Posted on 11/14/2020 7:46:16 PM PST by Enlightened1
The sensational duo of Diamond and Silk whose real names are Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway and Rochelle “Silk” Richardson, have written a book titled “Uprising: Who the Hell Said You Can’t Ditch and Switch?—The Awakening of Diamond and Silk.” In the book, they implied that racism is the reason they were fired.
I’m not certain of that. It could be that they were too popular and too partisan on a station that is evolving towards the dark side of the force, better known as liberalism.
Fox had to ax them when they did because once they gained major audiences, they would not be able to get rid of them. Look at it this way, they did nothing that hosts such as Hannity and Carlson advocate. But they are too popular to fire.
Of course, I could be wrong, but another passage in the book could be proof that I am right:
The debacle started when left-wing rag, the Daily Beast claimed that Diamond and Silk said that DTMNBN (Disease That Must Not Be Named) was a hoax created to hurt President Trump. Of course, they did not say that DTMNBN was a hoax. They said the hype the Democrats were spewing was the hoax. Other Fox hosts said the same thing with no repercussions.
Both of our favorite gals were upset that Fox did not defend them against the lies. Instead, Fox used the Daily Beast story as a means of firing the dynamic duo. They probably wanted to fire them after they turned down the $150,000 to quit supporting Trump, but the optics would have been very bad.
(Excerpt) Read more at davidharrisjr.com ...
“I was furious. Where the hell was Fox? Where was their PR department? Why the hell didn’t they correct the lies published by The Daily Beast? Why didn’t Fox speak up?”
Silk added:
“Why were our Fox Nation videos dialed back because they were deemed overly political,” she continued, “but it was okay for others on the network to talk about politics, even down to asking some of the same questions we had? Why were we such a threat? We only did one video every week, and it was hidden behind a paid subscription wall. When you really think about it, was this part of the systemic racism that everybody was talking about?”
No! I love Diamond and Silk!
They’re better off elsewhere. I hope Hannity and Carlson will leave when their contracts end.
Diamond and Silk have a show every Saturday on Newsmax!!!
These wonderful ladies need their own network. They really are THAT good.
Has OAN made overtures to them yet? If not, they should.
Newsmax or other platforms are growing. Fox is dead.
Sorry TGKC, I didn’t see your post until I put mine up. Will catch them on Newsmax!
Excellent!
Were I Levin, Hannity, Carlson etc. I’d be doing whatever I could daily to upset Fox and have them break my contract . Take the cash cows away.
So would I, it’s very bizarre why they are on that damn station which is basically run like CNN now.
This is old news. They were let go by Fox over 6 months ago. It’s very easy to see them in other venues.
(They aren’t exactly the type of women whom it’s easy to silence :-)
They’re on NewsMax now. Watched them last night.
But Fox hired Donna Brazzel who admitted to giving Hilary questions in advance of the debate as a spokesperson.
They are are Newsmax TV unless I am mistaken.
Real America’s Voice. I love it. App on Roku. War Room, National Pulse, great guests. Religion on Sunday morning.
Fox showing how they care about the black vote as the democrat party does blowback ensues.
And as more people cut the cord to show their contempt for cable news, the biggest providers - Disney, CNN, Fox among them - will suffer huge losses is "free money" as their carriage fee revenue dries up. CNN could probably survived on $500M a year in carriage fees instead of $1 billion, but it would look like a ghost town. The power to do this is in our hands - just drop cable/sat TV. Then don't watch them online so they do not receive ad revenue that way.
I bought their book “Uprising,” and this business with Fox News is covered in it.
Fox is PAYING PEOPLE to turn on Trump??? What???
Given the horrible conduct of so many FNC people on the TV lately, I 100% believe these two ladies. Diamond and Silk are very brave to come forward with this revelation, and I admire them for telling the truth and refusing a bribe.
Our Nation needs more principled and decent people like this!!!
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