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More Bad News for Marco Rubio: He Just Lost the Support of Fox News
NY Magazine ^

Posted on 03/02/2016 2:18:42 PM PST by springwater13

In his role as the donor class's darling, Marco Rubio has enjoyed support from the Republicans' media arm, Fox News. Throughout the primary, Fox provided Rubio with friendly interviews and key bookings, including the first prime-time response to Barack Obama's Oval Office address on ISIS. Many of the network's top pundits, including Stephen Hayes and Charles Krauthammer, have been enthusiastic boosters. Bill Sammon, Fox's Washington managing editor, is the father of Rubio's communications director, Brooke Sammon.

But this alliance now seems to be over. According to three Fox sources, Fox chief Roger Ailes has told people he's lost confidence in Rubio's ability to win. "We're finished with Rubio," Ailes recently told a Fox host. "We can't do the Rubio thing anymore."

Ailes was already concerned about Rubio's lackluster performance in GOP primaries and caucuses, winning only one contest among the 15 that have been held. But the more proximate cause for the flip was an embarrassing New York Times article revealing that Rubio and Ailes had a secret dinner meeting in 2013 during which the Florida senator successfully lobbied the Fox News chief to throw his support behind the "Gang of 8" comprehensive immigration-reform bill. "Roger hates seeing his name in print," a longtime Ailes associate told me. "He was appalled the dinner was reported," the source said.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; fauxnews; florida; fnc; foamboy; foamparties; foxnews; marcorubio; megynkelly; newyork; rogerailes; rubio; rupertmurdoch; trump
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To: monkapotamus

I don’t get this. Who is Hannity talking to?


61 posted on 03/02/2016 2:38:20 PM PST by Mountain Mary
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To: springwater13

So the ‘fair and balanced’ network was in collusion with a presidential candidate in their role to determine the outcome of an election. Utter corruption. Flux Foxey News.


62 posted on 03/02/2016 2:39:00 PM PST by tflabo (truth or tyrrany)
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To: Robert DeLong

Roger is what Ailes the GOPe and Fox.

Ailes tried to bully Trump, not going to happen.

If the GOPe screws Donald the 10 Billion Dollar Man, his rich 21 billion dollar friend Icahn and Wynn another 10 billion, and maybe Adelson a 30 billion dollar man, could create a third party, buy up a news outlet like Gates did.

The GOPe better be careful not to poke the Tiger.


63 posted on 03/02/2016 2:39:11 PM PST by Zenjitsuman (A)
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To: springwater13

HA! If he lost Fox News, then he’s lost the establishment as well.

Dollars to donuts, they skip Ted Cruz and start sucking up to Trump.


64 posted on 03/02/2016 2:39:14 PM PST by meyer (There is no political solution to this troubling evolution...)
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To: springwater13
But this alliance now seems to be over. According to three Fox sources, Fox chief Roger Ailes has told people he's lost confidence in Rubio's ability to win. "We're finished with Rubio," Ailes recently told a Fox host. "We can't do the Rubio thing anymore."

Wow. So they admit the collusion?

65 posted on 03/02/2016 2:39:31 PM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: springwater13
Fox's corporate support of Rubio has also been a growing source of tension with the network's more conservative talent. Sean Hannity was furious that the Times article reported how he went along with Rubio's immigration proposal.

Here's what the Times article said about Hannity:

"Mr. Rubio also reached out to other conservative power brokers, including the radio hosts Mark Levin and Laura Ingraham, telling them that the legislation did not amount to amnesty. The Fox anchors Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly became more supportive."

The Times didn't give any examples of collaboration to back it up.

66 posted on 03/02/2016 2:40:12 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: teletech

Or how about, “we decide, you listen.”


67 posted on 03/02/2016 2:40:22 PM PST by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: springwater13

So now what? They’re pushing Romney? Or maybe that doesn’t start til after the big speech..


68 posted on 03/02/2016 2:40:31 PM PST by uncitizen (Revenge!)
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To: springwater13

I am try to cut marco some slack because he IS a conservative Senator BUT I really doubt that he’d run a KKK ad against Hillary.


69 posted on 03/02/2016 2:40:34 PM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: Mariner

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3404328/posts

Murdoch: GOP ‘would be mad’ not to unify around Trump if he’s nominee
The Hill ^ | March 2, 2016 | Jesse Byrnes


70 posted on 03/02/2016 2:41:07 PM PST by maggief
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To: Mountain Mary

The way it is written it sounds like he was writing that to Roger Ailes. That would be great if he did, but it would be like him digging his own grave.


71 posted on 03/02/2016 2:41:30 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: springwater13

Boobio only won MN because of the GOP insiders there, the water or something.

Where has he won? He came up short in VA.

Its dawning on the GOP establishment and its mouthpiece FOX NEWS, that he is not electable.

Hard to make the case when you consistently finish No. 3.


72 posted on 03/02/2016 2:42:22 PM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: jneesy

I watched them last night and most were for Donald especially Stuart and Dobbs went along with him. They kept me in stitches.


73 posted on 03/02/2016 2:43:12 PM PST by STARLIT ((Tea Partier))
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To: springwater13

#schlongedByFox


74 posted on 03/02/2016 2:45:03 PM PST by moehoward
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To: Third Person

“Too late, Fox News... see ya”

Speaking to your point, anybody who runs a business or is in a sales capacity lives by a rule: do whatever you can to keep a customer. Because once a customer leaves it is very, very difficult to get them back.

And finding new customers is expensive.

Guess the boys and girls at FOX didn’t get that memo.


75 posted on 03/02/2016 2:46:03 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Kit cat

I started watching Fox when Matt Drudge was in O’Rielly’s spot. Turned it off 5 years ago and never looked back.


76 posted on 03/02/2016 2:47:08 PM PST by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: springwater13

“Roger hates seeing his name in print,” a longtime Ailes associate told me. “He was appalled the dinner was reported,”....

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Yeah, I guess it’s embarrassing when you are shown to be a shill for the GOPe.


77 posted on 03/02/2016 2:47:17 PM PST by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: springwater13

“Roger hates seeing his name in print,” a longtime Ailes associate told me. “He was appalled the dinner was reported,”....

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Yeah, I guess it’s embarrassing when you are shown to be a shill for the GOPe.


78 posted on 03/02/2016 2:47:18 PM PST by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: Robert DeLong

I watch FOX business. I can’t stand anything on FOX News anymore.


79 posted on 03/02/2016 2:47:45 PM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: springwater13

So, now it’s “We Report. We Decide.”??


80 posted on 03/02/2016 2:47:57 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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