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Conservatives Furious at Fox, Say Trump Wasn't Treated Fairly
Newsmax ^ | August 7, 2015 | Melanie Batley

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 ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; chriswallace; conservatives; debate; donaldtrump; election2016; erickerickson; foxnews; gop; gope; mediabias; megynkelly; newscorp; newyork; politico; redstate; redstategathering; trump
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To: Sarah Barracuda

And Ted’s answer was sincere and perfect, IMO.


41 posted on 08/08/2015 8:56:45 PM PDT by Ms Mable
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=190&v=DP6S3KE2DaI

I agree with these two black women


42 posted on 08/08/2015 8:57:48 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman (New Boss Nancy Pelosino)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Here’s my backlash— I aint watching Faux News no mo. excluding Sean Hannity.


43 posted on 08/08/2015 8:59:35 PM PDT by tflabo (Psalm 1)
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To: chris37
“Megyn, you're an embarrassment to journalism. I wanted to watch a presidential debate, not a hit job by you and Fox,” <<

Megyn had a “brain” bleed-out..DOA!...if Fox is smart...they will give her a few days off every 28 days to salvage their investment...(IMHO..”.shes dead Jim”...She may still sleep on the corporates couch...but her career is over as a “journalist”...

Mark my words...28 days and counting...

44 posted on 08/08/2015 9:01:45 PM PDT by M-cubed ( Their hope is to find a way to pick a nominee who, if elected, would actually stay the course the w)
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To: Windflier

Sorry, I will defend my country from socialist scum. I’m sorry if it pisses off liberals.


45 posted on 08/08/2015 9:03:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Logical me
Done with them. When someone finds a good alternate to that crap hole let me know.

I can't vouch for it because I haven't checked it out for myself, but there are a lot of Freepers mentioning ONE AMERICA NEWS (OAN).

Here is a link if you wish to review it for yourself.

One America News Network

46 posted on 08/08/2015 9:03:14 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Logical me

Fox is like all the big media. They are defenders of the status quo political machine. I remember how they deliberately started to distance themselves from the Tea Party. Now they have this crap debate with questions that could’ve been designed by any far left host and of course if Trump had criticized the host of MSNBC it would’ve been different but because we have a Host in Kelly who seemed to think the debate was more about her than letting the candidates introduce themselves to the nation and talk about real issues like immigration, jobs, and selling off baby parts she instead made it about playing gotcha. Prebius said the debates this year would be different. It was horrible. I personally think Prebius is a genuine guy but these antics are just causing me to lose even more faith in the GOP. They are mad a Trump for doing what any one of those candidates could do. He is tapping into the very real and very justified angst of people who have been disaffected and who rightly feel the game is being stacked against them while screw balls like Jeb Bush go on about the “Act of love” illegal immigration represents.


47 posted on 08/08/2015 9:04:13 PM PDT by Maelstorm (America wasn't founded with the battle cry give me Liberty or cut me a government check!".)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The insanity over Trump's comments about Megyn Kelly centers on the word "whatever." This is an example of what happens when you use words that open yourself to alternate interpretations. In this case, lets use the word "ears" in place of the word "whatever." Here is the sentence: "And you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes; blood coming out of her — ears."

The metaphor of blood coming out of her eyes and ears speaks of the Ebola sickness. There was a sickness that night. I hope it does not infect the body politics.

48 posted on 08/08/2015 9:05:00 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: tbw2

Not necessarily. Trump will pull more democrat and independent voters thank people think he will. Didn’t Perot pull mostly republican votes?


49 posted on 08/08/2015 9:06:30 PM PDT by Cats Pajamas (Romans 1:18-32 ..............God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things.....)
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To: tflabo
I hope Megyn Kelly's and FOX news ratings go way down

They just outed themselves. Megyn Kelly is a communist.
FOX news are the same as the other ones CBS, CNN , Ny times, NBC , MSNBC etc. , all hard core communists . actually the hardest core most fanatical communists are the supposed journalists ( the news media).

It's why “journalists” go into the news to Change the USA into a communist hell hole as we are now seeing in Venezuela where people are so hungry mobs are raiding super markets for food

50 posted on 08/08/2015 9:06:34 PM PDT by Democrat_media (Obama will use Obamatrade to import hundreds of millions of 3rd world people into the U.S.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Fox News: We Decide, You Report to Facebook


51 posted on 08/08/2015 9:11:29 PM PDT by cabojoe
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To: JohnBrowdie

Yes they are conservatives. Conservatism isn’t what Kelly did. Like Trump or not, that was dirty crap. Don’t kid yourself, they could have painted ANY candidate up there as a sexist insensitive racist jerk.

That wasn’t a legitimate question. And of all the things I care about that’s about number 185.

ALso funny that Megan Kelly posing for her sexpot pics, going on Howard Stern to talk about her boobs and her husbands penis is up there acting SO upset that someone might not respect women. Please.


52 posted on 08/08/2015 9:15:50 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: Democrat_media

In fact they will probably go up, just like Rush’s did after he called Sandy Fluke a slut. More than 24 million people watched Megyn Kelly, some for the first time. They’ll be back, you can count on it.

Unless you think making silly remarks like “she’s a communist” is going to change anything.


53 posted on 08/08/2015 9:16:25 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

This is their master plan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRbtf2UFcmc


54 posted on 08/08/2015 9:17:06 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: Maelstorm

FOX is using the ole bait-n-switch on us.


55 posted on 08/08/2015 9:17:08 PM PDT by Ms Mable
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To: Cats Pajamas
You just nailed it.

The Uniparty and the Murdoch media and the DC political class are freaked out that all there power will be wiped out by a third party run and victory by Trump.

Billionaires like Rupert who rule over us will be powerless and KStreet crowd will be out of power too.

Bonehead, Ryan, Reid, Mitchy , and all the former aides who are Street whores wont be ramming thru Amnesty, Treasonous Trade bills. And laughing at us !

Trump is a household name and does not need them.
He is very dangerous.
Just look at all the concerned posters here.
Most appear to be paid Gope astroturfers trying to spread doubt !

56 posted on 08/08/2015 9:17:44 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full force)
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To: rktman

I posted this on another thread-
Keep it up, party of stupid. Trump will pick up his chips, create a third party, and take away 30% of your base. Hello President Clinton!


57 posted on 08/08/2015 9:18:36 PM PDT by matthew fuller (When do the minarets and outhouse moon go up on the White Mosque?)
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To: jonrick46

Her first words to him at the debate were Mr. Trump everyone knows you don’t have a filter for the things you say. She has zippo credibility. She went into it knowing he had no filter.


58 posted on 08/08/2015 9:18:46 PM PDT by Cats Pajamas (Romans 1:18-32 ..............God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things.....)
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To: nickcarraway
His whole schtick is doing things like calling people pigs.

To take it one step further, Trump's whole schtick is doing things like calling people pigs, and then, when other people criticize him for it, turning around and insulting THOSE people too. This whole thing is nothing new, and it's nothing but an attention-grabbing act by attention-whore Trump.

59 posted on 08/08/2015 9:18:47 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Above My Pay Grade

Then I’m sure that you had no problem with Princess Megyn sucking up to her friend Debbie Wasserman Schulz afterward, right?


60 posted on 08/08/2015 9:21:05 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl
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