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Fox News Bans Three Star General Thomas McInerney Who Said Torture ‘Worked’ on John McCain
Mediaite.com ^ | | 7:41 am, May 11th, 2018 | by Ken Meyer

Posted on 05/11/2018 9:20:46 AM PDT by ethom

A spokesperson for Fox News said they have banished the guest who said torture “worked” on Sen. John McCain, calling him a “songbird” for his five years spent a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

Air Force veteran and former military analyst Thomas McInerney caused massive outrage yesterday for his interview on Fox Business Network where he bashed McCain for his opposition to Gina Haspel‘s nomination as CIA Director. McCain opposes Haspel because of her history overseeing the use of enhanced interrogation techniques, and when McInerney spoke to Charles Payne about this, he bashed the Arizona senator.

“The fact is John McCain — [torture] worked on John. That’s why they call him ‘Songbird John.’ The fact is those methods can work, and they are effective,” McInerney said.

Payne didn’t challenge McInerney’s remarks during the interview, but he later claimed in a public statement that a producer was talking in his ear, so he couldn’t hear the objectionable comments while they were being made. Fox has also offered an apology to the McCain family.

The Arizona senator’s wife, Cindy McCain, took to Twitter to request that the network chooses its guests “more wisely.”

As for McInerney, who has a history of making controversial comments, network representatives said they won’t be booking him on Fox News ever again.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 115th; foxban; foxbusiness; foxbusinessnetwork; foxnews; johnmccain; mccain; mcinerney; songbird; strawberries; thomasmcinerney
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To: Stepan12

https://www.oathkeepers.org/breaking-news-john-mccains-1969-tokyo-rose-propaganda-recording-released/


21 posted on 05/11/2018 9:32:39 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: ethom

Rather inappropriate comment. Now, let’s see them start cleaning house of others.


22 posted on 05/11/2018 9:32:50 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: ethom

One America News.


23 posted on 05/11/2018 9:33:10 AM PDT by jimfree (My17 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: McGavin999

Expose the entire clan including what his father did while No Name was in Nam.


24 posted on 05/11/2018 9:34:14 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: ethom

It was the threat of torture. People in the POW camp said he was never tortured but that they were.


25 posted on 05/11/2018 9:34:30 AM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: ethom

“massive outrage” LOL


26 posted on 05/11/2018 9:35:03 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (I speak hyperbolically)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

The carrier fire had nothing to do with him. Just look into Adm mclame’s attention to the story.


27 posted on 05/11/2018 9:37:05 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: ethom
p01d

Had enough yet?

28 posted on 05/11/2018 9:37:26 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: chris37

Lately all Fox has on are grinning, airhead Liberals. Watching Tucker Carlson, brow furrowed like he’s in shock, not being able to shut smug, grinning RATs down makes me turn him off within 10 minutes. Come on Tucker, you should have the facts to dispute RAT lies. Tucker can’t even shut them down when they talk over him.

At least, BOR should shut RATs up.


29 posted on 05/11/2018 9:37:48 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: billyboy15

He says so in his own Autobiography


30 posted on 05/11/2018 9:39:09 AM PDT by stylin19a (Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: billyboy15

I heard him say in his own words .... “that’s when I broke” ... in an interview about POWs and torture.


31 posted on 05/11/2018 9:44:24 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: ethom

Truth hurts, FoxNews idiots.


32 posted on 05/11/2018 9:44:37 AM PDT by Carriage Hill
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To: ethom

The truth is offensive to Fox News.


33 posted on 05/11/2018 9:50:25 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Reno89519

“Rather inappropriate comment.”


The comment was impolite, but true. This lionizing of POW’s whose principal achievement was getting captured is a creation of the media. We used to lionize heroes who risked their lives and achieved the improbable. Now we lionize incompetent losers.


34 posted on 05/11/2018 9:51:35 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
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To: Stepan12

Songbird McCain has been a traitor to this country and those, who served in the military during his treason and for decades after.


35 posted on 05/11/2018 9:52:22 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Democrats are having trouble with their MAMA campaign, (Make America Mexico Again), versus MAGA!)
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To: McGavin999

It’s going to be Meghan, she’s been practicing acting conservative on the View.
Some Freepers are even buying it.

She is an open borders loon just like her father.


36 posted on 05/11/2018 9:53:39 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ethom

Cindy McCrazy can shove it up her @$$ too!


37 posted on 05/11/2018 9:54:42 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: ethom
I thought they already banned him over his reporting on the missing Malaysian jetliner.

-PJ

38 posted on 05/11/2018 9:56:09 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

The only show on Fox I can stomach is Hannity.

I have no desire or need whatsoever to hear what anyone on the left thinks about anything.

And even Hannity gets a bit rough for me at times, because he continues, for whatever reason, to bring Jessica Tarlov on the show along side of Watters as if she has something of value to add to a conversation as opposed to being a total waste of my time and hard on my ears with that voice.


39 posted on 05/11/2018 9:57:22 AM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: ethom
McInerney wastes no words in telling it like it is. IIRC,the man also got bashed and banned for calling BO'B a pussy. Songbird John has now shown the world he, too, resides in that animal zoo. (not that we didn't realize this long before now.)
40 posted on 05/11/2018 9:59:25 AM PDT by V K Lee (Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken. - Donald J. Trump)
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