On what planet (other than Planet Establishment), is it okay for a news organization to ridicule, not only a presidential frontrunner, but also the candidate’s supporters? As you read the statement (below) released by Fox News yesterday, ask yourself if the Republican presidential field would accept such a snide and condescending attack from the likes of a CNN or NBC News:
We learned from a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president — a nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings.
Tell me more about the Fair and Balanced.
In an earlier post, I pointed out how strategically stupid this move was by the once-infallible Fox News. But take a step back and think about just how outrageous such a thing is from a national news outlet, especially an outlet just 2 days from hosting a crucially important presidential debate that includes the target of this childishness.
Now take another step back with the realization that not a single one of the Republican presidential candidates have come to Trump’s defense, or even had the moral courage to criticize Fox’s behavior.
No one is their own man anymore.
No one has the moxie to Rage Against The Machine.
No one has the courage to face any kind of fire from our dug-in political class.
No one except Trump.
And this is why he is winning.
Continued at Breitbart's Big Government
It begins to look like all of the candidates with the exception of Trump are establishment candidates, happy to go along with the program.
Bush and Cruz are the loudest in supporting Fox’s position and insulting Trump. That should give Cruz supporters pause finally.
Great post; thanks! Did I already ping you to post 52?
This is the most important fact of the day.
An obviously loaded debate on a MSM network...public and personal ridicule of the GOP front runner and very public statements that America would wake up to a new GOP primary race on Friday morning. They hired leftist and jihadi activists to ask questions of the candidates, after all they teamed up with Google and YouTube.
And the RNC and EVERY Republican candidate doesn't take issue with it.
I especially accuse Ted Cruz for leading the cheer. And a minority of Cruz supporters here on Free Republic.
Do they not know that the media, including Fox...and maybe especially Fox...are exerting a "gatekeeper" power that goes to every office in the land? And, that they are doing it in a blatantly biased fashion with the complicity of every elected Republican in DC?
Everything about "the system" they have heretofore hated, they now cheer.