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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Wed Nov 8, 2017, 08:13 AM Nov 2017

Fox News Went 100 Minutes Tuesday Night Without Discussing the Republican Loss in Virginia

Fox News Went 100 Minutes Tuesday Night Without Discussing the Republican Loss in Virginia
By Ben Mathis-Lilley NOV. 8 2017 12:05 AM

The biggest political story of the hour is that Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie went down big in Virginia after running a Trump-esque campaign fixated on inflammatory culture-war issues, losing to Democrat Ralph Northam by what looks like it will end up as a nine-point margin. It's the biggest story of the hour, that is, unless you're watching Fox News: As observed by political writer Chris Hooks, Donald Trump's favorite network spent more than 90 minutes in prime time on Tuesday—Election Night!—between discussions of election results.

Just before 9 p.m., Tucker Carlson read an update about the loss in Virginia and another Democratic gubernatorial win in New Jersey. At 9, Sean Hannity took over and slipped in a comment about why said Republican losses don't really count...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/11/08/fox_news_what_election_results.html

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Fox News Went 100 Minutes Tuesday Night Without Discussing the Republican Loss in Virginia (Original Post) workinclasszero Nov 2017 OP

yep!!!! I turned over to tucker to see their spin and they werent samnsara Nov 2017 #1

Scared shitless!! workinclasszero Nov 2017 #2

LOL. I kept looking from time to time and was amazed at how they were NOT reporting on it. Solomon Nov 2017 #3

Fox is not a news organization, they're like RT a Propaganda arm of Trump. sarcasmo Nov 2017 #9

Biggest news of the night became an elephant in their living rooms? LOL. Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #4

I periodically turned it on last night BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #5

Fox News' audience is too emtionally fragile to handle anything but fake news Snake Plissken Nov 2017 #6

You have to look very hard at their web site to find a story about last night in VA Vinnie From Indy Nov 2017 #7

Not on the radio last night either bbrady42 Nov 2017 #8

I remember in 2006 crazycatlady Nov 2017 #10

They now hold the Guinness world record for MineralMan Nov 2017 #11

LOL workinclasszero Nov 2017 #13

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2017 #12

samnsara

(17,665 posts)

1. yep!!!! I turned over to tucker to see their spin and they werent

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed Nov 8, 2017, 08:16 AM

Nov 2017

...even covering it! It was the Hollywood groping-rape story. running scared!!!

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

2. Scared shitless!!

Reply to samnsara (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 8, 2017, 08:20 AM

Nov 2017

Just wait till 2018 you slimy bastards!!

Trump will be a dead and stinking albatross around the neck of every damn republican running for election!

We WILL take the House back and I hope the Senate and then the IMPEACHMENT of the traitor-in-chief starts!!!

Solomon

(12,322 posts)

3. LOL. I kept looking from time to time and was amazed at how they were NOT reporting on it.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed Nov 8, 2017, 08:21 AM

Nov 2017

Alternate reality indeed. I kept asking my wife, do they not feel a duty to inform their viewers? It was the biggest news of the day.

sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)

9. Fox is not a news organization, they're like RT a Propaganda arm of Trump.

Reply to Solomon (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 8, 2017, 10:06 AM

Nov 2017

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)

4. Biggest news of the night became an elephant in their living rooms? LOL.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed Nov 8, 2017, 08:23 AM

Nov 2017

BigmanPigman

(51,660 posts)

5. I periodically turned it on last night

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed Nov 8, 2017, 08:41 AM

Nov 2017

to see if they were covering it yet...I never heard anything about the elections as if they didn't happen at all. Fux should drop the word "News" in their name. It is deceptive advertising.

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)

6. Fox News' audience is too emtionally fragile to handle anything but fake news

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed Nov 8, 2017, 08:42 AM

Nov 2017

Vinnie From Indy

(10,820 posts)

7. You have to look very hard at their web site to find a story about last night in VA

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed Nov 8, 2017, 08:44 AM

Nov 2017

Fox News - Scamming the Rubes Since 1996!

bbrady42

(175 posts)

8. Not on the radio last night either

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed Nov 8, 2017, 09:54 AM

Nov 2017

I was heading home and got in the car right at the top of the hour. I thought I'd see what the local RW response would be. The Faux News news break didn't mention either race at all. This was at 8:00 pm MST, so 10:00 back on the East coast.