Posted on 05/23/2017 9:25:02 AM PDT by drewh
Staffers at the conservative Fox News Channel are blasting host Sean Hannity and others at the network for their "disappointing" choice to push conspiracy theories about the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich.
"It hurts those of us who are legitimately focused on journalism," one employee told CNN.
"We have a chance to turn the corner at Fox, and perpetuating this conspiracy theory damages our integrity," the employee continued.
Rich, 27, was shot to death last year on the streets of Washington, D.C., Since his slaying, right-wing news outlets have sought to link his death, without evidence, to Hillary Clinton
's campaign and the WikiLeaks release of hacked emails from Clinton's campaign.
Last week, a local Fox station in Washington aired a report claiming Rich was in contact with WikiLeaks before he died. The report, which was also shared by Russia's foreign ministry on Twitter and multiple Fox News personalities, was later discredited by Rich's family.
The employee told CNN that Hannity's aim is to "distract from any and all Trump scandals."
"I'm disgusted by it," they said.
Other employees said that coverage of the conspiracy theory affected the entire network, not just Hannity's show.
"It is disappointing because it drags the rest of us down," another employee added in the report.
"Even if tomorrow, an email was found, it is not a high enough bar of evidence to prove any interactions as emails can be altered and we've seen that those interested in pushing conspiracies will stop at nothing to do so," Rich's family said in a statement.
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Leni
The report was “later discredited by Rich’s family”
‘”It hurts those of us who are legitimately focused on journalism,” one employee told CNN.’
There’s the money line that exposes the lunacy of this Fox nut!
Yeah, that indicates a real issue : )
Good catch, ExTex !
Nope. Disputed, not discredited.
I ask again - how on earth does the family know what was or wasn't on his laptop? Unless he lived in his parent's basement and they monitored everything on it they would have no clue.
They are going after Hannity now.
LOL - Didn't even make it through the first sentence before the first lie appeared.
I was commenting on the reporter’s use of the word “discredited.”
All that is necessary is a single word from anybody, in order to “discredit” any suggestion of a crime committed by a leftist.
Another favorite word is “debunked.”
Someone told me Pizzagate had been “debunked.” Because the place “doesn’t even have a basement.”
Turned out the guy never heard of John Podesta’s emails. Never heard of any other details, either. All he had heard was that the “right” was saying that Hillary! was raping children in the basement of Comet Ping Pong and Pizza.
Anyone know how we can get through to the head schmucks at FNC to express that we’ve turned their pile of feces off? Oh, and add their advertisers to that list.
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