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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump vanquishes Roger Ailes: Fox News surrenders in battle of the bullies - By Joan Walsh
Trump spent the weekend savaging Fox and Megyn Kelly but it was the folks at who Fox waved the white flagJOAN WALSH
The most remarkable development in a wild political season isnt that Donald Trump is still leading in the polls. Its that he got in a fight with right-wing media titan Fox News and he seems to be winning, against all predictions.
Trump has survived brawls that would have killed other candidates, but his Fox feud was supposed to be different. He was supposed to be hurt by calling undocumented Mexican immigrants rapists and immigrants in his campaign kickoff. He wasnt. It cost him money, but gained him GOP supporters. There was widespread conviction that Trump would pay for attacking Sen. John McCains war record; the Washington Posts Dan Balz suggested it could be Trumps Waterloo. (I publicly said it wouldnt be.) It wasnt.
But there was near-consensus that Trump couldnt win a battle with Fox News, in the wake of his contentious debate performance on the network Thursday night. Trump immediately began battering the Fox hosts, particularly Megyn Kelly, and complaining about his treatment. It seemed a dangerous move. Donald Trump wont win a war against Fox News, Fivethirtyeight.coms Nate Silver predicted. To be honest, this time I wasnt sure.
But it looks like Silver was wrong, too. Not only has Trump remained at the top of the polls in the wake of his debate performance and Fox feud, that feud is over and Foxs Roger Ailes waved the white flag.
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http://www.salon.com/2015/08/11/donald_trump_vanquishes_roger_ailes_fox_news_surrenders_in_battle_of_the_bullies/
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Donald Trump vanquishes Roger Ailes: Fox News surrenders in battle of the bullies - By Joan Walsh (Original Post)
DonViejo
Aug 2015
OP
451 days to Election Day, plenty of time for more implosions before the final meltdown of
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#4
Hekate
(90,717 posts)1. More butter on that popcorn?
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)2. Lots more. The methed-up monkeys
Are now running the circus.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)4. 451 days to Election Day, plenty of time for more implosions before the final meltdown of
Fox and the GOP.
Trump, the accidental (maybe) GOP mirror, can not help but reflect who they all really are.
Initech
(100,081 posts)5. We're running low, time to go stock up asap!!!