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Bitter Truce Fox News Ailes FURIOUS at NR's Lowry for Forcing Fox to Cede Moral High Ground to Trump
BREITBART BIG GOVERNMENT ^ | 24 Sep 2015 (related to current events) | MATTHEW BOYLE

Posted on 01/23/2016 10:44:44 PM PST by onyx

~ SNIPS~


Ailes is mad at Lowry because this move means, in the ongoing war between Fox News and Trump, Fox News has now "given up the moral high ground." Essentially, Ailes understands, that means his network looks like the unfair aggressor that Trump has accused it of being -rather than a neutral arbiter of the news - all while Trump continues soaring in the 2016 GOP primary polls.

But on Wednesday evening, Lowry appearing on Kelly's program compromised Fox's position in the war by veering down a vulgar path in his attack on Trump. Even Kelly, who also dislikes Trump, clearly was shocked at what Lowry said live on air, reacting "What did you just say? You can't say that!"

Fox has not officially announced that they have reprimanded Lowry, and there are no media reports of that at this time.




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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; antitrump; background; election2016; erickerickson; lowry; matthewboyle; mediabias; megynkelly; newyork; nroedition; pinkstain; pinkstate; politico; redstate; redstategathering; richlowry; rogerailes; trump
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I am posting this article at the request of Albion Wilde because it's the premise of my Post #205.
Apparently, this article wasn't previously posted here, although I vividly remembered reading it!

1 posted on 01/23/2016 10:44:45 PM PST by onyx
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To: Albion Wilde



2 posted on 01/23/2016 10:51:18 PM PST by onyx (HAVE YOU MADE YOUR DONATION to OUR FReep-a-Thon? PLEASE MAKE IT TODAY!)
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>> reprimanded Lowry

One must be in a position of authority to reprimand effectively.

Not sure what FNC has hanging over Lowry’s scalp.


3 posted on 01/23/2016 10:56:22 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: onyx

Lowry has a big fan on FNC.


4 posted on 01/23/2016 10:56:31 PM PST by McGruff (You ever notice some people go crazy during a full moon?)
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To: onyx
Lowry [said] on Megyn Kelly's program The Kelly File on Wednesday that former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina "cut [Trump's] balls off with the precision of a surgeon, and he knows it, he knows it."

Lowry has lost it. I have watched every minute of every debate (but not the undercard, children's table) and this assertion is laughable. An alternate reality. Hating Trump so much that you're willing to try to rewrite history for those who come along and didn't actually hear the things that were actually said in each debate.

5 posted on 01/23/2016 10:57:27 PM PST by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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To: onyx
Wow. So Trump has threatened to boycott Fox News... and you know they want him on every single show every day because of ratings... and Fox goes on bended knee to smooth things over?

The man is a master of the media. Art of the deal indeed.

He did do a phone-in with Judge whats-her-name tonight. She was not aggressive in the interview, asked questions and let him speak. I think they must know each other.

6 posted on 01/23/2016 10:58:46 PM PST by TontoKowalski (Satisfied Customer #291)
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To: onyx

Changing subjects just a bit, but considering what we know now about Megyn and Brit, and about her “when did you stop beating your wife” attacks on Trump right out of the box on August 6, is there any doubt that at least for some the rise to the top goes right through a casting couch. Maybe Ailes and Murdoch now want some of the action after hearing how successful Brit was.


7 posted on 01/23/2016 11:00:58 PM PST by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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To: onyx

This is old news from around Labor Day, a few weeks after that debate that had Carly scoring points against Trump. Carly was the flavor of the week, for about three hours.


8 posted on 01/23/2016 11:01:23 PM PST by lee martell
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To: onyx

This is four months old; i’m wondering what the point of posting it now is?

Fox News has done a tremendous about-face on Trump in the last couple of weeks, ever since Rupert Murdoch tweeted positive things about Trump. BOR now has Trump on almost every night it seems and lobs SEEMINGLY hard questions at Trump, while Megyn Kelly set up the four NRO yahoos earlier this week with questions designed for them to hang themselves with, which they promptly did.

It’s pretty clear Murdoch, along with many others, have figured out Trump is going to be our next President, and wants to get on his good side before it’s too late.


9 posted on 01/23/2016 11:02:49 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: gg188

Didn’t FOX temporarily suspend Col Peters for something less offensive?


10 posted on 01/23/2016 11:03:02 PM PST by Aria (2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
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To: onyx

An important post! Lowry messed in his chili.

Ailes also sees how nicely TRUMP has trumped Me Again Kelly and FOX, in the run up to the FOX debate, by suggesting that she is not an unbiased participant and should be withdrawn from appearing on the debate panel.

Kelly has entertained TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW, several of the NR assassins including Lowry, who each wrote pieces against TRUMP for a special release of the NR rag, er,.... magazine, to take down TRUMP. she will run along with Baier and Wallace.

Now of course TRUMP cares little whether she is there or not, but when he sees an opportunity he does seize it. By the teeth.

Win-Win for TRUMP. If she goes, he has won, and if she stays he has attracted viewers to observe (with a spotlight) HER performance as an “unbiased” panelist, fair and balanced.

LOL! Too delicious. Me again under the behavior lights, for a change.

Have I said it yet? TRUMP is a genius.

TRUMP 2016


11 posted on 01/23/2016 11:03:17 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: onyx

People have mentioned that past elections, particularly 19’th century ones were knock-down cage matches by comparison to today. However, have we ever seen an election cycle that so thourally demolishes the underlying media bias (both sides guilty) that fuels the whole thing?


12 posted on 01/23/2016 11:03:33 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: gg188
Wait. What? I just googled Megyn and Brit.

Is that true? Did she sleep her way to her own show on Fox?

13 posted on 01/23/2016 11:04:30 PM PST by TontoKowalski (Satisfied Customer #291)
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To: Gene Eric

A $$$ contract. You don’t think Lowry is on there for free, or at his own leisure. A contributor is the usual designation for semi-regular guests.


14 posted on 01/23/2016 11:05:18 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: SpaceBar
I'll say this. I always knew the liberal media were liars. You can never entirely trust anything from them. There's always an agenda.

But I never realized how dishonest the "conservative" media was. It's not so much an ideological bent like the liberals. It's the financial conflicts of interest that impact their reporting.

Everybody seems connected to some politician in some way or another. There is no "above the fray honest broker."

That has been a revelation to me.

15 posted on 01/23/2016 11:09:54 PM PST by TontoKowalski (Satisfied Customer #291)
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To: lee martell

Yes, I know. I posted it as background and as a favor to Albion Wilde which I duly explained directly below the snips of the article.

This article prompted me to surmise that Lowry was so mad, stung, bruised and embarrassed by both Ailes and Trump that he tried to get back in Ailes’ good graces and simultaneously get even with Trump by publishing that insane Special Edition of NR featuring his Gang of 22.


16 posted on 01/23/2016 11:10:52 PM PST by onyx (HAVE YOU MADE YOUR DONATION to OUR FReep-a-Thon? PLEASE MAKE IT TODAY!)
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To: RitaOK

Yes....TRUMP 2016


17 posted on 01/23/2016 11:11:51 PM PST by Gator113 (Trump has already won.)
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To: TontoKowalski

“He did do a phone-in with Judge whats-her-name tonight. She was not aggressive in the interview, asked questions and let him speak. I think they must know each other.”

JudgeJeanine Piro is the only class act FNC has. She should team up with Lou Dobbs and Stuart Varney over at FBN and start their own network.


18 posted on 01/23/2016 11:11:53 PM PST by vette6387
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To: catnipman

Yes, I know. I posted it as background and as a favor to Albion Wilde which I duly explained directly below the snips of the article.

This article prompted me to surmise that Lowry was so mad, stung, bruised and embarrassed by both Ailes and Trump that he tried to get back in Ailes’ good graces and simultaneously get even with Trump by publishing that insane Special Edition of NR featuring his Gang of 22.


19 posted on 01/23/2016 11:12:22 PM PST by onyx (HAVE YOU MADE YOUR DONATION to OUR FReep-a-Thon? PLEASE MAKE IT TODAY!)
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To: TontoKowalski

I’ll have to watch the replay of Judge Jeannine.

I watched Ted Cruz LIVE, but first had to suffer through Glenn Beck and I do mean SUFFER!


20 posted on 01/23/2016 11:14:36 PM PST by onyx (HAVE YOU MADE YOUR DONATION to OUR FReep-a-Thon? PLEASE MAKE IT TODAY!)
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