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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Apr 13, 2018, 12:09 PM Apr 2018

'Fox and Friends' asks if Trump should bomb Syria Would be a 'bigger story' than Comey's book

By DAVID BADASHAPRIL 13, 20189:55 AM

"Fox and Friends" co-host Ainsley Earhardt Friday morning appeared to suggest that President Donald Trump should bomb Syria to distract from the news coverage of Jim Comey's book.

"If the President and France and the U.K. decide to strike Syria, don't you think that story would be a bigger story than Comey's book that's released on Tuesday?" Earhardt, in the video below, asks fellow Fox News commentator Geraldo Rivera.

This certainly seems like Fox News strategizing on foreign and domestic policy for an audience of one – and advocating for military action during which many would be killed, possibly including U.S. service members, all to draw attention away from a book that's unflattering to the Commander-in-Chief who would order the strike.

President Trump is known to watch the cable TV news shows for some say 8 hours a day, and Fox News by far the most. Wednesday night Trump tweeted to his supporters to watch Fox News' "Hannity" that night, presumably to see Sean Hannity's unwavering defense of Trump.

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'Fox and Friends' asks if Trump should bomb Syria Would be a 'bigger story' than Comey's book (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2018 OP

Eh, why not? gratuitous Apr 2018 #1

Maybe, maybe not. I'm not so sure Americans care all that much about Syria - The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #2

I guess cutting into running local car chases to fill time/ignore news just isn't doing it. -nt poboy2 Apr 2018 #3

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

1. Eh, why not?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 12:16 PM

Apr 2018

I mean, what's the big deal about doing a bombing run, anyway? It's not like there are any rules about that, and it will make for some swell footage. And Fox will make sure it bumps any inconvenient stories for President Trump totally off the air.

Isn't it nice that Fox advises the president to commit a crime against humanity as a way of manipulating the news cycle? This is totally normal and fine!

The Velveteen Ocelot

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2. Maybe, maybe not. I'm not so sure Americans care all that much about Syria -

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 12:29 PM

Apr 2018

at least not the #MAGA crowd. (And Trump didn't want to admit refugees from Syria but now he pretends to care about gassed Syrian children.) Regardless, it's despicable to even suggest bombing another country in order to take attention away from a domestic scandal - but despicable is how Fox rolls.

And weren't they all in a tizzy of outrage when Clinton ordered the bombing of a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan not long after Bill's dalliance with Monica Lewinski came to light?

poboy2

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3. I guess cutting into running local car chases to fill time/ignore news just isn't doing it. -nt

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 12:36 PM

Apr 2018

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