Confirmed: Rupert Murdoch Instructed Fox News To Take Down Donald Trump August 2015…

Conservative Treehouse ^ | Posted on September 3, 2016 | sundance

[drewh]

In an extensive article within New York Magazine, mostly outlining the rather sordid details of Roger Ailes, readers may also note specific confirmation of something we outlined in August of last year (2015). Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch instructed Fox News executives to take down Donald Trump.

(NY MAG) […] Murdoch was not a fan of Trump’s and especially did not like his stance on immigration. (The antipathy was mutual: “Murdoch’s been very bad to me,” Trump told me in March.) A few days before the first GOP debate on Fox in August 2015, Murdoch called Ailes at home. “This has gone on long enough,” Murdoch said, according to a person briefed on the conversation.

Murdoch told Ailes he wanted Fox’s debate moderators — Kelly, Bret Baier, and Chris Wallace — to hammer Trump on a variety of issues. Ailes, understanding the GOP electorate better than most at that point, likely thought it was a bad idea. “Donald Trump is going to be the Republican nominee,” Ailes told a colleague around this time. But he didn’t fight Murdoch on the debate directive.

On the night of August 6, in front of 24 million people, the Fox moderators peppered Trump with harder-hitting questions. But it was Kelly’s question regarding Trump’s history of crude comments about women that created a media sensation. He seemed personally wounded by her suggestion that this spoke to a temperament that might not be suited for the presidency. “I’ve been very nice to you, though I could probably maybe not be based on the way you have treated me,” he said pointedly. (read more)

This is interesting on many levels, but more importantly for a few very specific confirmational aspects.

Last year many people were struggling to understand what was going on within Fox News. Many people saw the bias; even more people grew outraged at what they were witnessing; but unfortunately many people would not (or could not) accept what was brutally obvious.

Additionally, when CTH outlined the specifics of the factional alignment that was coming from this directive, multiple entities within the “conservative blog-o-sphere” claimed we were advancing some form of ridiculous conspiratorial analysis.

The last third of an earlier CTH outline, during this event timeline (July/August ’15), specifically warned Trump –in advance of the first debate– that Fox News had this intention. (Scroll down to the part of Megyn Kelly HERE).

Additionally, within the cited New York Magazine article you’ll note that Lachlan Murdoch personally instructed Harper Collins Publications, another Murdoch business, to give Megyn Kelly a $6,000,000 advance on a $10 million book deal. In 2015 when we found out who Kelly’s publisher was, we presented that specific prediction – again, in the face of much antagonism. However, we were correct.

Why is this confirmation important?

If you go through the timeline, and look at the confirmation in the NY Mag, you’ll note the specific group within Fox News who formed the internal Pro-Murdoch/Anti-Trump Fox coalition. They are: Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace.

Not coincidentally these key Fox hosts were the ones specifically directed to take down Trump –AND– the three anti-Trump amigos on the Fox Debate Panel.

Rubio debate 2

Wallace, Baier, Kelly and (circled) Fox News VP Political Executive Bill Sammon – during debate preparations. Bill Sammon is the father of Marco Rubio’s National Campaign Spox, Brooke Sammon. Senator Marco Rubio was also the preferred candidate of Rupert Murdoch because of his immigration position.

Secondly, if you think about Baier, Kelly and Wallace beyond the scope of the debate itself, you might also begin to remind yourself –and cross reference in your mind– which Fox shows consistently highlight (what later became known as) ‘the #NeverTrump punditry‘.

Thinking specifically about Fox News and Brett Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace. Now think about which shows give continual voice to: Brit Hume, Stephen Hayes, Charles Krauthammer, Bill Kristol, George Will, Jonah Goldberg, Ben Shapiro, Rich Lowry, Glenn Beck, Dana Loesch, Katie Pavlich, Chris Stirewalt and Guy Benson.

Never trump crowd

What you realize is the 2015 #NeverTrumper’s (pictured above) were/are almost exclusively booked for appearances on Rupert’s Three Amigo’s: Bret Baier (Special Report), Megyn Kelly (Kelly File), and Chris Wallace (Fox News Sunday and Special Report).

These three Fox Hosts are the primary voices behind the Rupert Murdoch anti-Trump faction within Fox News. Remember when Donald Trump pulled out of the second Fox News debate:

Megyn Kelly tweet Stirewalt

Another key aspect to keep in mind is that Rupert Murdoch doesn’t operate alone. There are other media entities, not as big but still influential, that follow the exact same set of directives. The Salem Media Communications group is one example (Hot Air, Human Events, Twitchy, Red State, Hugh Hewitt et al), and iHeart Radio is another.

Just like Murdoch at Fox News, Salem Media Communications and iHeart Radio hold the same ideological objectives. Every entity within those enterprises is part of the same synergistic networking group. Politically, Club 4 Growth and a host of other PAC’s and political enterprises are funding mechanisms aligned in ideology and providing financial support to the aforementioned political media sales force.

As more and more people awaken to the reality they become increasingly self-aware. With that awareness comes a realization that conspiracy theories are quite often not just theory.

patriot

ps. Do you still think Chris Wallace should moderate the third presidential debate? …Knowing full well that the person who determines his income, Rupert Murdoch, has been specifically identified as giving instructions to Chris Wallace to take down Donald Trump?

[Windflier]

“I’ve quit calling myself a conservative...”

A lot of us liberty loving, originalist patriots, are with you on that.

Years ago, I came to the realization that I’m simply an American who believes in the founding ideals of this country, and whose thinking is guided by our founding documents, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Anything beyond that is just extraneous decoration.

In my view, you’re either with the Framers and the Founding, or you’re not. That’s the simplicity of it - labels be damned.

[BroJoeK]

itsahoot: "Surely you jest? "

Now I'm starting to think there must be two Fox News's, the one I do watch plus a different one that others don't watch but claim is full of anti-Trumpers.

What channel did you say that was?

[patriotspride]

I actually believe that both Hannity and the Judge are true Trump supporters.

---

So do I. May be wrong on this one but also Martha McCallum on the morning slot with Bill Hemmer.

Definitely Kimberly G on The Five....

[xzins]

I agree with you.

Plus, I hate the ‘republican strategist/democrat strategist’ format.

I prefer they take them one at a time and not have them talking over one another.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Baier is anti-Trump in that he is an enabler for the rest of them. He is not getting a pass.

[amihow]

Cannot disagree with you much. But this nation was founded under the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God. Trump seems most suited, almost instinctively it appears, to preserve that in a way no good intentioned Globalist will.

Which causes me to think even more deeply about the damage the Ivy Leagues do to their students and the drip drip drip of that poison into the educational system as a whole.

God Bless America.

[BroJoeK]

M. Thatcher: "Trump supporters know Fox is pedal-to-the-metal anti-Trump, never-trump, 'Trump has no chance.' "

You may yet remember the previous election, 2012, where the polls kept saying "Romney is losing" but whole battalions of wise-guys kept telling us "the polls are wrong, the polls are wrong, forget about those polls".

And I for one believed them, not the polls.
After the election a lot of those wise-guys disappeared and have not been seen since, Dick Morris is one who comes to mind.

Today the polls say Hillary is ahead but Trump is closing the gap pretty fast.
That's good news and if it keeps up, there could yet be a Trump blow-out similar to Reagan's 1980 victory over Carter.
Yes, it's too soon to hope for that, and regardless I'd not ignore the polls showing Hillary's strong but fading position.

M. Thatcher: "It's the LEFT that constantly, consistently, and ALWAYS sneers that Fox is 24/7 pro-Trump.
Which is what you posted."

Yes, but the LEFT has also claimed that M. Thatcher is a reasonable and knowledgeable human being, which is why I don't believe it.
So, it's not until I see LEFTISTs publically calling M. Thatcher a blithering idiot will I know for certain that you're really a good, truthful person.

Right?

[phoneman08]

Agree.

I forget her name, but the woman that has been filling in for Kelly has been a nice change up.

[itsahoot]

I used to watch them faithfully because there was really no other choice.

I am sorry you can't see the bias and subtle disinformation that FNC peddles but they in fact do. After the old man passes they will be the new CNN.

No one here seems to remember when Ted Turner tried to buy a network and he was universally pilloried as a right winger that would totally destroy any attempt to present honest news.

The sad truth is news has never truly been news it has always been little more than propaganda, some with good purpose some not so good. The task for the voter has been to rightly divine the truth,an impossible task for those who have abandoned the great truth that created this nation.

[BroJoeK]

Nacho Bidnith: "He apparently still believes Cruz is a real 'conservative'..."

Well... unlike you & Trump I never saw the report which showed Cruz's father helped assassinate JFK.
I also never saw evidence during the primaries from anywhere debunking the general perception of Cruz as the most genuinely conservative of the 17 Republicans running.
Indeed, Trump himself never made such a claim.

But all that is over, Trump is our guy and there's no good reason to re-fight the primaries.
Or to pretend that Trump is anything other than a former Democrat who wears his conservatism like a poorly fitting suit.

[BroJoeK]

itsahoot: "And now we know why Hillary is still a viable candidate."

Hillary is a viable candidate because 90% of Americans don't watch Fox News regularly.
Most don't watch any news and those who do occasionally tune in do mostly to "main stream media" like CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN & MSNBC or their local channels.

Believe me, if Trump does pull off a victory, there will be no major news network more deserving of some credit than Fox.

Think about that...

[Windflier]

“Sorry, but the facts in evidence during the primaries did not include suggestions that Cruz was not really as conservative as he pretended.”

If you missed the presentation of the extensive evidence proving beyond a shadow of doubt that Cruz is a lying, globalist fraud, then you either weren’t paying attention during the primary, or you willfully had blinders on.

Briefly (because I’ve got to run):

1. TPA/TPP
2. H1-B visas
3. Co-authored pro TPP article with Paul Ryan
4. Attended secret island meeting with Jeb, Rubio, et al
5. ‘Poison Pill’ amendment to the Gang of Eight bill (trickery)
6. Married to Goldman Sachs
7. Loans? What loans?
8. Cubanadian born citizen, similar to Obama
9. Ex BushCo lawyer
10. Harvard Law, just like Obama
11. Concealed birth docs, just like Obama
12. Blamed Trump for violent leftist thuggery in Chicago
13. Delegate theft
14. Caucus wrangling
15. Iowa Caucus shenanigans
16. Freshman Senator ran for Prez, just like Obama
17. Elmer Gantry schtick (yuck...)
18. Hired Neil Bush
19. Took over six months to give a straight answer on illegal immigration
20. Broke his promise to endorse the nominee

[BroJoeK]

Heart-Rest: "Are you serious?!? Pennsylvania went for Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012."

Did you notice the map in post #69?
It shows the Republican districts of PA in red, the Dems in blue.
Today, iirc, PA has 14 Republican districts and 5 Democratic, with all of those centered in big cities like Philadelphia & Pittsburgh.

It's certainly true that Dems have ruled PA in presidential voting since Reagan & Bush carried it three times in the 1980s.
But Republicans do sometimes get elected statewide, and Trump's remarks that he will win PA unless the voting is rigged and stolen from him may well be more true than we now know.

My point is simply that the largest parts of PA are more conservative, more Republican and more "red" in that sense than we are often given credit for.

[Windflier]

“...do to...”

due to

[amihow]

Sorry. Do not understand your due to????

[Jim W N]

Thanks.

You might be interested in https://sonsofconstitutionalliberty.com under construction. I’ve got one post up and hope to construct a good educational and discussion site soon.

[BroJoeK]

itsahoot: "Cruz lost, get over it, you sound a lot like Beck and Levin. "

Trump won, get over it, you sound like a guy who enjoys kicking his dog when he gets home.
You need conservatives, so stop insulting us, and give a hoot!

Btw, I have almost no use for the likes of Beck.
Mark Levin I do like, especially when he goes after weak "Re-pube-licans".
But Trump is our guy now, and we do not help anything by internal bickering.

[Jim W N]

I’m with you.

You might be interested in https://sonsofconstitutionalliberty.com under construction. I’ve got one post up and hope to construct a good educational and discussion site soon.

[BroJoeK]

Windflier: "20. Broke his promise to endorse the nominee."

Which is precisely, 100%, the reason I have no regrets and no hesitation to support Trump today.

Most of the rest of that might be argued pro v. con, but a pledge is a pledge -- especially after everybody raised such a stink about Trump's seeming to waffle on his support of another Republican nominee.

[onyx]

If you go through the timeline, and look at the confirmation in the NY Mag, you’ll note the specific group within Fox News who formed the internal Pro-Murdoch/Anti-Trump Fox coalition. They are: Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace.

Not coincidentally these key Fox hosts were the ones specifically directed to take down Trump –AND– the three anti-Trump amigos on the Fox Debate Panel.

Wallace, Baier, Kelly and (circled) Fox News VP Political Executive Bill Sammon – during debate preparations. Bill Sammon is the father of Marco Rubio’s National Campaign Spox, Brooke Sammon. Senator Marco Rubio was also the preferred candidate of Rupert Murdoch because of his immigration position.

Secondly, if you think about Baier, Kelly and Wallace beyond the scope of the debate itself, you might also begin to remind yourself –and cross reference in your mind– which Fox shows consistently highlight (what later became known as) ‘the #NeverTrump punditry‘.

Thinking specifically about Fox News and Brett Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace. Now think about which shows give continual voice to: Brit Hume, Stephen Hayes, Charles Krauthammer, Bill Kristol, George Will, Jonah Goldberg, Ben Shapiro, Rich Lowry, Glenn Beck, Dana Loesch, Katie Pavlich, Chris Stirewalt and Guy Benson.

What you realize is the 2015 #NeverTrumper’s (pictured above) were/are almost exclusively booked for appearances on Rupert’s Three Amigo’s: Bret Baier (Special Report), Megyn Kelly (Kelly File), and Chris Wallace (Fox News Sunday and Special Report).

These three Fox Hosts are the primary voices behind the Rupert Murdoch anti-Trump faction within Fox News. Remember when Donald Trump pulled out of the second Fox News debate:

Another key aspect to keep in mind is that Rupert Murdoch doesn’t operate alone. There are other media entities, not as big but still influential, that follow the exact same set of directives. The Salem Media Communications group is one example (Hot Air, Human Events, Twitchy, Red State, Hugh Hewitt et al), and iHeart Radio is another.