Posted on 08/08/2015 8:34:44 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Fox News is facing a backlash from conservatives after critics felt the network was biased and unfair in the manner it approached the forum for the Republican presidential candidates' debate Thursday, and namely, Donald Trump.
According to Media Equalizer, tens of thousands of observers swamped social media with criticism of Fox and the moderators, with some comments attracting more than 2,000 "likes."
"This was shameful. You and Fox News did not treat the candidates fairly. You tried to make Donald J. Trump look foolish. All you did was make Fox News look foolish."
"Donald J. Trump still has my vote," said one post which appeared on the network's Facebook page and received over 2,200 "likes" just two hours after it was posted.
Another post representative of the sentiment was addressed to Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly and Fox News. It said the two "should be ashamed of themselves for their unfair demeanor towards Donald Trump. They apparently had their own agenda. Trump still did his thing though! #Trump2016"
"Megyn, you're an embarrassment to journalism. I wanted to watch a presidential debate, not a hit job by you and Fox," another observer wrote.
Twitter was also flooded with criticism of Kelly and Fox.
"Tonight's debate loser: Fox News," said one post.
"#GOPDebate NOT A DEBATE! It's @FoxNews vs @realDonaldTrump! What a disgrace! @magynkelly & @BretBaier shameful! #tcot," said another.
"WTF @FoxNews ???????? THIS DEBATE IS A SETUP TO SLAM EVERYBODY EXCEPT JEB BUSH. YOU SHOULD ALL BE ASHAMED AT THIS JOURNALISTIC DISHONESTY," yet another poster commented.
For his part, Trump lashed out at Kelly on his Twitter page.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
” Seriously, if you would engage in a debate instead of name-calling, youd convince people that your guy isnt a Leftist.”
That’s hot coming from you, MOUTH.
Oh yeah, you’re from DU.
Hypocrisy is your calling card.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3322883/posts?page=23#23
monomouth is sitting in his basement foaming excrement over his disruption of cogent, intelligent debate....it's the trolls mission and the mod's seem to be letting him get away with it.....for now.
PS, didn't mean to leave anyone off the list I copied to ;)
TNMOUTH
You should lighten up. It’s a discussion forum, not an argument clinic. You’re pissing off people who you be allied with.
It will utlimately get you booted from the site.
If you want any sort of longevity, a little courtesy goes a long way.
Not liking Trump is not the issue. being rude and discourteous to folks who disagree with is the issue.
You don’t like the guy, fine. Move on to another thread.
Just a friendly word of advice.
I beat you to it, Windy!
Da troll be gone. :-)
"He blowed up real good."
I have noticed, in reading various threads, that TNMOUTH is still following the TROLL Handbook 101 ....
Quieting down for awhile after you focused the spotlight on him a while back ....
Then slowly but surely popping up on threads, hiding behind others, by "cheer leading" a comment here and a comment there to continue to try to disrupt the forum ...
And now, he/she/it, feeling confident that it is safe to do so, ramping back up into full on TROLL Disruptor Mode ...
I foolishly thought for a short time that he might not be a TROLL (when he went into shutdown mode for a short period of time .... foolish me), but it's pretty clear to me now that it is only a matter of time before he/he/it will over stay the welcome offered to all new FR members.
I leave it up to Jim and His Moderators to make that decision of course, but I have my TROLL ZOT-Kit ready ...
I said it on other threads - Trump is made of corbomite.
Roast in hell, troll!
Thanks for the civil response, Kart. You could have even turned that up a few degrees and I wouldn’t have been offended.
That’s because you (unlike a certain fig leafed troll who shall remain unmentioned) are capable of having an adult disagreement with an ally.
As for me — Trump/Cruz 2016
Thank you JimRob, and of course, Admin Moderator!
The trolls have actually improved their techniques. I noticed subtle and new behaviors. I will put up a post-mortem thread on the discovered new behaviors... things we need to look out for.
And to TNMOUTH: I tried to tell ya.
Anyway ... Partayyy time!!!
Looks like he got the Din Mak zot from the boss sensei!
For what it's worth, I think his cheering for Cruz was a smoke screen. The weasel was only here to disrupt this forum and create counterproductive discord among us.
Sad sack failed, as predicted.
Laz, thanks for taking out the trash.
Did he ever say what he did for a living?
That is, besides being a troll?
Absolutely. One of the points I will raise in a writeup.
I agree. He only backed off or mentioned Cruz when the heat got turned up. Classic disruptor troll.
Same here, but the MOUTH was too driven by his demons (and maybe a little Soros money) to heed my sincere advice.
Good job everyone!
Well done Laz
Another notch on the tomahawk. :)
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