Posted on 04/11/2012 5:15:16 PM PDT by VinL
- During a meeting with 18 Delaware Tea Party leaders here on Wednesday, Newt Gingrich lambasted The Fox News Channel, accusing the cable news network that employed him as recently as last year of having been in the tank for Mitt Romney from the beginning of the Republican presidential fight and singling out former colleagues for attacking him out of what he characterized as personal jealousy.
“I think Fox has been for Romney all the way through,” Gingrich said during the private meeting at Wesley College to which RealClearPolitics was granted access. “In our experience, Callista and I both believe CNN is less biased than Fox this year. We are more likely to get neutral coverage out of CNN than we are of Fox, and we’re more likely to get distortion out of Fox. That’s just a fact.”
Gingrich’s contract as a Fox News contributor was terminated last spring, as he was gearing up for his White House run.
The former House Speaker’s blunt remarks about Fox came in response to a question from one of the Delaware Tea Party leaders about the manner in which his campaign has been treated by conservative media outlets.
Gingrich did not pull his punches in accusing Rupert Murdoch -- the chairman and CEO of the News Corporation, Fox News’ parent company -- of pushing for Romney behind the scenes.
“I assume it’s because Murdoch at some point said, ‘I want Romney,’ and so ‘fair and balanced’ became ‘Romney,’” Gingrich said. “And there’s no question that Fox had a lot to do with stopping my campaign because such a high percentage of our base watches Fox.”
Gingrich saved his most personal condemnation for George Will, a conservative columnist and frequent television commentator, who has been critical ...(read more)
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“Cry me a bucket Newt, cry me a bucket...”
Really? How thought provoking! Got any more intellectually challenging insights? Another sophomoric dweeb.
“Cry me a bucket Newt, cry me a bucket...”
Really? How thought provoking! Got any more intellectually challenging insights? Another sophomoric dweeb.
Your analysis is painfully accurate.
I remember the GOP-e back in ‘94 being horrified with Newt’s tactics that eventually handed them their first Congressional majority in 40 years. Nothing but a bunch of wusses. But what’s our alternative?
Aren’t you bang on. I use to love George Will, whose tongue can be as sharp and incisive as Newt’s, but he has long become a social player in the DC media shark tank.
I respect Greta. She is a real gum shoe and goes with the story as it is, and then beats it to death, avoiding shaping the story. (Until someone tries to spin her.)
Even wondered if her husband doing some work for the Palin team added to her finess in giving the conservative message a fairer hearing.
The rest of the FOX team are mostly carnival fare now.
I did too. I’m not giving up on Newt.
tbf, Newt is on CSPAN right now—this is his town hall meeting tonight at Wesley College in Dover, D. He has been on since 10:00 pm EST.
In 2004 Newscorp execs endorsed John Kerry. The Saudis have been buying into US media, including Newscorp.
They haven’t been a “go to” source for me for a long time.
So I do have to say though they might not have claimed they were for Romney...it was clear they favored him...and still do. IMO.
I will never forget George Romney and Nelson Rockefeller’s vicious campaign to keep Goldwater from being elected in 1964. What an eye-opener. We naive conservatives were shocked out of our socks to see Republican liberals actively working against conservatives.
Like father, like son?
Why support Romney when there's another choice far more favorable...or are in the the Paul camp?
Why support Romney when there's another choice far more favorable...or are in the the Paul camp?
Ka-bing for later ................................... FRegards
Sorry. Wrong. Newt...and Rick...and Rick...and Michele...and Herman...and even Huntsman got plenty of favorable ink on Fox News whenever they did something worthy of mentioning. Which wasn’t very often. Even Santorum got over-hyped when he would win a given contest but still lose ground in the real race - the delegate count.
I concur with Larry Sabato’s assessment from a few days ago. Many of the R candidates were only in it to burnish their name recognition, future political ambition and speaking fees, etc. Newt is especially included on that list. He never ran a serious candidacy. As in working for two years beforehand raising money, building an organization, getting on all the ballots. And NOT taking off a month last summer to go on a month-long Mediterranean cruise.
I thought Perry might be a player but he bombed out in the first debate and never recovered. Not ready for Prime Time.
We got what we got, folks. Let’s work it and beat Obama.
“Newwwwt... come baaaack... come back Newwt... we love you Newwt...” screams a little boy, as Newt rides off into the sunset...
You know, it would be as much fun if you guys just didn’t respond...
You are among the few who get the bigger picture than just the harranguing.
You are absolutely right that the RINO GOP-E deserve a smack down and the only wheels we have to deliver that smack down is now with NEWT, and not by closing out the primary early.
The media has launched their own false narrative campaign against us because they despise Newt and they despise us.
They are lieing outright to kill off conservative contenders and collapse our protest. All this with but only half the delegates even captured yet, and even fewer delegates who are yet committed. Go figure.
We need to go to convention with some firepower to have a prayer for conservatives concessions from Romney, if for no other reason, and this is what Newt is seeking. And money to get there, of course. LOL.
Oh stop. What do any comments on FR about Santorum have to do with Fox News and Gingrich? You are equating yourself with the power of media? I don’t have to reread any comments I made about Rick Santorum, they were accurate and truthful. Evidently the state of Pennsylvania knew what he was all about, as well. He wasn’t even going to hold his own state, which is why pulled out.
Thanks, 82. Watched it.
Gingrich is right. You’d have to be blind not to see it.
I thought the bull dyke Khon was over on MSNBC, oh, sorry,
that’s Richard Maddow. Fox is as liberal as any of the other networks. They only pretend to be “fair and balanced”.
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