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How Fox anchor Bret Baier prepared for the GOP debate and got aninstant headline out of Donald Trump
The L.A. Times ^ | August 9, 2015 | By STEPHEN BATTAGLIO

Posted on 09/01/2015 2:09:19 PM PDT by Sontagged

Baier even had a "nuclear option" at the ready for Trump...[The script] 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."

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bretbaier; fox; foxfauxnews; foxvsamerica; killerbbaier; killerbees4fox; megynkelly; trump
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To: Sontagged

The homos, leftists, career academia socialist, and assorted frauds running the LAT, just can’t admit to anything. Trump KO’d those so called “Journalist” so hard they bounced off the lunar surface.


81 posted on 09/01/2015 3:00:18 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: cornfedcowboy; Darksheare

Wait, Darksheare outed the last one!


82 posted on 09/01/2015 3:00:28 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE DO YOUR PART TO HELP COMPLETE THIS FReepathon!)
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To: Sontagged
You bring up an unstated question: where are the Dem debates right now?

I guess this schedule it still good, though there have been rumors that the October 13 debate might be cancelled. But I bet the DNC does want to minimize Hillary's public exposure for now and maybe limit any other candidates opportunities to appear before a large TV audience.

DNC announces schedule for six Democratic presidential debates

But, whatever, Fox News will not be hosting any Dim candidate debates.

83 posted on 09/01/2015 3:00:51 PM PDT by Will88
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To: onyx

Psst. cornfedcowboy was asking a personally rhetorical question.


84 posted on 09/01/2015 3:02:47 PM PDT by Sontagged (Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you...)
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To: dragnet2

Just imagine everything the LATimes left out of this article! They sourced Baier’s prep team before the debate for this piece, posted it three days after the debate.


85 posted on 09/01/2015 3:04:30 PM PDT by Sontagged (Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you...)
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To: onyx

True enough.


86 posted on 09/01/2015 3:06:27 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: onyx; cornfedcowboy

Which one?
The pro-illegal immigration one?
Or the one named FAA doing a fishing expedition during the Cliven Bundy stand off?


87 posted on 09/01/2015 3:09:41 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: 429CJ; Sontagged; All

“Since many on Free Republic don’t like FOX News to ask tough questions of Trump “

You need to read the thread before posting.

National Enquirer questions are not “tough questions”


88 posted on 09/01/2015 3:10:10 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Sontagged

We certainly see the world very differently and no Im not against anyone but those I consider charlatans and fakes.

I went to the first meeting of the Tea Party in my area...and one of my best friends was super involved all the way though ...its sure died down a lot lately

I supported them as best I could but don’t claim to be a member....
They did a lot at the local level which I appreciated because I don’t pay much attention to local politics


89 posted on 09/01/2015 3:11:32 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Sontagged

They’re childish approach to that debate, including all the pre-event banter about Trump, the nuclear option provided exclusively for one person, their intro camera angles to make it feel like a cheap gameshow reality show like the hunger games advance. It was a pathetic production from top to bottom.


90 posted on 09/01/2015 3:13:53 PM PDT by ilgipper
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Baby faced Bret is dead to me.


91 posted on 09/01/2015 3:14:13 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Sontagged

I watched the debate. Despite his 3rd Party attack, Bret was head and shoulders more fair than his ‘comrades’. Here is my scoring on the famous Fair and Balanced Scale:

Megyn Kelly: 0.7
Chris Wallace: 1.3
Bret Baier: 8.3


92 posted on 09/01/2015 3:15:01 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: woofie

I thought Trump got the lowest blows - the worst of it by far. Did anyone give Jeb gotcha questions? Do any of us even remember anything Jeb said at the debate?

You can dang sure bet they weren’t figuring they’d have to escort Jeb off the stage.


93 posted on 09/01/2015 3:15:59 PM PDT by Aria
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To: Aria

It was never intended to be a debate to begin with....it was a “show” planned for ratings using candidates as their props........that’s all it was..... And they certainly rang that bell so all could hear it too!


94 posted on 09/01/2015 3:18:08 PM PDT by caww
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To: Eddie01

Brett is indeed a sad deal, but dead?

Yes he is. Call in the coroner.


95 posted on 09/01/2015 3:18:11 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Starboard

I’m not sure the GOPe serve the GOP, either. I think they, like Fox, are actually tamping down the discontent so that the Democrats and the progressive agenda can be imposed upon an America that would never stand for it if they didn’t think it was being countered.


96 posted on 09/01/2015 3:18:16 PM PDT by Defiant (I will vote for the candidate that the GOPe and media hate the most.)
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To: Sontagged

Yep...This was an epic fail for biased corrupt media, LAT and Fox.

I’m just really happy it unfolded right in front of the biggest audience in Fox’s history. Just perfect. So revealing. The stench from these folks reeks like homicide scene involving victims killed 5 days earlier.


97 posted on 09/01/2015 3:18:28 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Political Junkie Too

[This came out 3 days after the debate]

Baier still wanted everyone to know about the ‘witty’ nuclear option - no matter how long after the debate.


98 posted on 09/01/2015 3:19:36 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: Sontagged

Bret Baier’s conduct and performance at the debate was the biggest disappointment of the night.

It was an opportunity for him to display his professionalism and rise above the pack of common ankle biters who comprise most of the written and electronic media.

Instead he chose to run with the pack.


99 posted on 09/01/2015 3:24:47 PM PDT by Iron Munro (CITY: A liberal run holding pen for useless headcount.)
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To: Sontagged

Roger Ailes is still picking quills out of his ass.


100 posted on 09/01/2015 3:25:59 PM PDT by Eddie01
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