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Donald Trump (and Fox News) are dog-whistling on Joe Biden
CNN Politics ^ | June 11, 2019 | Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

Posted on 06/11/2019 7:10:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

For anyone who watches Fox News Channel, it's not at all surprising that its anchors and hosts (with few notable exceptions) talk up President Donald Trump while knocking down the Democrats running against him in 2020.

While that position puts Fox somewhere in the gray area between journalism and activism, it's not exactly new. There are ratings in partisanship -- so Fox News engages in partisanship.

But even partisanship should have its limits. And one of those limits should be raising entirely unfounded questions about a presidential candidate's health. Which is exactly what two Fox News personalities -- Kennedy and Sean Hannity -- have done, according to this terrific piece by the Daily Beast Justin Baragona:

"Since the end of May, Fox Business Network and Fox News star Lisa 'Kennedy' Montgomery and Fox News prime-time host Sean Hannity have speculated on-air, on at least four separate occasions, that the current Democratic presidential frontrunner is secretly dealing with health issues, often comparing his condition to illness-related conspiracy theories the network pushed about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election."

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


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: 2020; biden; cnn; fakenews; fauxnews; foxnews; jealouscnn; joebiden
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1 posted on 06/11/2019 7:10:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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There is something medical wrong with Biden, just watch and listen to him.


2 posted on 06/11/2019 7:14:12 PM PDT by freedom1st (Build the Wall)
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>>While that position puts Fox somewhere in the gray area between journalism and activism,... <<>p>This coming from CNN.


3 posted on 06/11/2019 7:14:30 PM PDT by ex91B10 (Powered by the Penguin)
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Like, er, questioning Trump’s physical (they did that some years back) and mental (they do that all the time) health?

They are like FREAKING LITTLE KIDS who hit someone and then are so shocked when they get hit back that they run to the teacher (the teacher in this case is the general public).

Boy they make me laugh :)


4 posted on 06/11/2019 7:15:41 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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I can't believe this loser Chris Cillizza has the nerve to write an article like this, with his history on this very subject.

Back in 2016 he made a complete ass of himself with what had to be the worst timing of any news article about the election campaign:

The Questions about Hillary Clinton's Health are Absurd

This piece was written just five days before Hillary collapsed at the 9/11 memorial service in New York City and got tossed into here Scooby van like a slab of meat.

5 posted on 06/11/2019 7:16:42 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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To: freedom1st

This pure BS from CNN about Joe being perfectly fine is the same as the BS it was putting about the Witch being fine—just before she totally collapsed on 9/11/16.


6 posted on 06/11/2019 7:16:58 PM PDT by libstripper (q)
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CNN. GUILTY of that which they accuse.Fox news of doing


7 posted on 06/11/2019 7:18:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: freedom1st

Biden is a child molester ... let’s just start there.


8 posted on 06/11/2019 7:18:13 PM PDT by maggief
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They can eat dog turds as far as I am concerned. And Chris cillizza can be right at the head of the line so he gets the freshest ones.


9 posted on 06/11/2019 7:18:14 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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Brain dead leftist “journalists” have nothing to fear; they are never held to account for their history, their agenda, or their sanity. It’s a double standard in favor of the rabid leftists by their own kind.


10 posted on 06/11/2019 7:20:00 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Alberta's Child

May the same thing happen to floppy Joe.


11 posted on 06/11/2019 7:21:55 PM PDT by Track9
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Whassa matter Godzilla? Gettin’ nervous?.......hope so. You’re such an idiot!


12 posted on 06/11/2019 7:23:28 PM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Biden has had brain surgery, I think twice. Maybe that has caused a few problems? He’s a regular gaffe fountain when he’s not tied to a prompter or ear bug.

And I seem to recall CNN questioning Trump’s mental health a few times...


13 posted on 06/11/2019 7:24:45 PM PDT by DBrow
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Chris, today you are supposed to clean the urinals at JFK Airport and adjust the tuning on all of the tvs. Now, do your job!


14 posted on 06/11/2019 7:25:56 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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There are 4500+ comments on that Post editorial, with most of the ones after 9/11 absolutely roasting Mr Cillizza to a crisp:

Do your employers still consider you a credible journalist?

You were lied to Chris. Then you berated the people who wouldn't believe the lie. Then you propagated the lie. And you are still propagating lies, Hillary has more than pneumonia. What is a bigger lie is you calling yourself a journalist and the WaPo calling itself a newspaper.

Yeah, you really nailed it, Chris! F A I L

Sure, Just as soon as Hillary stops passing out in public, or engaging in four minute coughing fits.

15 posted on 06/11/2019 7:29:03 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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“There are ratings in partisanship — so Fox News engages in partisanship.”

Not at CNN.


16 posted on 06/11/2019 7:31:04 PM PDT by mindburglar (Stupid is supposed to hurt. - Lurkers Granddad.)
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But even partisanship should have its limits.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Buahahahahahahaha!

CNN has NO limits on partisanship and has a problem far in excess of Fox, which has hosted Town Halls for Dem candidates for the nomination to run for President. when is the lasttime CNN reported ANYTHING but vituperation about President Trump..........93% negative coverage and CNN dares speak of limits to partisanship?

Pot calling kettle black warning ?


17 posted on 06/11/2019 7:33:10 PM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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18 posted on 06/11/2019 7:33:53 PM PDT by Bon mots
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And what is CNN’s track record on bias? 99% negative coverage of Trump isn’t it?


19 posted on 06/11/2019 7:34:52 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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20 posted on 06/11/2019 7:35:03 PM PDT by Bon mots
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