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Fox won't book guest who called Thunberg 'mentally ill' moving forward
Washington Examiner ^ | 9/24/2019 | Mike Brest

Posted on 09/24/2019 6:37:31 AM PDT by lodi90

Fox News announced that they do not plan on booking Michael Knowles moving forward after he called 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg "mentally ill" on the network Monday night.

Knowles, who hosts The Michael Knowles Show for the Daily Wire, appeared on Fox News for a segment about climate change and Thunberg's activism. He was accompanied on the show by Chris Hahn, a former aide to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who took exception to Knowles' characterization of the teenager.

Fox News no longer plans to bring Knowles on the network anymore, a spokesperson for the cable news station confirmed to the Washington Examiner after it was first reported by the Hollywood Reporter.

"If it were about science it would be led by scientists rather than by politicians and a mentally ill Swedish child, who is being exploited by her parents and by the international Left," Knowles stated, sparking a visceral reaction from Hahn, who proceeded to call him "despicable" and demand he apologize.

The network called Knowles' remarks "disgraceful" and issued an apology to both their viewers and Thunberg after the segment gained attention on social media.

Thunberg has been diagnosed with autism, ADHD, and Asperger's. She has called her condition "a superpower" that allows her to address climate change more effectively.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chrishahn; climatechange; dailywire; envirowhackos; fauxnews; foxnews; gretathunberg; michaelknowles; soros
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To: JonPreston

I’ve turned them all off and my BP is down 20 points.


41 posted on 09/24/2019 7:07:47 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: lodi90

But they will continue to book and PAY that PUKE Chris Hahn.


42 posted on 09/24/2019 7:08:32 AM PDT by CMailBag
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To: Ancesthntr; Little Ray
Agreed - please see my post above.
43 posted on 09/24/2019 7:09:06 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

and a severe eating disorder


44 posted on 09/24/2019 7:11:21 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: lodi90

Greta, like her operatic diva mother, is clearly a performing autist.


45 posted on 09/24/2019 7:11:26 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Philosophy isa battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. Wittgenstein)
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To: TTFlyer
Tucker and Hannity are the ONLY shows worth watching - while they last.

Don't forget Lou Dobbs on FOX business. He is very good.

46 posted on 09/24/2019 7:11:47 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: DoodleBob
These parents?

These ANTIFA "parents"???

Those two?

What's to attack?

47 posted on 09/24/2019 7:12:24 AM PDT by null and void (<---powered by warm sunshine and gentle breezes and unicorn farts, don't forget the unicorn farts!)
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To: TTFlyer

“Tucker and Hannity are the ONLY shows worth watching”

I’ve lost faith in Hannity. His “tick-tock, tick-tock appears to have no more meat than Maddow’s “Russia, Russia, Russia”. What bothers me most about it is that he actually communicates with the President. I assume he has the inside dope. Nothing happens. If it doesn’t happen under Trump, it ain’t gonna happen.


48 posted on 09/24/2019 7:12:51 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: lodi90

So he is correct.


49 posted on 09/24/2019 7:15:02 AM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: lodi90

Unquestionably a smart decision and not a difficult one.

NPG = No Possible Gain.

That would be entirely a CNN move, to “remotely diagnose mental illness”. Fox, if it wishes to differentiate, should not engage in such. To now do so with a child, is unthinkable.

Besides, 40% of the population think *Fox* calling someone mentally ill is a resume enhancer.

You don’t do this with a child. What’s the argument for doing this with a child. You gonna win that?


50 posted on 09/24/2019 7:15:45 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: billyboy15
The question is are those things with which the child is afflicted considered to be mental illness?

Depends on what she does with them.

If all she does is give one-sided, unbalanced speeches and scowls at those who disagree with her, then she's just your average nutcase lib. If the Secret Service tackles her while running and screaming toward the White House grounds, then maybe.

51 posted on 09/24/2019 7:19:57 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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To: lodi90

Stupid move by FOX, but the kid is not so much mentally ill as she is thoroughly propagandized. She heard the BS so constantly that she believes it, and does not have the critical thinking skills to debunk it.


52 posted on 09/24/2019 7:23:17 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: lodi90

Fox Leftists News has been the enemy for awhile .
Murdoch lefty sons have an agenda .


53 posted on 09/24/2019 7:23:18 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists)
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To: lodi90

How long have the MSM and quacks been trying to prove Trump is mentally ill?


54 posted on 09/24/2019 7:24:19 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: DoodleBob

Someone needs to breed Hogg to Greta and see what kind of maniac comes out.


55 posted on 09/24/2019 7:24:25 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: txrefugee

Me either. Only watch Greg Gutfeld’s Show on Saturday night.


56 posted on 09/24/2019 7:24:45 AM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: COBOL2Java
then she's just your average nutcase lib.

I personally consider that to be a mental illness.

57 posted on 09/24/2019 7:25:36 AM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: TTFlyer
Tucker and Hannity are the ONLY shows worth watching - while they last.

You don't consider Laura Ingraham worthy?

58 posted on 09/24/2019 7:25:44 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Someone needs to breed Hogg to Greta and see what kind of maniac comes out.

Anthony Fremont

59 posted on 09/24/2019 7:28:13 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: lodi90

Greta looks like she’s stopped eating again


60 posted on 09/24/2019 7:28:41 AM PDT by butlerweave
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