Fox News reportedly killed Stormy Daniels story to help Trump win

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Guardian

Diana Falzone ‘had obtained proof’ of alleged affair but was told: ‘Rupert wants Donald Trump to win. So just let it go’

David Smith in Washington

@smithinamerica
Mon 4 Mar 2019 13.41 EST

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News channel knew about Donald Trump’s illegal hush money payment to a pornographic film actor ahead of the 2016 election but killed the story because the media mogul wanted him to win, it was reported on Monday.

Fox journalist Diana Falzone “had obtained proof” of Trump’s alleged extramarital affair with Stormy Daniels, as well as emails that showed his lawyer, Michael Cohen, planned to buy her silence in nondisclosure agreement, according to the New Yorker.

But the report, a potentially huge scandal that could have damaged Trump at the polls, never saw the light of day. Fox News executive Ken LaCorte reportedly told Falzone: “Good reporting, kiddo. But Rupert wants Donald Trump to win. So just let it go,” the New Yorker article says.

The magazine adds that LaCorte denied the comment, but one of Falzone’s colleagues confirmed having heard the account. Falzone was later demoted, sued Fox and reached a settlement that includes a nondisclosure agreement preventing her from speaking about the matter.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/04/fox-news-stormy-daniels-rupert-murdoch-trump-win

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[Maxheader]

1. Meh...

The gop handjobs say a signed check by the traitor means nothing...

Faux news wants to stay in the ball game they shouldn't be verifying
the event took place..

[MRubio]

2. Well, it certainly worked. I've never heard of Stormy Daniels. n/t

[FrankBooth]

7. It certainly did work

As nobody heard about Stormy Daniels when it would have mattered, which was before the election.

[SayItLoud]

3. And who now is the WH communications director?

Bill Shine.

[wcmagumba]

4. What are the legalities involved, if any?

Could this be construed as an illegal campaign contribution or cover up?

[Major Nikon]

5. The value here is it confirms that FOX is nothing more than the propaganda wing for the GOP

Anyone who has been paying the least bit of attention already knows this.

[okaawhatever]

8. While the money payment to cover up the story is considered a contribution, I don't know if that

applies to a news outlet when no money changed hands. It will be interesting to see what the law says about that.

[Achilleaze]

6. The Fox (R) propagandists pissed on truth & America

as they do routinely. They are unworthy of trust.

[PeeJ52]

9. I don't think so... Not a word about this on Fox News or their web site...

Fake News!!!

[Scurrilous]

10. K&R

[riversedge]

11. Falzone "had obtained proof" of Trump's alleged extramarital affair with Stormy Daniels, as well as

Fox journalist Diana Falzone “had obtained proof” of Trump’s alleged extramarital affair with Stormy Daniels, as well as emails that showed his lawyer, Michael Cohen, planned to buy her silence in nondisclosure agreement, according to the New Yorker.