Posted on 08/11/2015 1:09:52 PM PDT by Hojczyk
True or not? On the one hand, this comes from Gabriel Sherman, one of Fox’s most relentless critics in the media, a guy who published an unflattering bio of Ailes last year and who offhandedly refers to Fox’s audience as “misogynist” in the course of this very post. On the other hand, it makes all the sense in the world that Ailes would offer Trump a bonanza interview with Kelly after the debate given the mega-ratings that would produce. If you were him, wouldn’t you do the same?
_________ Ailes offered Trump the chance to do a special on Kelly’s prime-time show to clear the air — an offer Trump flatly refused. “Donald was sufficiently pissed off that there was no way that was happening,” a person familiar with the call told me. According to the source, Trump’s ire was especially stoked after Howard Stern called to tell him about a 2010 interview in which Kelly joked about her breasts and her husband’s penis. Ailes offered other shows, and Trump agreed to appear on Fox and Friends and Hannity, two venues that have been loyal boosters of his candidacy.
Ailes’s next order of business was getting Trump to disarm publicly. According to a source briefed on the negotiations, Ailes called Trump “multiple” times yesterday morning “begging” him to tweet out that they had made peace. Trump refused at first, but finally consented…
But resecuring Trump access could prove to be a temporary victory for Ailes. Having backed down to the GOP front-runner and all but sacrificed one of his biggest stars to appease the conservative base — a.k.a. Fox viewers — Ailes has set a dangerous precedent. The message is clear: Fox reports, but the audience decides.
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I am sorry Mr. Trump. Yes, Mr. Trump. It won’t happen again Mr. Trump. Yes, Mr. Trump.
Sounds like a scene from The Godfather.
It’s hard to imagine this happening if Trump’s numbers had taken a huge dive.
As it should be anywhere outside of the Marxist left.
Good. We need someone who can put the media in its place.
To the extent that Fox ratings follow Trump's, that's true.
There’s a large percentage of me that hopes Trump says he’ll do it, but only with Harris Faulkner. THAT would probably reap double benefits for Trump. It would be a boost for Faulkner’s career, which deserves it. And it would be an “in YOUR face” for Megyn Kelly.....who ALSO deserves it. IMHO.
I like Harris also.
I was thinking that they might figure taking Trump out was a done deal and they wouldn’t need to talk to him anymore.
Looks like FOX blinked. If I were Trump, I’d tell them to FO.
Me too. She is a grown up.
Right... jumping the shark is defined as a fast, permanent and irreversible decline.
I wonder how femnazi Megyn feels about the guys having together without her being present to try to undo the mess she created.
Her minions are putting out she got death threats comments now. Poor Megyn. You want to be a wood chopper, you have to handle your end of the log.
So Roger Ailes offered Trump the opportunity to help FOX get monster ratings? What a guy!
If Trump really did turn down an offer to be on Kelly’s show then it shows he’s very intelligent. Trump shouldn’t let her get anymore ratings off of him. In fact, he should appear on CNN every night opposite her. Then say it’s a coincidence. He doesn’t set CNN’s schedual.
She’s playing the victim while all the time saying she refuses to be a victim because “I’m a big girl. I can take it.” I don’t believe there were death threats. Let me see them then I want the FBI to investigate and tell me whose server did they come from.
There’s a large percentage of me that hopes Trump says he’ll do it, but only with Harris Faulkner. THAT would probably reap double benefits for Trump. It would be a boost for Faulkner’s career, which deserves it. And it would be an “in YOUR face” for Megyn Kelly.....who ALSO deserves it. IMHO.
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I’ve read that Trump is actually making inroads among black voters. A friendly interview with Harris Faulkner certainly wouldn’t hurt that objective.
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