Posted on 03/02/2016 2:18:42 PM PST by springwater13
In his role as the donor class's darling, Marco Rubio has enjoyed support from the Republicans' media arm, Fox News. Throughout the primary, Fox provided Rubio with friendly interviews and key bookings, including the first prime-time response to Barack Obama's Oval Office address on ISIS. Many of the network's top pundits, including Stephen Hayes and Charles Krauthammer, have been enthusiastic boosters. Bill Sammon, Fox's Washington managing editor, is the father of Rubio's communications director, Brooke Sammon.
But this alliance now seems to be over. According to three Fox sources, Fox chief Roger Ailes has told people he's lost confidence in Rubio's ability to win. "We're finished with Rubio," Ailes recently told a Fox host. "We can't do the Rubio thing anymore."
Ailes was already concerned about Rubio's lackluster performance in GOP primaries and caucuses, winning only one contest among the 15 that have been held. But the more proximate cause for the flip was an embarrassing New York Times article revealing that Rubio and Ailes had a secret dinner meeting in 2013 during which the Florida senator successfully lobbied the Fox News chief to throw his support behind the "Gang of 8" comprehensive immigration-reform bill. "Roger hates seeing his name in print," a longtime Ailes associate told me. "He was appalled the dinner was reported," the source said.
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Hey Roger here’s an idea, how about not doing anything for any of them and just report what happens?
Hahaha. excellent. I am relishing the implosion of little marco. this is what you get for supporting amnesty, you nasty little gutter chihuaha!
Hopefully Marco is gone after Florida (2 weeks).
He’s not going to win there.
Fox gets HOSED
LOL
I think it all boils down to losses in viewership for Fox. Murdoch now is saying the GOPe would be crazy not to rally behind Trump.
Not such good news for FNC either...besides who watches them anyway...they’ve shown their true colors
Hey, let’s not denigrate Chihuahua’s that way. They aren’t Cuban, LOL.
i have definitely noticed a distinct change of tone on fox business today
the GOPe check bounced
Ha..Ailes been Alinskied
Pass the Schadenfreude
LOL
Whatever happened to “we report, you decide?”
Glad I don’t watch anymore.
I roger that.
Unfair and unbounced
While I did not, both my wife and my daughter instantly recognized Rubio as gay. He could never be President. Why Ailes didn’t see this sooner is beyond me.
If the GOPe is turning against Rubio then I think it means that Ronmey is going to get in the race.
Romney has a “big speech” scheduled for tomorrow morning so we’ll see.
I believe the term is “Schlonged” although I am unsure of the spelling.
With a shift away from Rubio, they’ll certainly be backing a “resurgent” Mitt Romney.
You mean you want a news network to actually report the news fact and let us decide? Try OANN.
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