Posted on 08/09/2015 4:03:17 AM PDT by AdaGray
24 million viewers is a double-edged sword.
I think you may be right...but it goes a lot deeper than just trying to bring down Trump - it’s their entire formula of gotcha questions and the preening and hogging all the air time for themselves, the disrespect for Cruz and the condescending attitude towards all of them by these pompous jack asses.
Sure, people watched, but I doubt independents and undecideds learned anything from this farce.
I expect many of them tuned in to see Trump, and those that did watch the day’s lead up could have figured out that Fox as an entity was out to get him.
Regardless, they got the viewership that any of the big three, MSNBC, or CNN would kill for. Problem is they wouldn’t have gotten that because that same group would have automatically expected it to be a hit job from them.
It think what this one debate has done is to sledge hammer that little pin of suspicion some might have had about Fox as RNC establishment booster. I know it finally settled it for me. Virtually their whole lineup is in the bag for GOP appeasement, go along get along voter backstabbing.
As far as that “brilliantly insightful intelligent” Megyn Kelly, a b!tch is still a b!tch, even if she’s a smart and beautiful one.
The adventures of Turtleman, Bonehead, and ole Blackeyes is coming to an end. People are getting fed up.
Go read her Facebook page. Vitriolic !
-— But Roger Ailes and the Pharisees of the GOP have no idea of how much permanent damage they have done to both their brands-—
True. This morning I tuned into our crappy local news instead of F & F.
Excellent point. It is a night I’ll not soon forget.
This could have been both FOX and the RNC’s time to shine, but instead it may well have been their swan song.
Time to reap the whirlwind. But they both deserve it.
I can imagine! I would but I don’t “do” Fox anymore.
I wonder if she realizes how much she damaged her brand?
By participating in this political stunt, she has brought attention to her Howard Stern interview. She is really a low class woman and a phony.
I will continue my practice of flipping through news channels (and ads with Ron Paul selling alarmism, gold, or some such thing!) in order to find where the spin intersects. I shall also endeavor to vote for candidates who support a strong border and sensible policy, I shall also continue to consider Libertarians as coming from a rival political party.
It was very naïve of her to think her past trashy hijinks would not become widespread knowledge.
If I were Trump, I’d run a political ad with that Stern interview as the main theme.
Yeah she is getting absolutely hammered. My wife and I went through a lot of comments trying to find any that show support and I think we found one. Bret Baier is getting a lot of comments too. It will be interesting to see how they handle this. They would have had the opposite reaction if they had a proffessional debate on the issues.
To me that is the problem. Fox obviously did not care about providing viewers with information about candidates positions on important issues. None of their questions were geared for that.
It might. I don’t know.
I know she doesn’t have the self respect a legitimate “journalist” or TV political analyst might have. She posed in her underwear like a tramp teaser. She whore-talked with Stern to get attention, etc. so what’s the big effrontery by Trump she’s mad about?
Foxnews will never recover from the damage they did to themselves by attacking the conservative base of the GOP. You do not attack your customers! Kelly brand is ruined amongst conservatives, she does have a new liberal fan base so I think she still has a future in media. Foxnews however is doomed.
It is too bad that FOX also is now as biased as the rest, but we all knew (from past experience) these candidates would have to face a hostile media corps, with their loaded and gotcha questions, sooner or later. Might as well be now.
If anything, at least the Republicans will be battle-hardened by next year, while Hillary is still getting the creampuff treatment from “The Press”.
It is certainly not what they expected. As was pointed out 24 million + views is a double edge sword. Their errors are exposed to all. They may rue the day!
Dropping Trump is going to hurt their viewership for sure.
All the trash MK has done in past becoming very public is not going to help. Wait for their rating to drop !!
“s far as that “brilliantly insightful intelligent” Megyn Kelly, a b!tch is still a b!tch, even if she’s a smart and beautiful one.”
Very true.
Smart? Maybe to a degree. But one thing’s for certain: she lacks wisdom.
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