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CNN’s war on Fox News goes nuclear – with a twist
American Thinker ^ | 15 Mar, 2021 | Peter Barry Chowka

Posted on 03/15/2021 5:04:36 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Unexpectedly, a CNN regular contributor from the Washington Post speaks on air of “a major black eye for CNN.”

CNN’s on again-on again war (that’s not a typo – it never ends) against Fox News is getting hotter, most likely because CNN is once again seriously trailing Fox News in the ratings. Brian Stelter, his network’s leading attack dog, was at it again yesterday on his weekly program CNN Reliable (sic) Sources.

The program led with a full-frontal attack on Fox News’s most highly rated show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, and its host, veteran reporter, editor, and television talk show host Tucker Carlson. CNN’s online transcript of the program offers this headline:

Tucker Carlson Of Fox News Has Taken Trump’s Place In The Media Ecosystem.

Addressing the diminishing viewing audience live from CNN’s studios in New York, Stelter opened the show by saying (transcript via CNN):

All right. Are you ready for it?

Here is my conclusion: Tucker Carlson is the new Donald Trump. Tucker has taken Trump's place as a right wing leader, as an outraged generator, as a fire starter and it's all happening on Fox just like Trump's campaign did, which means Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are ultimately responsible.

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


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: brianstelter; clintonnonnews; cnn; communism; propaganda; tuckercarlson; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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1 posted on 03/15/2021 5:04:36 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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Tucker is catching flack from all angles on the left. He must be over the target.


2 posted on 03/15/2021 5:06:01 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Color ado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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These people are delusional. Fox is not supporting Tucker, it is Tucker who is Fox News.

Fox news is same cnn otherwise and no one watches them any more.

What a joke.


3 posted on 03/15/2021 5:07:07 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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I am beginning to suspect the ongoing cat fights between CNN and FOX is nothing but a fulfillment of an agreement between the two parties to enhance viewership.


4 posted on 03/15/2021 5:08:43 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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These news orgs have nothing but hatefulness, they lost their favorite punching bag Trump.


5 posted on 03/15/2021 5:08:58 AM PDT by Bayard
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6 posted on 03/15/2021 5:11:09 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: JudgemAll

You are dead-on right. I watch The Five and Tucker. Always tape them if I can’t be at home.


7 posted on 03/15/2021 5:22:09 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (As Patrick Henry once said, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!" Especially now.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

I am beginning to suspect the ongoing cat fights between CNN and FOX is nothing but a fulfillment of an agreement between the two parties to enhance viewership.


Coming up on WWE SmackDown! - Stelter versus Carlson in the long awaited CNN versus FOX grudge match!


8 posted on 03/15/2021 5:24:57 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: MtnClimber

Well, Lachlan, whatcha gonna doooo?


9 posted on 03/15/2021 5:29:01 AM PDT by sauropod (#ImpeachMcConnell. #Rvesist. #NotMyPresident. Exvtamr)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Funny, Rush used to talk about why news casters and commentators used to attack his show as a strategy to build their audience. He pointed out that most of them attacking him have little to no audience, and by attacking him, it put their name in front of more people as it would get press. But he said the real golden goose they were seeking was to get Rush to mention their name, thus getting their name in front of 10’s of millions. That’s the main reason Rush rarely mentioned those lesser’s by name.


10 posted on 03/15/2021 5:34:29 AM PDT by SirFishalot
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I'm pretty sure Brian Stelter's wrath is a result of Tucker Carlson continuing to display Stelter's "panty photo" every night.


11 posted on 03/15/2021 5:35:14 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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Exactly. ABCNNNBCBSAPBSFOX is the Uni-Party’s Uni-News source. ...........


12 posted on 03/15/2021 5:38:40 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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Fox is stealing their libs.


13 posted on 03/15/2021 5:44:54 AM PDT by bray (Pray for fake President Biden)
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Tucker is an Oscar winning class actor. He would not still be at Fox if he were not a traitor.


14 posted on 03/15/2021 5:48:16 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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I'm pretty sure Brian Stelter's wrath is a result of Tucker Carlson continuing to display Stelter's "panty photo" every night.

LOL! I am sure you are correct!

15 posted on 03/15/2021 5:52:43 AM PDT by txlurker
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You have to admit that the Brian Stelter photos are pretty funny. Tucker manages to work it in to his show very often.


16 posted on 03/15/2021 5:58:02 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Color ado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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I think this is their problem: The president is their guy. They have nothing really to say. That’s boring.

I remember when Bill Clinton won in 1992 and and an interviewer asked Rush Limbaugh how that would affect his show now that “his guy” was not in office. Rush basically said his ratings would explode because now he has a nice ripe enemy to attack. That’s my paraphrase of it.

i.e. if he were still alive, Rush would be having a field day with this presidency, just as the much less qualified CNN did with Trump. But this speaks to why this will drastically increase conservative talk shows ratings and really kill CNN. It’s the ol’, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all” problem they have with Biden and Harris. Unfortunately, they get paid for talking.

Meanwhile, all they can “attack” is other news sources. They don’t have a prayer against the likes of Tucker or Laura or any of them. And calling Stelter JV would be an insult to JV teams everywhere. The guy is a child and his audience is children. His sitting in judgement of Tucker is like a Middleschool quarterback sitting in judgement of Tom Brady.


17 posted on 03/15/2021 6:07:12 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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I check in on FOX every now and then because, as a Christian, I believe in repentance and forgiveness.

FOX, however has hired a ton of British accents that just GALLS me !

The British accents are showing up more and more on American hellivision.

Whatzup widdat ?

18 posted on 03/15/2021 6:07:58 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true !)
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To: Travis McGee

Equality vs Equity response by Thomas Sowell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMn5YcGU0x4


19 posted on 03/15/2021 6:08:23 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: MtnClimber

No good guys in the MSM. Tucker is not now nor will ever be Trump.


20 posted on 03/15/2021 6:08:34 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me,)
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