Posted on 01/28/2016 6:13:01 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Corey Lewandowski, the campaign manager for 2016 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, exposed a blatant conflict of interest on Wednesday that the Fox News Channel has been hiding for months.
Lewandowski showed how Fox News has been hiding the fact that Fox News Channel Vice President Bill Sammon has a daughter working for the campaign of the Washington establishment-backed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).
Sammon's daughter, Brooke Sammon, is Rubio's national press secretary, and obviously both have a vested interest in the success of the Rubio campaign and the demise of the other campaigns.
CNN's Erin Burnett asked Lewandowski about Fox News's controversial anti-Trump statement from Tuesday evening--and specifically the network's claim that the top Trump aide had allegedly made threats against Fox News anchor and Thursday debate co-moderator Megyn Kelly--when he responded by dropping the explosive revelation.
Lewandowski revealed two things for the first time: that the executive he was discussing matters with was Bill Sammon, and that Sammon's daughter Brooke Sammon works for Rubio's campaign, giving the first-term Floridian Senator an obvious boost. That blatant conflict of interest has never before been disclosed to the viewers of Fox News by the network.
"Not only did I not make threats, but the conversation with the Fox News executive--his daughter works for the Rubio campaign, he's one of the executives on Fox that writes the debate questions so maybe he has his own ulterior motives, I'm not sure," Lewandowski told Burnett in the Wednesday evening CNN interview. He went on:
But his daughter is a senior executive on the Rubio campaign, maybe he should disclose that before he's writing the debate questions for Fox.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
“Specific requirement,” as in a directive. But you already knew that.
As for the “conspiracy” reference, read some of the comments by some of the more wild-eyed, over-caffeinated among us in this thread.
It's also amazing that I keep getting fooled.
It was your guy Trump who said he wants to work with his good friend Pelosi to get bills passed.
I am looking for Cruz to show how he will beat Hillary in their fall debates tonight.
I am not looking for a frightened little boy who hides from Kelly like Trump does.
You catch B'OR schooling Trump on how to act like a man last night?
I thought Trump was going to start crying. See any tears here?
I love you little campaign bots.
Whaaa why won’t anyone stand up to the media! Why are the GOP such a big bunch of pansies.
Trump stands up to the media machine.
Coward! why are you running away from the media.
Trump dismantles the media choke hold on modern US politicians and the “Conservative” punditry bellows in anguish about getting what they demanded for decades!
That is Trump.
He is scared of little Megyn Kelly running and hiding from her.
If he cant handle her he sure cant handle Hillary
B'OR schooling Trump on how to act like a man last night
I haven't had cable/satellite TV for over four years -- until recently. I upgraded my Comcast internet speed and (unfortunately) it was actually cheaper to pay for a "package" that included Cable TV than to just pay for the internet service "a la cart" so now I have Cable TV again.
Turned on Fox News a few weeks ago for the first time in over four years ---- and I didn't recognize it. Wow has it changed, not for the better.
But that's from the perspective of someone who hasn't seen it for awhile, which is probably vastly different from someone who's been watching it frequently and has been "exposed" to the changes more subtly over time I suppose.
Those Trumpeters are definitely a lot of fun today.
I like playing in their sandboxes
Yes I was like the proverbial frog in the kettle of water with a low heat under it.
Awesome news sleuthing, BFAC!
:-)
Well, no. I didn't want to put words in your mouth. A rule, then, published or somehow shared. No.
No, you cannot lower the bar like that. There are things that everyone knows are unacceptable...for example, one doesn't take a leak in the break room sink. No one needs to have that explained...and anyone who does, is unqualified to work anywhere but a barnyard.
The media package and sell information. The value of that information depends upon the credibility of the organization.
How much was the credibility of NBC News crippled by faux exploding gas tanks? How much was CBS News hurt by "fake but accurate" TANG documents?
FOX News took a hit when it was disclosed that George Will's wife worked for Scott Walker. Had it been disclosed in advance, people would have factored that into his opinions. Add Murdoch's promotion of open borders and Sammon's daughter working for Rubio's campaign, moderators bragging about bringing down candidates, with a lineup of lefty candidates...and it's one undisclosed conflict after another.
Lying by omission leaves us to wonder(aside from the bias) what else aren't we being told?
Of course it's a big deal. Sammons was trying to protect his daughter from blowback. He's a flippin' VP of FOX News...he doesn't have to have it explained. If anything, one would expect he would be doing the explaining.
I’d like to hear the FNC side of this story. That has yet to occur. All that said, I’m not sure what Trump is trying to pull with this so-called revelation, other than try to milk it for all it’s worth.
BINGO!
BREAKING BREAKING Trump wife votes for Trump. Gosh what a family man and tihgt knit family we will have in the White House. What honor they will bring back into the WH with the gold stripper pole. BREAKING NEWS QUICK
Another breaking news bit,,,,,,QUICK. Get it in breaking NEWS. Ted Cruz wife and his family plan on voting for Ted Cruz. Oh the shame of it. Talk about stuffing the ballot box. You know how these cubans breed like rats. The shame. Quick put in breaking news....
Incestuous, isn’t it? Didn’t Ted Koppel the muppet have a daughter that worked on the Mike Dukakis campaign back in the day?
The amount of ...umm, intimate relations, so to speak, between the press and politicians, makes Jeffrey Epstein’s “Orgy Island” look like a monastery.
No wonder Rubio speed-talked like somebody who has memorized the answers.
Yeah, and don’t forget, these are the ones supposedly on our side as compared to the other networks. And remember, our glorious RNC are the ones approving of all this mess. In the future, the candidates need to decide each other when they say and with the moderators of their choosing. It is pitchfork for so many different institutions, the media, and political parties.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.