Fox News Cuts Ties With Diamond & Silk, Unofficial Trump ‘Advisers’ Who Spread Bonkers Coronavirus Claims

The Daily Beast ^ | 04/27/20 | By Lachlan Cartwright and Justin Baragona

[Taxman]

The MAGA superstars lost their Fox gig after pushing absolutely wild conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fox News has cut ties with MAGA vlogging superstars Diamond & Silk, who had contributed original content to the network’s streaming service Fox Nation since shortly after its late 2018 launch.

The sudden split comes after the Trump-boosting siblings have come under fire for promoting conspiracy theories and disinformation about the coronavirus. “After what they’ve said and tweeted you won’t be seeing them on Fox Nation or Fox News anytime soon,” a source with knowledge of the matter told The Daily Beast.

After rising to prominence during the 2016 election, Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway and Rochelle “Silk” Richardson leveraged their newfound celebrity into regular sycophantic appearances on Fox News, resulting in President Donald Trump raving about their performances, featuring them at rallies, and treating them as “senior advisers.”

[Taxman]

PC will be the death of USA!

[nutmeg]

but I still like Tucker, Hannity and Laura

Same here. And Jesse Watters, Judge Jeanine, Greg Gutfeld, Mark Levin and Steve Hilton.

[JoSixChip]

It’s raciest! And sexist to boot!

[ifinnegan]

None will say what it is they’re supposed to have said.

[Kazan]

I really wish OAN was more widely available. We still don't have it, and I haven't gotten around to getting a Roku or Apple TV yet... just so I can somehow get OAN.

All you need is an Amazon Firestick or Roku, both cost very little, and you can get it for $5 a month.

[Robert DeLong]

Without a doubt, Paul Ryan played a role in that decision.

I cut ties with Fox News years ago, as liberal creep started setting in.

[Osage Orange]

I'm drifting to very little "news"....anymore. Lies, lies, and damned lies...

I'm older...and don't watch T.V. or listen to the radio.

Tend to some cattle...and fix some fence.

Oh..I've two BC's that I need, and they need me...

I'm still essential according to some..............

[Kazan]

Who watches FoxNews anymore?

It's prime time lineup is all conservative and pro-Trump.

It's probably more conservative than a year ago since Bill Hemmer replaced Shepard Smith.

I won't watch Fox Business, though, since it dumped Trish Regan.

[Texas Eagle]

Don’t want to click on the daily beast website. What did they say?

[Tuketu]

Get rid of Ryan and DOUGLASS

[Jaded]

It the Cupid shuffle... to the left, to the left, to the ri ,left...

[JudgemAll]

The guy who got the Nobel prize discovering AIDS said it was man made. Is he a conspiracist too?

And in NYC they release prisoners to save them from the virus but keep the elderly imprisoned ... tell me these 2 are wrong in their intuition that it is selectively and purposefully spread?

[Maudeen]

I haven’t watched TV for 5 years. . .don’t miss it at all. . .I am thankful I as my go-to’s Free Republic and other conservative sites as well as on-line religious broadcasts.

[JudgemAll]

^ My counter point to the dB

[MikelTackNailer]

Except for 4 or 5 personnel, Fox is no different than CNN.

And those four or five personnel sticking it out knowing the inevitable outcome are truly great people doing the best they can in the little time they have left there. So I'll watch them until they're gone and hope OAN or someone will man up and become THE voice of conservatism.

[Texas Eagle]

I have no idea what that means.

[Chgogal]

So let me get this straight. Cheating liar Donna Brazile good, Diamond and Silk bad? Methinks FNC is bad.

[jospehm20]

By disinformation the Paul Ryan leadership at Fox means the truth?

[softengine]

I continue to be amazed at the numbers of people who continue to watch television. Amazed!

It is an addiction. Once marketeers saw how much TV time we could consume, it was game on. " You are what you eat" - is far more truthful than many of us would like to admit.

[Tuketu]

Off to OANN!