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Fox News Disputes Rand Paul’s Claim that Trump Got Special Treatment at Debate
Mediate ^ | 7:24 pm, August 31st, 2015 | Matt Wilstein

Posted on 08/31/2015 4:39:09 PM PDT by Red Steel

Fox News came to Donald Trump’s defense, in a sense, on Monday after Rand Paul accused the network of giving the GOP frontrunner “twice as much airtime” as every other candidate at the first GOP debate earlier this month.

“And then everybody wonders why he’s doing well in the polls,” Paul said in an interview with Boston Herald Radio today. “Maybe we shouldn’t predetermine to give somebody who really isn’t even a good Republican, or a good conservative — maybe we shouldn’t be predetermining to give them twice as much time as everybody else.”

But in a statement to The Huffington Post, Fox News Executive Vice President Michael Clemente denied the veracity of Paul’s claim.

“There is zero truth to Senator Rand Paul’s accusation,” Clemente said. “While Trump was given the first question by virtue of his standing in the national polls, time was allotted as equally as possible, given the back and forth and interruptions that occurred.”

Following the debate, NPR Politics crunched the numbers on each candidate’s speaking time and it is true that Trump spoke for more than twice as long as Paul. But the rest of the field fell on a spectrum in between the two.

Here is the full breakdown:

1. Trump 10:30 2. Bush 8:33 3. Huckabee 6:32 4. Carson/Cruz 6:28 (tie) 6. Kasich 6:25 7. Rubio 6:22 8. Christie 6:03 9. Walker 5:43 10. Paul 4:51

Ironically, while Trump may have gotten the most debate airtime, he too spent the following days and weeks accusing Fox of treating him unfairly, mostly when it came to Megyn Kelly’s tough questions.


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1 posted on 08/31/2015 4:39:09 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

Sure RaPaul. No Fox didn’t for sure.


2 posted on 08/31/2015 4:40:12 PM PDT by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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To: Red Steel
So, Trump is asked a ton of personal questions the others aren't, doesn't get to too many “issue” responses, and Rand is uptight Trump even got those?
3 posted on 08/31/2015 4:42:34 PM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: Red Steel

If anything he got treated worse!


4 posted on 08/31/2015 4:43:14 PM PDT by struggle
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To: Red Steel

Rand is losing it. I guess Trump can do that to you.


5 posted on 08/31/2015 4:43:17 PM PDT by BigEdLB (We need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' on Iranian bombing runs. It is not vituous)
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To: Red Steel

Poor Rand. My eyes are gettin’ misty.


6 posted on 08/31/2015 4:43:29 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: Red Steel

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMBULANCE Please. I didn’t know Rand Paul was even running. He’s surely not in the race is he?


7 posted on 08/31/2015 4:43:56 PM PDT by CARTOUCHE (Professionally trained and licensed BS detector. References on demand.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Rand Paul needs to buy a giant pacifier and suck on it.


8 posted on 08/31/2015 4:44:05 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: Red Steel

Fox gave Trump a double dose of ‘cheap shots’.


9 posted on 08/31/2015 4:44:17 PM PDT by CMailBag
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To: Red Steel

Maybe the one dumbest thing this guy has ever said.


10 posted on 08/31/2015 4:44:27 PM PDT by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: Red Steel

Shooting from the foul line? Is this what Paul’s campaign is going to be all about? Dude, drop. Don’t ruin your future franchise. Trump will consume all.


11 posted on 08/31/2015 4:44:43 PM PDT by Fhios (Genius is often mistaken for simplicity.)
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To: Red Steel

He is such a phony


12 posted on 08/31/2015 4:45:18 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper (Mi baol ach dom olcas mise)
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To: Red Steel

Can we get the Trump Hair Test done on Rand? Seeing that squirrel fly off like in an old sit-com might create enough mirth to raise his poll numbers for the first time.


13 posted on 08/31/2015 4:45:59 PM PDT by I Hired Craig Livingstone (DT16. Deal with it.)
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To: Red Steel

This guy is turning into an annoying little troll.


14 posted on 08/31/2015 4:49:36 PM PDT by nhwingut (Trump-Cruz 2016 - Blow Up The GOP)
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To: Red Steel

At one time, I thought Rand was a reasonable candidate...until I saw him on stage with Trump. He fell totally apart...like a kid in a playground who missed an easy pitch.


15 posted on 08/31/2015 4:49:53 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Red Steel

Other than Lil’ Jebbie has anyone fallen any further? I thought Paul would be the darlings of the Libertarians and the young Hipsters. MASSIVE Fail! Maybe he could start by getting that Uncle Lewis’s squirrel toupee off his head. Ok it’s real but weird.


16 posted on 08/31/2015 4:50:57 PM PDT by DAC21 (.z)
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To: Red Steel

They did give Trump a special treatment and, it didn’t work at all. (for FOX)


17 posted on 08/31/2015 4:51:43 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: Red Steel

Paul has to be crazy to think this. yep

He is immature and petty.


18 posted on 08/31/2015 4:51:52 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Red Steel

Did Rand take a secret side trip to Colorado before he came up with that?


19 posted on 08/31/2015 4:57:15 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Red Steel

Saturday Night Live Spoof:

George Will “Being & Becoming”

(baseball knowledge game show)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xi2oyv_being-becoming-george-f-will-s-sports-machine_shortfilms


20 posted on 08/31/2015 5:00:29 PM PDT by gaijin
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