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Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes Quit Fox News, Upset Over Jan. 6 Documentary
The Epoch Times ^ | 11-22-21 | Zachary Steiber

Posted on 11/22/2021 11:54:36 AM PST by MNJohnnie

Fox News commentators Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes have quit the network, upset over a documentary about Jan. 6 that was produced by Tucker Carlson.

“With the release of ‘Patriot Purge,’ we felt we could no longer ‘do right as we see it’ and remain at Fox News. So we resigned,” they wrote in a joint post at The Dispatch, where both work.

“Patriot Purge” is a documentary series from Carlson about what took place on Jan. 6, when protesters and rioters breached the U.S. Capitol in Washington, interrupting a joint session of Congress that was certifying electoral votes.

A preview released earlier this month quotes officials and media personalities comparing the breach to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which Carlson argues is part of “pushing the lie of a domestic white terror army.”

“Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights, and to defame them as domestic terrorists,” he said, adding that some of what has been promoted about what happened is untrue.

Goldberg and Hayes, part of a small group of conservatives who opposed former President Donald Trump for most of his time in office, said they see the documentary as part of a pattern at Fox of amplifying “false claims” and “bizarre narratives” of Trump.

“‘Patriot Purge’ creates an alternative history of January 6, contradicted not just by common sense, not just by the testimony and on-the-record statements of many participants, but by the reporting of the news division of Fox News itself,” they wrote.

Both men joined Fox in 2009. They primarily appeared on “Fox News Sunday” and “Special Report.”

A Fox executive told The Epoch Times in an email that the network had no intention of re-signing Hayes or Goldberg when their contracts came up in 2022.

The resignations drew praise from some, including Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who have both repeatedly attacked Trump in recent months.

Cheney said on Twitter that the men were “standing up for truth and calling out dangerous lies.”

Others panned the move, including Carlson, who sent out a promotion of the documentary that described it as the series “that drove Jonah Goldberg to an impotent rage.”

“Thank you to Jonah Goldberg and Steve Hayes for putting us out of our misery; now we don’t have to be accosted by your illogical and nonsensical takes while watching Fox News,” said Jennifer Van Laar, managing editor of Red State.


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To: MNJohnnie

F*ck these a**holes.


41 posted on 11/22/2021 12:32:03 PM PST by beef (The Chinese have a little secret—diversity is _not_ a strength.)
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To: ALPAPilot

Exactly


42 posted on 11/22/2021 12:34:37 PM PST by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: MNJohnnie

People like these are media gadflies. They flit from one media outlet to another as paid “contributors.” I haven’t been watching much TV news since the 2020 elections, but happened to tune into FOX the other night. I was surprised to see Goldberg on as a “contributor,” although what he contributes escapes me. He and others like him seem to be perpetual adolescent hall monitor types who hyperventilate whenever anyone “disobeys” them. (By disobey, I mean disagree of course.) I’ll continue to happily ignore them.


43 posted on 11/22/2021 12:35:06 PM PST by Avalon Memories (Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...)
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To: MNJohnnie

The Lincoln project has openings for Tiki Torch holders, so good news somebody will want you two.


44 posted on 11/22/2021 12:39:27 PM PST by ga1948
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To: MNJohnnie

GOOD RIDDANCE !!!


45 posted on 11/22/2021 12:40:51 PM PST by Pearfect
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To: MNJohnnie

Have to laugh at how the media a-holes are framing this news...”Conservative Commentators Resign from FOX News”.

Like Goldberg and Hayes are conservatives...what a joke these two are.


46 posted on 11/22/2021 12:42:56 PM PST by Cuttnhorse (Nothing dies harder than a lie that people want to believe)
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To: PGR88

Yes to hell with the new left leaning National Review and Jonah’s liberal ass.


47 posted on 11/22/2021 12:44:01 PM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: FlipWilson

If Chris and Neil leave I may forgive Fox and renew my subscription.


48 posted on 11/22/2021 12:44:49 PM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: MNJohnnie

They must’ve found better opportunities at the candy factory, putting fudge into boxes and taping them shut...

Don’t let the door hit ya where the Lord split ya!


49 posted on 11/22/2021 12:54:05 PM PST by Mr. Rabbit
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To: MNJohnnie

Where is there to go for these guys? Nowhere. They based their taken on Trump, not by results, but on some fashion code designed by thieving and lying Democrats. What does that say about these two Laurel and Hardy clowns?... not much.


50 posted on 11/22/2021 1:03:03 PM PST by BEJ
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To: MNJohnnie

Goldberg and Hayes quitting is a good sign, now if Wallace and Baier would leave, maybe we could get better news instead of their slanted anti Trump mantra.


51 posted on 11/22/2021 1:08:51 PM PST by chopperk
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To: FlipWilson

Be warned Fox, you don’t have a Comcast or a Disney that will treat you as a tax write-off when you hemorrhage cash.


There’s always George Soros and the Chicoms to lend financial support.


52 posted on 11/22/2021 1:18:50 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Hope they didn’t let the door hit them in the a$$ on the way out.


53 posted on 11/22/2021 1:34:44 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (When Satan craps another demon possessed Progressive is born.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Time to destroy RINOs of all types.


54 posted on 11/22/2021 2:35:32 PM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: 1Old Pro
Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes Quit Fox News, Upset Over Jan. 6 Documentary.......

LOLOL....Who? Didn't even recognize them


55 posted on 11/22/2021 3:00:31 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: MNJohnnie

Now that they quit the burning question is”Will they just SHUT UP ?”


56 posted on 11/22/2021 3:19:22 PM PST by contrarian (AND STAY SHUT UP)
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To: MNJohnnie

Good Riddance.


57 posted on 11/22/2021 3:37:49 PM PST by simpson96
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To: MNJohnnie
Two things can be true at once:

The people who broke windows and doors and assaulted USCP officers to get into the Capitol on January 6th deserve what they get.

January 6th is being politicized in order to demonize anyone who doesn't support the liberal agenda.

58 posted on 11/22/2021 3:45:38 PM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt )
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To: caww

Hayes is a brett Baier pal and pretty much a nobody along with the rest of the weekly standard democrats posing as conservatives.


59 posted on 11/23/2021 5:32:45 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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