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Bitter Truce Fox News Ailes FURIOUS at NR's Lowry for Forcing Fox to Cede Moral High Ground to Trump
BREITBART BIG GOVERNMENT ^ | 24 Sep 2015 (related to current events) | MATTHEW BOYLE

Posted on 01/23/2016 10:44:44 PM PST by onyx

~ SNIPS~


Ailes is mad at Lowry because this move means, in the ongoing war between Fox News and Trump, Fox News has now "given up the moral high ground." Essentially, Ailes understands, that means his network looks like the unfair aggressor that Trump has accused it of being -rather than a neutral arbiter of the news - all while Trump continues soaring in the 2016 GOP primary polls.

But on Wednesday evening, Lowry appearing on Kelly's program compromised Fox's position in the war by veering down a vulgar path in his attack on Trump. Even Kelly, who also dislikes Trump, clearly was shocked at what Lowry said live on air, reacting "What did you just say? You can't say that!"

Fox has not officially announced that they have reprimanded Lowry, and there are no media reports of that at this time.




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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; antitrump; background; election2016; erickerickson; lowry; matthewboyle; mediabias; megynkelly; newyork; nroedition; pinkstain; pinkstate; politico; redstate; redstategathering; richlowry; rogerailes; trump
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To: VRW Conspirator
Seeing pictures of her on FR, I cannot help but think of a her as a stripper ready to do a pole dance.

She doesn't have the body to be a good pole dancer. She does look good in the face with makeup but she will never make Sport Illustrated Swim Suit edition. At least not without heavy photoshop enhancement.

81 posted on 01/24/2016 10:31:31 AM PST by itsahoot (Trump is a fumble mouthed blowhard that can't speak in complete sentences. Wonder why is he winning?)
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To: Albion Wilde

I share your humor, Albion!! Happy you enjoyed a chuckle!

(Hey, thanks for all you do.)


82 posted on 01/24/2016 10:35:51 AM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: Albion Wilde

I share your humor, Albion!! Happy you enjoyed a chuckle!

(Hey, thanks for all you do.)


83 posted on 01/24/2016 10:36:52 AM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: onyx
Brit got a divorce and this happened before Megyn married husband #2, with whom she now has 3 children.

I think that may not be accurate. I believe he is still married to his second wife (he had been divorced many years ago from his first wife, before this era under discussion), and it's always possible that there really was no affair, just a lot of attraction resulting in gossip. One theory is that he was directed by management to promote her: the problem there is that FoxNews believes that "promoting" women newsreaders means encouraging them to dress and act like sex objects, show a lot of leg, etc. Can't imagine how Greta has lasted, looking as professional as she does.

Like I said, I don't really care if there was an affair or not; it;s the hypocrisy of the politics of personal destruction by the media against the candidates that is just way out of line. Their role is not to make up our minds for us. If there is dirt, just report it factually with full authentication, but be willing to treat all candidates the same.

The dominance of the left means journalists have lost all aspirations to objectivity. They don't even see why it would be a good idea, much less a mark of maturity and professionalism.

84 posted on 01/24/2016 11:19:43 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: jonrick46; Aria
"You're afraid. I mean, this guy is such a total pussy, it's stunning," Peters exploded.

Oh, I see the problem. If he had said "prick", there probably wouldn't have been an issue. The double standard has reversed itself.

85 posted on 01/24/2016 11:22:16 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: libbylu
Breaking six month old news? Just bought my first ever subscription to NR.

You're willing to spend money on your pet hate? That's a new low even for thee, libbah.

86 posted on 01/24/2016 11:27:23 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: FreedomPoster
Maybe add Cavuto to that list.

He did creditably well at the FoxBusiness debate.

87 posted on 01/24/2016 11:28:35 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: onyx

I think all these self-important assholes need to take an extended vacation and let the people decide this.


88 posted on 01/24/2016 11:32:27 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: moovova
"Dude, this was like four months ago!"

I asked onyx to post it because it gives background on the story of why Lowry decided to use Buckley's once-wonderful brand, NR, to make an even greater fool of himself than he did in this thread's link. He published his dump load on Trump two days ago. That's why now.

89 posted on 01/24/2016 12:22:26 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: onyx

Megyn should show some class - - and prove she cares about the larger picture - - by voluntarily giving up her debate position.


90 posted on 01/24/2016 12:31:09 PM PST by GOPJ (It's more important to have a gun in your hand than a cop on the phone- Florida Sheriff Grady Judd)
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To: Albion Wilde
Have to disagree on the cover style as I mentioned at the time of it's release. The model is Soviet propaganda, the new soviet man, strong, healthy, virtuous with his gaze fixed on the distant horizon of the new socialist/communist world.

Flip through poster archives of that era and you will thousands of the type extolling the virtue of the day, ready to defend to the death the party's position.

The odd thing is that the Soviet images face right conforming to the convention of how the eye travels while viewing. Romney oddly faces left, away from the edge of the page , inviting the flip to the next. Compare your reaction to both images. Take a look a book covers, almost all direct the eye to follow through and turn the page.

91 posted on 01/24/2016 1:01:26 PM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled..e.by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern - Chesterton)
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To: BfloGuy
What a stupid article. Lowry's an opinion-writer. Why would his opinion cause such an uproar -- vulgarly-expressed or not?

The idea here is that he assumed the moral high ground and rounded up 22 other people to do a hit on Donald Trump. This article is just one piece of backstory showing that the low road of hypocrisy has unintended consequences. Instead of writing about the issues, the magazine of which he is the editor slimed not just Trump, but impugned the American people and their ability to choose a candidate based on substantive issues, not cheap shots. So let's see who we're dealing with; this is one piece of info about his less-than-high-minded motivations.

92 posted on 01/24/2016 1:03:51 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: beandog
Well, she still has some time to catch up with Trump who has had 3 wives and cheats on them.

He's been in the press for nearly 40 years, and has admitted cheating on the first one, Ivana, with the second one, Marla, whom he then married, 23 years ago. The comparison to Clinton won't wash, as Clinton was credibly accused of exploiting a young employee, of serial abuse-of-power seductions of the one-night-stand variety, and even of forcible rape. Clinton had to pay Paula Jones an $850,000 settlement; and Hillary savaged all the many accusers, such as Juanita Broaddrick and Kathleen Wiley, on top of her having defended a child raplist against a 12-year-old girl victim. That's not remotely comparable to Trump having cheated on his first wife, whose ambitious and competitive drives may have contributed to a marriage breakdown. Not excusing cheating as a solution; but there's a quantitative and qualitative difference in the two men's stories.

In the short-lived second marriage, Marla is the one rumored to have been the cheater in that marriage, not too long into it. Both the ex-wives have said he would make a great president.

Turmp himself recently said, when interviewed about his serial marriages, that they were good women and the fault was his for working all the time and not spending enough time at home; but that his present wife has straightened him out on that.

I've seen nothing said about cheating since the split from Ivana 24 years ago.

He met Melania 18 years ago after the split from Marla, and they eventually married and had their son a year after they were married 10 or 11 years ago. He and Melania appear to have a very close and mutually admiring relationship; and he is very close with all his children, three of whom are married, and with his 7 grandchildren. They are also on a cordial basis with Melania, unlike the grown children of many divorces; and Ivana continues to live in her own section of Mar-a-Lago. In fact, Donald was present at Mar-a-Lago when she married one of her subsequent boy toys there. Neither of her two marriages after Donald to much younger men have lasted, indicating some judgment issues there; whereas he has achieved stability as a paterfamilias to a congenial group of offspring.

Do you know something we don't know? Post a link!

93 posted on 01/24/2016 1:33:03 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: RitaOK; abigkahuna; Amntn; Art in Idaho; AuntB; BigEdLB; BlackFemaleArmyCaptain; Bratch; ...
(Hey, thanks for all you do.)

It's been a wonderful election activity, RitaOK! Thanks for all you do as well, and majority credit certainly goes to the many FR supporters (I'm sure I missed many) who post threads, research, links, pix and astute rebuttal comments -- especially for keeping "our" side civil, backed up by research, and issues-driven.

94 posted on 01/24/2016 1:42:47 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: Covenantor
Sharp insights! I see your point about Soviet art and it's valid.

On the other hand, reproduction technology to some extent drives all graphic art in a similar way worldwide in each era. Here are some of the Boy Scout repros from the 30s - 50s, and your point is well taken about where the protagonist is looking:

In fairness, the Romney image is looking to "his" right; and the Soviets to "their" left. That's why an art director has to think deeply about imagery, what it actually communicates below the surface to the reader, and as you note, how it functions to compel the all-important "eye-ball hang time."

95 posted on 01/24/2016 2:03:17 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: beandog
"He met Melania 18 years ago after the split from Marla"

Correction: 18 years after the split from Ivana

96 posted on 01/24/2016 2:06:44 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: Albion Wilde

Thanks for the ping.


97 posted on 01/24/2016 2:13:30 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Albion Wilde
"Dude, this was like four months ago!"

Sorry. That was a hazy/lazy reference to the Fox news clip below. I was lumping Lowery in with Tommy Vietor in an oblique way. Your thread (via onyx) was right on the money.

"Spokesman Tommy Vietor joined Bret live on set for Special Report and when asked about whether he changed the word attacks to demonstrations in the Susan Rice talking points, Vietor said he did not remember because-- "Dude, this was like two years ago.." "

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/special-report-bret-baier/blog/2014/05/01/tommy-vietor-tells-bret-dude-it-benghazi-was-two-years-ago

98 posted on 01/24/2016 2:22:44 PM PST by moovova
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To: New Jersey Realist

I disagree. I think she’s very bright.

Her problem is that she has an unprofessional agenda. She has taken sides and can’t hide it.


99 posted on 01/24/2016 2:42:01 PM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: moovova

Makes more sense now!! I do remember that particular calumny. Hope he went to see 13 Hours and wakes up with nightmares for the rest of the lives of the dead heroes’ parents, wives and children.


100 posted on 01/24/2016 2:52:33 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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