Hasta la vista!
Posted on 06/24/2019 2:32:43 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Former Fox News reporter Carl Cameron said Monday that he left the network favored by conservatives because "right-wing hosts drowned out straight journalism with partisan misinformation."
Cameron made the remarks in a promotional video about why he joined Front Page Live, a website whose goal, in part, is to serve as an antidote to the conservative Drudge Report.
"What’s a former Fox guy doing here on Front Page Live, partnering with progressives?" Cameron, who worked at Fox News for more than two decades, said in the video. "Well, it’s about facts, not partisanship."
Cameron, now Front Page Live's chief political correspondent, said that he joined Fox News in its early days because the "idea of fair and balanced news appealed to me."
"But over the years, the right-wing hosts drowned out straight journalism with partisan misinformation. I left," he added, before noting that he has "unique insight and understanding of how the right operates, and literally 30 years of covering Donald Trump."
Cameron said that the job of Front Page Live will be to simply "inform, that's it," and touted the new website as a "a powerful resource for anyone who wants real facts over partisan propaganda."
Front Page Live did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.
Cameron retired from Fox News in 2008 after serving for 22 years as one of its chief political correspondents. He said in email to colleagues at the time that he would be "immensely grateful for the relationships, experiences, and many lessons over the last two decades,” TV Newser reported.
Cameron told The Washington Post that he had a lot of "respect for the people that try to do journalism" at Fox News. He added that he kept his "personal beliefs very very to myself" while at the network.
Cameron teamed up with Joseph Romm, the founding editor of ClimateProgress.org, to create Front Page Live, The Post reported. The company describes itself on its website as a place "dedicated to helping diverse voices and content go viral, and a news source that reflects the values of the majority of good people on our amazing planet."
"Part of our goal is to be an antidote to the Drudge Report. But whereas Drudge aggregates and viralizes right-wing content, which includes a lot of disinformation and climate science denial, we will aim to aggregate and viralize accurate news," Romm, who serves as editor-in-chief and CEO, said in a statement to The Hill. "We are 'liberal' only in the sense that climate science has been labeled 'liberal' by climate science deniers.
"We are trying to be a place that will save people time because it’s simply way too hard for anyone to sip quality water from open fire-hydrant that is online news and social media – especially because there is so much sewage thrown in."
Romm told The Washington Post that he views the organization as a “viralizing engine” for the left. The site will reportedly be populated with audience-tested headlines. Cameron also said on a promo video that stories will include "act now" buttons for people to get involved in campaigns related to a particular topic.
Hasta la vista!
Gee whiz....how much did the leftist groups pay Campaign Carl to become Climate Carl????
I say, Follow Carl’s $$$$$.
He had twenty years to leave/complain.
How transparent of Carl :(
Retired from Fox in “2008?” I don’t think that’s accurate.
Campaign Carl always looked like someone in wardrobe had issued him panties that were two sizes too small
We all knew Carl was a big lib.
I perceive that a major component of Carl’s case of acute redbutt is so many of us deplorables who haven’t swallowed the climate change fraud. That is one particular thing that’s chafing him pretty bad, judging by his remarks.
You’re dead to me Carl. Dead Dead Dead!
Campaign Carl hid Commie Carl.
Cameron was one of the hateful, snarky, smirky, nasty brigade toward Sarah Palin. Despised him then and certainly couldn’t care less about the ‘whys’ of his departure now. The only thing I care about is that he is gone.
Big obama lover.Nuff said.
He sounds like he doesn’t believe the left will eat him alive because his position is that “the facts matter” and that it isn’t about “left or right”.
He’s going to have a rude awakening.
How many political reports did Campaign Carl misinform us about?
Carl just realized that Jeb was not coming back...
“...to serve as an antidote to the conservative Drudge Report.”
Conservative Drudge? Drudge moved Left a few years ago. How long has it been since Cameron actually read Drudge’s page? It is obviously anti-PDJT.
Never could stand this ugly little troll. “Campaign Carl” Yuck, whatta creepy little putz.
Isn’t that the truth. I remember him too. Now I find out he left 11 years ago. I never knew he left either. LOL.
The commie left hates the truth. It is their worst enemy.
Is this article right? Wikipedia says he left FOX in 2017.
2008 - has he been gone that long - some how I never missed him.....
GOOD RIDDANCE,
NEVER LIKED THAT GUY.
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