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Fired Fox News politics editor: Trump's ire at election night call led to 'panic'
NPR ^ | June 14, 2022 | DAVID FOLKENFLIK

Posted on 06/15/2022 7:10:02 AM PDT by lowbridge

Who won the November 2020 U.S. presidential elections? That was the question California lawmaker Zoe Lofgren asked Monday at the hearing of the House Select Committee on the January 6th attacks on Congress.

"Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., of the great state of Delaware" came the reply.

After November 7th, how likely was it for then-President Donald Trump to pull out a surprise victory?

"You're better off to play the Powerball," was the answer.

Asked about Fox News's projection of Biden as the winner of Arizona on Election Night, the network's former political director, Chris Stirewalt, testified, "Our poll in Arizona was beautiful, and it was doing just what we wanted it to do. And it was cooking up just right."

-snipEver the jaunty raconteur, he said the Arizona call made by Fox's decision desk — before any other U.S. television network — alarmed executives fearful of alienating Trump voters and angered his many allies within the network.

"We don't award any electoral votes. We don't count any ballots. We are some nerds in a room, and that's it," Stirewalt said in the interview. "We're just telling you what's going to happen. We're not making anything happen."

"And it showed to me how much television — the perceptions of events, of television as entertainment, news as entertainment and treating it like a sport - had really damaged the capacity of Americans to be good citizens in a republic because they confused the TV show with the real thing."

In some ways, Fox journalists were telling their viewers things they didn't want to hear. "Part of the problem, of course, was that there were opinion hosts on Fox who, for months and months and months, had been repeating the baseless claim that Trump was going to win the election for sure,"

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: capitol; chrisstirewalt; coupaccomplice; davidfolkenflik; jan6; january6; nevertrumpers; nofloridacall; stirewalt
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1 posted on 06/15/2022 7:10:02 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

He added nothing to discussions, same for Rove. Fox still needs to shed the weight.


2 posted on 06/15/2022 7:13:48 AM PDT by fuente (Liberty resides in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box--Fredrick Douglas)
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To: lowbridge
Trump won the election.

The Uniparty cartel and their Media rigged the outcome.

3 posted on 06/15/2022 7:15:55 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: lowbridge

Npr? Sorry but they are CNN on steroids


4 posted on 06/15/2022 7:16:03 AM PDT by Bob434 (.)
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To: lowbridge; Red Badger; SunkenCiv; Liz

NPR interviews are a credible source only for what the democrats will claim next.

Here, they’re using a faux news manipulator to reinforce the fraud.


5 posted on 06/15/2022 7:18:10 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: lowbridge

“Baseless” my little brown eye.


6 posted on 06/15/2022 7:19:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: lowbridge

There is no political projection that can call a race early for an outcome separated by 10,000 votes out of tens of millions. However, if you know the fix is in...


7 posted on 06/15/2022 7:19:30 AM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: lowbridge

Democrats cover up plan get more light on it by the day crisis alarm on.


8 posted on 06/15/2022 7:19:34 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: Bob434

National PRAVDA Radio!


9 posted on 06/15/2022 7:19:45 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! There)
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To: lowbridge

NPR shouldn’t be taxpayer funded or subsidized.
More government propaganda, that we don’t need.


10 posted on 06/15/2022 7:19:53 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: lowbridge

I have run a calculator doing accounting for over 65 years.

I RELIED on those machines to be accurate.

Dominion machines were counting 1.25 votes for each vote for Biden & .75 votes for each vote for Trump.

Accounting can NEVER be accurate when the MACHINES are corrupt.


11 posted on 06/15/2022 7:20:37 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: lowbridge
The Election Horse Race is what drives ratings.

Calling Arizona early would be a good network strategy to get eyes on your network feed.

For the same reason, calling Florida for Trump to put him up in the Election Horse Race would be a good network strategy, too.

FauxNews didn't call Florida.

12 posted on 06/15/2022 7:22:00 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: lowbridge
You're better off to play the Powerball,"

Not really. All that was need would've been for 5 state legislatures to do their jobs, but none did.

13 posted on 06/15/2022 7:22:13 AM PDT by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: Bob434

Any “media” outfit that relies on stolen taxpayer dollars for its survival isn’t worth having around.


14 posted on 06/15/2022 7:22:19 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump.)
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To: lowbridge

They were all in on the steal, which is why it cannot be questioned.


15 posted on 06/15/2022 7:23:47 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Contempt for pre-born human life breeds contempt for post-born human life.)
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To: libertylover

What were those 2000 mules doing, if not stuffing the drop-off boxes with trafficked ballots?

I am willing to accept any reasonable alternative explanation.


16 posted on 06/15/2022 7:25:54 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Contempt for pre-born human life breeds contempt for post-born human life.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Any “media” outfit that relies on stolen taxpayer dollars for its survival isn’t worth having around.

And frankly should have been weened off taxpayer funds ages ago.

17 posted on 06/15/2022 7:27:13 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This!!!


18 posted on 06/15/2022 7:27:26 AM PDT by bantam
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To: lowbridge

“Our poll in Arizona was beautiful, and it was doing just what we wanted it to do. And it was cooking up just right.”

The election was stolen and he’s openly gloating about it.


19 posted on 06/15/2022 7:27:35 AM PDT by Cats1
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To: lowbridge

Stirewalt is just like Biden, reading off what he is told to say. If you believe the election was rigged, then you already know that Decision Desk and the rest of the media were part of the scam.


20 posted on 06/15/2022 7:31:27 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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