Posted on 08/08/2015 8:34:44 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Fox News is facing a backlash from conservatives after critics felt the network was biased and unfair in the manner it approached the forum for the Republican presidential candidates' debate Thursday, and namely, Donald Trump.
According to Media Equalizer, tens of thousands of observers swamped social media with criticism of Fox and the moderators, with some comments attracting more than 2,000 "likes."
"This was shameful. You and Fox News did not treat the candidates fairly. You tried to make Donald J. Trump look foolish. All you did was make Fox News look foolish."
"Donald J. Trump still has my vote," said one post which appeared on the network's Facebook page and received over 2,200 "likes" just two hours after it was posted.
Another post representative of the sentiment was addressed to Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly and Fox News. It said the two "should be ashamed of themselves for their unfair demeanor towards Donald Trump. They apparently had their own agenda. Trump still did his thing though! #Trump2016"
"Megyn, you're an embarrassment to journalism. I wanted to watch a presidential debate, not a hit job by you and Fox," another observer wrote.
Twitter was also flooded with criticism of Kelly and Fox.
"Tonight's debate loser: Fox News," said one post.
"#GOPDebate NOT A DEBATE! It's @FoxNews vs @realDonaldTrump! What a disgrace! @magynkelly & @BretBaier shameful! #tcot," said another.
"WTF @FoxNews ???????? THIS DEBATE IS A SETUP TO SLAM EVERYBODY EXCEPT JEB BUSH. YOU SHOULD ALL BE ASHAMED AT THIS JOURNALISTIC DISHONESTY," yet another poster commented.
For his part, Trump lashed out at Kelly on his Twitter page.
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Happy hunting. Definitely a scalp worth taking. He's taunting me through the trees as we speak.
I proudly display AlexW's over my own hearth. Can't tell you how satisfying it was to make that kill.
LOL! I've got a lot of kill-notches on my tomahawk. Cannot wait for this one. :)
Wait. What?
Cruz is a LIBERAL??!?
Windflier and I support Ted Cruz, and now we find out from TinMouth that he's a liberal.
Windflier, we gotta talk.
;)
If you really supported conservatives, you wouldn’t be trying so hard to make enemies on a conservative forum.
A staunch conservative and Cruz supporter would never behave as badly as you’ve been doing. Especially as a new group member.
You’re getting the stink eye around here, because we see disruptors like you come out of the woodwork during every major election cycle. Until you prove otherwise, that’s how I’ve got you pegged.
According to TiNMOUTH, that's the real skinny. He seems to be the chief authority on Ted Cruz, so I guess we need to re-examine our support of the man.
Whatever were we thinking????
I give the election-cycle trolls some credit. Used to be they'd just come on and post porn pictures. They got insta-banned. Then, they'd come on and call us Teabaggers. Insta-ban.
Then they got more subtle, and came on as Concern Trolls. When we got wise to that, they got banned.
This is a new breed of Election Cycle Troll. They pretend to be 100% for one of our better candidates, but try to pick off some of our better voices.
Dude still acts like a classic disrupter, though, and gives himself away.
They will always adapt their attacks. We shall always adapt to them. ;)
Rupert Murdoch prefers Jeb Bush over the rest of the Republican contenders,thus, prefers Hillary Clinton, as she will win over Jeb Bush,
because, as we will all readily acknowledge,
that little Romney cold and sniffles which kept six million from voting in 2012
in a 2016 Clinton-Bush contest will become a Doomsday Zombie Virus (DZV)
insuring the rise of Medusa with a
crescendo of cackling as POTUS' cankles crush CONUS.
Then we shall truly know the wrath of the fat, ugly pig.
Further this deponent sayeth not.
Dude still acts like a classic disrupter, though, and gives himself away.
Yep. The tactics are more subtle, but the mission hasn't changed. Divide and conquer by any means necessary. It's completely transparent to any long term Freeper.
Give him enough rope and he'll hang himself eventually. Happens every election. The interwebs is littered with the corpses of zotted disruptor trolls.
Must be fun.
You are not long for this world...are you? Everyone hates you...says you are a troll...says you are an pain in the butt.
Is that the way you see yourself? Is that the way you are seen in redneck Appalachia.
You are at the bottom of the food chain. Even minnows are ahead of you...earthworms too.
Man, hen, are you an Laz still talking?
I must be hitting a nerve. The funny part...all you can do is name call and try to get people banned BECAUSE you are incapable of responding to posts about Trump.
Why is that?
BTW, there are many of us who wear those lists that you love so much, as a badge of honor. Being put on your list is high praise. I love it. Did you add me btw?
You know what your real problem is? You are like Trump...if someone even remotely attacks you, your go ballistic and, like Kelo, do what you need to to bully people who don’t think like you. The difference, you are one of those who can’t do it himself, so he brings on others to help him fight.
Funny, you claim you are a Conservative and all that, and yet, you are an ardent defender of Trump. Interesting how those seem to be the talking points of all Leftists who don’t want to be identified as such.
If you are my enemy, Cluck, I think I will sleep well tonight.
Funny, the same can be said about those of you who make lists every 4 years when people disagree with you...
Pot meet kettle :-)
Now, if you don’t mind, I’ll go back to figuring out why you and others like a Leftist.
You're just not getting it, are you, Tin Mouth?
You're talking to a very large group of people, many of whom have known each other for a decade or more. The personal bonds here are like a tightly woven web of interconnections. This place is a lot less anonymous and a whole lot less impersonal than it might seem at first glance.
You're new here, but already you're acting like you own the place. That rubs a lot of people the wrong way. Most of us spent the time to let others get to know us before lighting into any sort of fisticuffs. In the experience of most old timers here, the only people who step in the door acting as you do, are professional disruptors, sent to destabilize this community.
So there you have it. I'm telling you like it is, and you can do with it what you will. Wanna keep being an ass about it? Go right ahead. You've got no special privileges here, and are without any kind of rep, so your ass is bare to the wind. Keep showing it like you're doing and you'll ride the lightning. Guaranteed.
Perfect.
BTW, missed this shoot, and thus, missed meeting YOU. Howsa 'bout a rematch for the next one? :) Yer one of the mugs I wanna meet in person!
DEAD MAN WALKING.....DEAD MAN WALKING.....DEAD MAN WALKING.....
Man, still talking about how your feelings are hurt, man?
Get over it and move on...or defend Trump from my accusations.
You have done neither.
I agree.
Indeed.
I don't just want an echo chamber either. and sometimes debating make me think harder and come up with insight that I hadn't had before. you are definitely better than many i’ve had debates with here that are really nasty, bad name calling and won't debate. you keep debating and don't seem to get angry like many do. some get angry and call you names and threaten to get you banned etc.
Yes, well, we have had our differences, but that is ok. I support the Conservative, you do not. If you read my posts, with rare exception, I don’t call people names. In fact, if you are honest about it, it is the Trump people who get all in a snit if you merely ask a question about Donald. As for the threats to ban you...these are the guys you must talk too about being belligerent and calling names. Read what they post...they are Trump guys. They are the name callers and they never answer questions. As for the threat to ban...it is really amusing. They think that they have the power to ban someone? LOL...that power lies with Jim and the moderators. Those guys are lame and think it will scare people into not commenting. I am not the first to be on the list.
The problem, with all due respect, is that you talk about an echo chamber. That is EXACTLY what Trump supporters use...echo chambers. The same spin and talking points over, and over, and over.
That having been said, I appreciate your post. I love the debates and discussion about candidates. If you disagree with me, please let me know. If there is something you want to debate, by all means, do it. If I am blatantly wrong about something, call me on it.
I openly support Ted Cruz. I make no apologies for that.
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