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global1

(25,246 posts)
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 03:55 AM Feb 2017

How Is Fox News Covering The Flynn Resignation Story?.......

It seems to me that they must have some talking points out already. I wonder if they are making Flynn a scapegoat to make 45Pee and Pence look good? or are they tracing things back to 45Pee's love for Putin and Russia?

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How Is Fox News Covering The Flynn Resignation Story?....... (Original Post) global1 Feb 2017 OP
Someone posted that FNC was attributing it all to Flynn's forgetfulness pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #1
So basically they're not, they're colluding too then uponit7771 Feb 2017 #2
That was after 1am Eastern, and I didn't see their earlier news coverage pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #3
The latter based of how they've been acting so far. It's been everyone's fault but his uponit7771 Feb 2017 #6
I've flipped over a few times LibraLiz1973 Feb 2017 #4
Fox making it like sad distinguished hero fell on sword Alice11111 Feb 2017 #5

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
1. Someone posted that FNC was attributing it all to Flynn's forgetfulness
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 04:09 AM
Feb 2017

I checked FNC later, while CNN and MSNBC were still doing late live coverage, and Fox was running a repeat of Hannity on "The Immigration Crisis."

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
3. That was after 1am Eastern, and I didn't see their earlier news coverage
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 04:29 AM
Feb 2017

I don't watch any FNC at all, but with the other cables still live at that time I flipped over for a few secs to see what Fox was doing. As expected, they hadn't extended live coverage that late (but I have no idea when they dropped it).

What I expect is that they'll downplay the Flynn story as if it's not a BFD. At worst, they could spin it as Trump being ill-served by an appointee who made a mistake.

LibraLiz1973

(8,197 posts)
4. I've flipped over a few times
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 04:36 AM
Feb 2017

And have seen ZILCH.
Earlier Hannity was busy railing at a guy who was arguing the Muslim ban.
Now some dumb show called Red Eye is on. The 1 minute during my flipping back and forth I've seen hasn't had word one about Flynn.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
5. Fox making it like sad distinguished hero fell on sword
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 04:47 AM
Feb 2017

for the good of his country and the administration, so now that it's OVER, DT can focus on important issues. Then, they discussed backgrounds of potential replacements, including Patreaus

Basically, a tidy bump now in a tiny package with a bow.

NO QUESTION OF WAS FLYNN TOLD TO CALL, AUTHORITY, DID HE DSCUSS THESE CALLS WITH ANYONE BEFORE HE MADE MORE CALLS, CALLS 5X THE DAY OF SANCTIONS, HOW COULD PENCE BE DT'S RIGHT HAND MAN AND NOT KNOW YATES TOLD DT ALMOST A MONTH AGO, DT TRUMP DID NOTHING, WAS PUTIN RAID ON ASSETS and DELAY IN RETALIATION A RESULT OF FLYNNS/DT'S HANDING OVER NAMES, QUESTIONS RAISED ARE ASTOUNDING.

Stay tuned.
This stuff is stressful
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