No, Fox did a great job
first, the mods cleared the air of all the potentially objectional statements or events for all 10 candidates. Megan may have been over the top but her line of questioning was designed to air the problems.
Many here fail to realize that Fox is not a conservative network. It is a fair and balanced network. the fact that the candidates were not mollycoddled and swathed in conservative dress should not have been expected.
Her questioning of Jeb was soft as could be and designed to let him diffuse questions about his background and positions.
Her questioning of Trump was nasty and prosecutorial and meant to take him down.
“the fact that the candidates were not mollycoddled and swathed in conservative dress should not have been expected.”
Agreed. Neither should viewers have expected the transparent animosity toward certain candidates shown by supposedly neutral moderators.
Baier even had a “nuclear option” at the ready for Trump if he ignored all protocol.
The script — which Baier didn’t have to use — took a page from Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” TV show. It went like this: “Mr. Trump, in your business you have rules. You follow rules. We have rules on this stage. We don’t want to have to escort you to the elevator outside this boardroom.”
“We’re hoping we don’t have to use it,” Baier said later. “[But] we’re locked and loaded.”
For anyone embedded with the news team on debate day, it became clear that it wasn’t just the Republican hopefuls who would be on-stage this night — but also Fox News, widely seen as the network most friendly to conservatives. No one here wanted to appear as if they were pitching softballs.
“You can’t let them have that offramp” was Baier’s rule as they hone each line.
Indeed, when Kelly rehearsed a question for another candidate — delivered in the staccato style that adds to her reputation as a tenacious interrogator — a producer at the table said, “He’ll go berserk.” That’s a compliment for Kelly, who smiled.
When asked whether Trump was mad, Baier smiled and his eyes widened.
“I think he was,” he said.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-ct-fox-baier-debate-20150809-story.html#page=1
You have a right to your opinion. It would seem that Hillary Clinton agrees with you. So excuse me if we don’t become friends.
This election is about allegiance to the United States of America, not America haters/Globalists.
It is a fair and balanced network
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For quite some time and particularly during the Debate Fox News has been the:
Overly Fair to Jeb, Balance Can Come Later Network.
This is so obvious to so many Twitter Weenies and Emailers that they apparently flooded Fox with that theme over the last several days. Bret Baier even asked his panel if they thought Fox favored Jeb. Denials all around, of course, but you would have to be blind or never watch Fox to miss it.
Faux News is bought and paid for programming.
Owned by the Saudis who are friends and have deep relationships with the Bush family.
The treatment of all the candidates except for Bush was brash and unprofessional for a “journalist”.
I quit watching after the first two questions because I knew the circus was in town.
No, it was much more than that. It was an opposition researched hit on Mr. Trump. It was a political stunt worthy of Dan Rather or Candy Crowley. It was a politically correct attempt to banish a candidate from the political process.
President Obama never fielded this type of hostile question. If you can name one instance similar that Mr. Obama faced, tell me, please.
I don't agree. Maybe they covered possible tabloid issues that would later arise but how much did we find out about the candidates? I would have liked to have heard how they each felt about the 2nd Amendment, how they would choose their cabinets or nominate judges.
If Fox wanted to corner these candidates, why not on the issues. Nail them down on how they'd stop ISIS, etc. Might just be me but I think it was a missed opportunity due to their clamor for sensationalism, IMHO
You are out of your mind. Megyn Crowley and Chrissy Wallace were sent out by either Murdoch or Ailes to assassinate Trump. It backfired bigtime and now they have had to back peddle and make the peace.
Well alrighty then! Now, about that stuff on your chin ....
they also weren’t asked many questions about public policy. Obamacare, Jobs, coal epa takover. some really hot topics. and the o’donnel crap was old news then generalized into women, which is the tactic of left/alynsky and lawyers. he should have asked for the list. mk probably had no list cause there isn’t one. here’s how the question would have been asked. Did you call rosie o’donnel a fat pig. The room would have erupted into laughter and the d would have said of course she is. It is the deceptive phrasing of the question that makes her a liar.