'I want to quit': Fox News employees say their network's Russia coverage was 'an embarrassment'

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN




by Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy

October 31, 2017: 1:21 PM ET

Some employees at Fox News were left embarrassed and humiliated by their network's coverage of the latest revelations in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling, according to conversations CNN had with several individuals placed throughout the network.

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On Monday, it was revealed that President Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort and another associate Rick Gates had been indicted by a grand jury on 12 counts, including conspiracy against the United States. Unsealed court records also revealed that another Trump associate, George Papadopoulos, had pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI weeks ago.

The revelations jolted through the news media, and Fox News did cover it as its top story. But in contrast with CNN and MSNBC, which aired non-stop rolling coverage throughout the day, Fox News found plenty of time to cover other topics, like the NFL protests, North Korea, and tax reform.

Additionally, Fox News aired segments that questioned Mueller's credibility and many were framed around how Trump and his allies were responding to the news. On Fox News' homepage, the lead story at one point was focused on Trump slamming the indictment. Another lead story cited Manafort's lawyer, and asked, "Mueller's 'ridiculous' claims?"

"This kind of coverage does the viewer a huge disservice and further divides the country," one Fox News personality told CNN.

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/31/media/fox-news-employees-russia-mueller-coverage/index.html?iid=hp-toplead-dom

[Coventina]

1. Really? Nothing was remotely embarrassing before that?

Like rampant sexual abuse?
Lack of journalistic standards?
Overt racism?

No? Nothing?

[NurseJackie]

16. Yes. This. Exactly. Thank you!

(Some people!)

[olegramps]

25. FOX is nothing more than a facsist propaganda shit hole.

[Alice11111]

51. It's the Repub equivalent of Russia's RT, but worse.

[Roland99]

28. +Infinity

[mountain grammy]

31. Yeah, no kidding.

[ashling]

35. The war on Christmas

White Santa?
Tide goes in, tide goes out?
No terrorist attacks on our soil?

Seriously??

[Blue_Tires]

42. +1000

[mdbl]

46. +100000

Well put.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Hannity should understand Putin has no place for him, probably.

I know hannity has been assured by trump that the future where PUtin and Trump are running things that he has a job, but when Putin finds out how dumb hannity is, maybe not.

Too bad patriotism is passe with these folks.

[Zambero]

9. Putin might need help re-roofing the Kremlin from time to time

Hannity has the quals. I understand it can be difficult to find help there during the winter months!

[Dave Starsky]

12. TIL that Hannity actually worked in construction.

I was sure he never dirtied his hands in his life.

I'm amazed he didn't clobber himself with a hammer or shoot a nail gun through his foot.

[Metro135]

23. He probably shot a nail gun through his head

That would explain a lot.

[Dave Starsky]

24. Indeed!

That was probably the defining moment when Sean Hannity, who had long considered a change to a softer career in broadcasting after a harder blue-collar career, decided he was then going to be a brainless mouthpiece for anyone who put copy in front of him.

[Alice11111]

52. 🤣🤗

[ginnyinWI]

3. tipping point

They should quit so they can live with themselves.

[cstanleytech]

4. Whoever at fox said

"This kind of coverage does the viewer a huge disservice and further divides the country" is a complete hypocrite.

[Corvo Bianco]

5. That's a pretty high embarrassment threshold

[Sunlei]

6. fox calls those 15 million a year people "personalities" & NOW they're "embarrassed and humiliated".

fox lies and you personalities signed contracts & were paid millions to READ THOSE LIES.

Find another job, bank your millions-find a Doctor to help you quit for health reasons. You're good "actors" for fox lies- fake a seizure, stroke or blindness. embarrassed and humiliated!

[hibbing]

7. Too rich

Coming from a network that gave Ollie North a show. Hell, half the people under investigation will probably be offered jobs by the network.


Peace

[kag]

41. Half?

That's conservative (pun intended).

[bluestarone]

8. kinda like being stung 1000 times by bees then

decide maybe move away from the bee hive?

[underpants]

10. Yeah. They'd watched Fox News before they applied or signed on right?

[ffr]

22. .

[Javaman]

11. but yet, they didn't. nt

[Liberalagogo]

13. Big difference between "I want to" and "I quit"

Sh*t or get off the pot.

[onetexan]

14. yeap, what's stopping them?

[colsohlibgal]

15. Fox News Would Have Fit In With Nazi Germany

It is nothing but propoganda for the most part. Obama uses a TelePrompTer and Hannity calls him stupid. Orange Jerk uses one Hannity applauds his attention to detail.

Hypocrisy News Network pure and simple.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. HuffPo has a great running synopsis of 2 hours of Fox coverage of the indictments & court appearance

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fox-and-friend-manafort-indictment_us_59f74fa0e4b09b5c25675c24

[The Genealogist]

18. I guess everyone has their breaking point.

Why it didn't happen at some point earlier in the decades of solid lies is beyond me. And still not disgusted enough to actually walk away.

[joshcryer]

19. Fox News is a Pravada outlet at this point.

It's as bad as RT.

[red dog 1]

20. K&R

[ffr]

21. You knew what you signed up for, but I suppose it still hurts.

Isn't it just expected that they divide the country and do a huge disservice?

F*ck Fox Entertainment!

[tavernier]

26. Bet it was Shep.

He is their token sane person.

[RhodeIslandOne]

29. Yup. n/m

[PoliticAverse]

27. "Some employees at Fox News were left embarrassed" - others remain steadfastly in denial. n/t

[rainin]

30. My mom would just call this fake news.

Thanks to Fox.

[HopeAgain]

32. So who quit, exactly?

Oh, no one...

Anybody who works for Fox is choosing to undermine this country. Period. I don't care about getting experience, being paid well or media aspirations, if you work for Fox, you have no integrity.

[Roland99]

43. Exactly!

[tanyev]

33. Oh, come on. Somebody needs to stay on top of the hamburger emoji story.

[Thor_MN]

34. Was?

I got a hot news tip for you, it still is, and likely will be.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

36. A Fox in the henhouse of good journalism!

Rupert Murdoch's bully pulpit.

[bucolic_frolic]

37. FAUX always was FAKE and Manufactured News

Anyone with a brain knew it all along

[Achilleaze]

38. Fox republican lies are poisonous

The whole Republican system of media lying and spinning is totally toxic to American democracy.

[Ligyron]

48. The scary part is that 1/3 of the country falls for it.

I wish a few actually would quit and do a "tell all" for those idiots.

[Alice11111]

53. I think about 1/2 watch it.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

39. Geeezzzzzussss H KKKrist, fux employees....you only are disgusted NOW!???

Damn, high tolerance for BULLSHITTING the American people. Eff you, foreigner Rupert and your Saudi prince co-owner and the rest of Fux Spews, you've been purposely conning us since you started. Destroyed public discourse and the threads of societal connection from the beginning.

Are you happy now???
Go jump in a septic tank.

[extvbroadcaster]

40. As an ex-CNN employee

I used to work for CNN. Back in the day, we were doing straight up news. I left years ago, and before 1996 and the start of Fox News. I actually know a couple of people that work at Fox. Some people are able to check their political beliefs at the door on the tech side. They say, hey, I'm just the director, I'm not editorial side. But those producers and anchors on Fox have a lot to answer for. They are the ones spouting this right wing crap. I always wondered how they lived with it. I figured they either did it for the money or actually believed what they were saying. Either way, it's wrong.

[Orangeutan]

44. But they won't quit.

They'll enable. They'll compromise their principles to keep drawing a paycheck. They'll go along to get along.

[Towlie]

45. "I'm shocked, shocked to find lies and right-wing propaganda going on here!" ("Your paycheck, sir")

[DeminPennswoods]

47. Now Fox employees are dishing to CNN?

That's quite something in and of itself.

[lambchopp59]

49. The day after Frump gets impeached

I'll be combing YouTube for how Sean Hannitary Napkin blames it all on us Dems.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

50. Bullshit!!! Much too late to pretend to possess any level of journalistic ethics.

[RainCaster]

54. Hurry now and avoid the Christmas rush

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