Fox News on Monday cut away from a press conference during which White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany accused Democrats of “welcoming” fraud and illegal voting.
“She is charging that the other side is welcoming fraud and welcoming illegal voting. Unless she has more details to back that up, I can’t in good countenance continuing showing you this,” Fox News host Neil Cavuto said on air as the network cut away from the press conference in Washington, D.C.
“Maybe they do have something to back that up, but that’s an explosive charge to make that the other side is effectively rigging and cheating,” Cavuto continued.
Fox News has left the chat. pic.twitter.com/SwW9cq9bJI
— The Recount (@therecount) November 9, 2020
The move represented a notable shift for Fox, which often airs President Trump’s press conferences and rallies continuously regardless of his false claims.
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WATCH: Fox News cuts away from McEnany press conference https://t.co/mwPXlJWZ6g pic.twitter.com/h6suv4jqKv
— The Hill (@thehill) November 10, 2020
Boom @TeamCavuto is cutting off the this presser because it's full of lies. Nice.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) November 9, 2020
Huh. Apparently a disclaimer is good enough. https://t.co/gM2h6mJfe2
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 9, 2020
That's certainly a marker of a change of seasons: Fox cutting off Kayleigh McEnany's briefing because they "can't in good conscience continue showing you this." https://t.co/My9w40nOnx
— David Lauter (@DavidLauter) November 9, 2020
The downside is that we're watching in real time as tens of millions of Americans are being intentionally deceived — and as right-wing media dishonestly stokes fear, paranoia, and rage — so that our child-like president will have his hurt feelings spared for a few more days. https://t.co/wriOX1kVuy
— David French (@DavidAFrench) November 10, 2020
This is simply insane.
Trust in the electoral process among Republicans has cratered from 68% before the election to 34% now.
The reason: Donald Trump can't accept that he lost.
This is the damage Trump is causing and almost every elected Republican is helping him do it. pic.twitter.com/rTO7xM0res
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) November 10, 2020
Cavuto is not a Trumpy and I think cutting away from this propaganda fest may have been his idea. Not so sure this is an indication that Fox News as a whole has had a change of heart about Trump. Perhaps we will hear of Cavuto being called on the carpet for his actions. Bravo to Cavuto for taking a stand. I would like to see more media outlets curb their coverage of the narcissist-in-chief and his lackeys.
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