Donald Trump vs. Roger Ailes: How Fox News Chief Used Debate to Strike Against GOP Frontrunner

The Wrap ^ | 8/7/15 | Jordan Chariton

[Graybeard58]

“I’m very surprised at Fox News that they would do that; I would say it’s pretty unprofessional,” he said.

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No different than Candy Crowley. Well Candy is a fat a$$ and Kelly’s not, other than that..................................

[Bigg Red]

I don’t know what to believe anymore. FOX has seemed very crazy about Trump for a long time. I stopped watching a few years ago, but the husband still DVRs some of the programs, and I can hear the TV while I am on the ‘puter in the next room — usually on FR. Seems like, until recently, Trump was always being asked for his opinion on various topics.

Whatever the motivation, both Trump and FAUX news are enjoying all of the attention, I am sure.

[bert]

sorry, I didn’t make myself clear on this post

there are tons of questions to be asked

what I meant was the Fox researchers had found the most difficult personal position or situation or personal problems they could find. all those are now off the table

all were subjected to those difficult questions..... the answers are now on the record

[bert]

didn’t happen

Fox gave Trump the opportunity to clear the air on problematic issues and positions. He seized that opportunity and sucessfully dealt with it

[blackdog]

Look up the bankruptcy proceedings of the Taj Mahal. Look at the creditors. The optics included his travel in his helicopter to bankruptcy court in Manhattan each day to claim he was broke.

FWIW, the first thing any corporation does before they enter bankruptcy court is to sell off their fleet of aircraft. Not doing so is just being a jerk to all the people being offered .05 cents on the dollar who are losing their homes and businesses.

[bert]

your misunderstanding is showing

the helicopter was not an asset of the bankrupt company

[blackdog]

At one point I even sold parts to our aircraft in order to maximize our cash on hand to pay creditors. Telling some guy who painted your lobby he gets $300 on a $15,000 job while you have six propellers, four Garrett Turbo prop engines, and hangar space you are paying $20,000 per month for is just not right.

Doing the right thing versus doing what's legal are different matters. They do however matter.

I am not a person who thinks Trump is not doing good things for this election cycle, I'm just saying I would not trust him to do the right thing in the end.

[exit82]

I had no idea that the left had called him that!

But his comments last night to Kelly show how out of touch the Fox insiders really are with the folks that make up their customer base.

He thought she did a great job, when already by that point the incoming Facebook and email was solidly against such a notion.

No one wanted to tell the Queen she was wrong, akin to Alice in Wonderland.

Makes you wonder what are the things that matter to the Fox insiders....;)

[Catsrus]

The Kraut also went off on Sarah Palin. He was disgusting!

[Catsrus]

And, just who is a president? Obama? I’ve looked at every candidate and trying to be fair - tried to picture who, in the group, looks like he should be the next president. I tried to picture each of them in the WH. I won’t say who I saw as that person.

[Tau Food]

I wasn't surprised by the bias, but I just never imagined that they would be this blatant about it. Just because you're going to be a fraud doesn't mean that there are no standards. This was like gross incompetence to so recklessly expose the bias.

However, I had read somewhere else that the contract on Trump had come down from Murdoch and not from Ailes. It's time for them to say who ordered the hit.