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How Fox anchor Bret Baier prepared for the GOP debate and got aninstant headline out of Donald Trump
The L.A. Times ^ | August 9, 2015 | By STEPHEN BATTAGLIO

Posted on 09/01/2015 2:09:19 PM PDT by Sontagged

Baier even had a "nuclear option" at the ready for Trump...[The script] took a page from Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice" TV show. It went like this: "Mr. Trump, in your business you have rules. You follow rules. We have rules on this stage. We don't want to have to escort you to the elevator outside this boardroom."

"We're hoping we don't have to use it," Baier said later. "[But] we're locked and loaded."

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bretbaier; fox; foxfauxnews; foxvsamerica; killerbbaier; killerbees4fox; megynkelly; trump
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Just a little look back on the Fox debate's "nuclear option" for Trump and how they strategized for marching Trump off the stage. In advance.
1 posted on 09/01/2015 2:09:19 PM PDT by Sontagged
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To: Sontagged

Fox had multiple layers,and this was just one.


2 posted on 09/01/2015 2:11:18 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Sontagged

Childish behavior for FOX NEWS.


3 posted on 09/01/2015 2:11:25 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: Sontagged

Baier was dreaming.


4 posted on 09/01/2015 2:11:29 PM PDT by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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To: Sontagged

Now we know that “Fair and Balanced” really means “Both sides of the Uniparty...ONLY”


5 posted on 09/01/2015 2:13:12 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Red Steel

Dreaming or not, this makes me very angry.


6 posted on 09/01/2015 2:13:20 PM PDT by Catsrus (The Great Wall of Trump - coming to a southern border near you.)
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To: Sontagged

Bret Baier is a p*ssy. Blood was probably coming out of HIS ‘wherever’ too.

That pasty faced goof ball needs to go back to weather forecasting where inaccuracy is the standard.


7 posted on 09/01/2015 2:13:50 PM PDT by mkjessup (Trump is the barbarian at the RINO gate, Cruz is his 'inside man' and I LIKE it !!)
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To: Red Steel

[Baier was dreaming]

Baier thought the “Nuclear Option” was so clever, he needed to tell everyone a month after the debate.


8 posted on 09/01/2015 2:14:22 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: Sontagged
Watch Trump crush a Baier. Baier better reconsider just how powerful he is and don't underestimate the Trump.
9 posted on 09/01/2015 2:14:29 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: stars & stripes forever; Black Agnes; hoosiermama; batch

No, this article is from before the debate.


10 posted on 09/01/2015 2:15:32 PM PDT by Sontagged (Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you...)
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To: Sontagged

I didn’t need 12 Steps to be Fox free for almost 30 days now. I did catch Levin on Hannity but that was to watch Levin, not Fox.


11 posted on 09/01/2015 2:15:36 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative
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To: Sontagged

I’d like to say boycott Fox News, but I haven’t watched them in about 7 years anyway. But I still have cable so Fox still gets some money of mine. However, soon, I will be canceling cable TV completely. F ox.


12 posted on 09/01/2015 2:16:37 PM PDT by patq
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To: Sontagged

So this is supposed to reflect poorly on Fox News?

It does no such thing.
I would hope they would escort anyone off the stage if they failed to adhere to the rules. They had a lot of candidates who wanted their moment

The fact that they did not have to use it shows that Trump could indeed follow the rules and that Fox News was not about to cause a scene unless necessary


13 posted on 09/01/2015 2:17:04 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Sontagged

Fox is in the tank for the GOPe. Its the analog to MSNBC for the Democrats.


14 posted on 09/01/2015 2:17:06 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: stars & stripes forever

What a childish idea! Things are bad enough in this country without resorting to this kind of stuff. And Trump is the childish one???


15 posted on 09/01/2015 2:17:19 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: Catsrus

If Fox went more overboard here v. Trump, the would brouhaha would have been epic against Fox.


16 posted on 09/01/2015 2:18:05 PM PDT by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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To: Sontagged

They are all in fear of ‘The Donald”...


17 posted on 09/01/2015 2:18:37 PM PDT by Cold Heat (For Rent....call 1-555-tagline)
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To: Sontagged

Their ratings are upside down now with Republicans. Megyns unfavorables are also.


18 posted on 09/01/2015 2:19:31 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: mkjessup

Baer used to be one of the few I respected. Whole station can spontaneously combust for all I care.

I do like Kimberly Guillefoile and Andrea Tantaros.. well as of 6 mos ago, how long it’s been...


19 posted on 09/01/2015 2:19:37 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Starboard

I’m not sure Fox is serving the GOPe. By serving as an outlet for the “crazies”, and mollifying the right, Fox allows the Democrats to continue to rule the country without an uprising in the streets. The masses watch Fox and think Boehner is on the case.


20 posted on 09/01/2015 2:19:48 PM PDT by Defiant (I will vote for the candidate that the GOPe and media hate the most.)
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