Democratic Lawmaker Begs Fox News Hosts To Tell People The Truth, Like In Their Texts To Meadows

[UCmeNdc]

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the chair of the House rules committee, slammed Fox News hosts for publicly downplaying the attack at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 after privately pressuring former President Donald Trump to stop his rioting supporters.

“I think it’s notable that as of the start of the meeting, that there has been zero mentions on Fox News of their hosts’ texts to Mark Meadows,” McGovern said during a rules committee hearing Tuesday. “And that’s despite the fact that one of the hosts that texted him was live on the air all morning.”

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot revealed during a meeting Monday that Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Brian Kilmeade each reached out to then-White House chief of staff Meadows during the siege, imploring him to persuade Trump to do something to end the violence.

“I’m glad these hosts privately pushed to stop the violence on that awful day,” McGovern continued, “but what I’m upset about is what they’ve publicly said ever since: That what happened that day somehow wasn’t the fault of Donald Trump and his allies. That what happened really wasn’t a big deal. That all this is being overhyped.”

“This would be a good time for these hosts to use their platforms to tell the American people the truth, just like they were privately texting Mark Meadows the truth on that terrible day,” he said. “But I have to say that their silence is deafening.”


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-mcgovern-fox-hosts-texts_n_61b91533e4b0d17c785f0f77

[gab13by13]

1. Not going to happen,

McGovern needs to Google Fox v Monsanto. Courts have ruled that if a Fox reporter refuses to lie on TV, he/she can be fired.

[UCmeNdc]

2. FOX News propaganda is a powerful weapon for Donald Trump and his Republican party minions.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. Faux Snooze, Newsmax, OANN are the propaganda arm of the R party. nt

[MarineCombatEngineer]

3. And there's nothing the FCC can do to Faux,

there is no licensing for cable and the FCC is forbidden to regulate content on cable.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

9. We need to make laws so it can be regulated???

[MarineCombatEngineer]

12. Absolutely not!!!!!

Cable, Satellite and Internet are all paid venues, therefore, if you don't want to watch it, then don't pay for it.

I like the wide openness of those venues and I would oppose any effort to regulate them, especially if and when the R's regain control of the Govt.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

13. Absolutely!!!!!!!!! No we are forced to pay for Fox

regardless if we "turn it off". Regulation is not a bad thing, look at the Banking Crisis due to lack of regulation

[MarineCombatEngineer]

15. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this issue.

[Mr. Ected]

5. Our campaign ads need to constantly juxtapose their text messages vs. the on-air statements

Over and over and over again.

We need to defeat FOX. We have the goods on them and more will surely follow.

Americans need to see that the news they think they're getting isn't news at all. I'm sure most won't care. But some will. It starts with a trickle and ends in a flood.

[UCmeNdc]

6. The media "Fairness Doctrine" needs to be reinstated as a law.

That concept saved the United States from fascism for decades. Bring it back. It served a very vital purpose to save democracy.

[Lovie777]

7. Agreed 100% . . . .

[Mary in S. Carolina]

10. Agreed

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. The FD would have no impact on cable,

the FCC has no content authority over cable, satellite or internet.

[ck4829]

11. Stop begging, start demanding. You're the lawmaker, make some laws.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

14. Amen!