&auth=link-dismiss-google1tap&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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Trump called Fox News' CEO to complain about unfair coverage (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 OP
Let's hope the NYT doesn't fill that void. NoMoreRepugs Oct 2019 #1
They have a right wing hack that writes opinion pieces kimbutgar Oct 2019 #2
Well dressed Breitbart irisblue Oct 2019 #7
Didn't the "attorney general" meet with Murdoch last week in private? superpatriotman Oct 2019 #3
What a whiny baby snowflake. tanyev Oct 2019 #4
At the gym today I saw F&F reporting on an doc03 Oct 2019 #5
So he wants them to fudge his poll numbers?... spanone Oct 2019 #6

kimbutgar

(21,153 posts)
2. They have a right wing hack that writes opinion pieces
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 05:23 PM
Oct 2019

It was mentioned on Joy Reid show yesterday. I can’t remember the guys name though.

doc03

(35,338 posts)
5. At the gym today I saw F&F reporting on an
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 06:21 PM
Oct 2019

Ohio poll of independents condemning Democrats for impeachment investigations. Meanwhile CNN was reporting about the slauter in Syria and the COP murder in Texas. They either don't report real news or just outright lie to protect Trump.

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