Posted on 05/11/2018 9:20:46 AM PDT by ethom
A spokesperson for Fox News said they have banished the guest who said torture “worked” on Sen. John McCain, calling him a “songbird” for his five years spent a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
Air Force veteran and former military analyst Thomas McInerney caused massive outrage yesterday for his interview on Fox Business Network where he bashed McCain for his opposition to Gina Haspel‘s nomination as CIA Director. McCain opposes Haspel because of her history overseeing the use of enhanced interrogation techniques, and when McInerney spoke to Charles Payne about this, he bashed the Arizona senator.
“The fact is John McCain — [torture] worked on John. That’s why they call him ‘Songbird John.’ The fact is those methods can work, and they are effective,” McInerney said.
Payne didn’t challenge McInerney’s remarks during the interview, but he later claimed in a public statement that a producer was talking in his ear, so he couldn’t hear the objectionable comments while they were being made. Fox has also offered an apology to the McCain family.
The Arizona senator’s wife, Cindy McCain, took to Twitter to request that the network chooses its guests “more wisely.”
As for McInerney, who has a history of making controversial comments, network representatives said they won’t be booking him on Fox News ever again.
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But kept the reporters and commentators that bashed Trump in a similar manner.
I call that “vicious truthing.”
Some I guess some truth is too true for Faux News?
My question is this. Did McCain “sing” as he is being accused of doing, or didn’t he?
Songbird, Captain Queeg, Juan McStain, Mr. Keating 5, etc.
5.56m.
It seems that Fox has its own Politically Correct agenda.
Truth telling is verboten. Especially when it comes to mclame. I respect his service and his time in captivity. But, like a family member who is a total a$$hole, sometimes you gotta cut ‘em loose. John should have been cut loose long ago. Full bladder waiting for post interment festivities.
Banished for speaking the truth?
My bet is that McInerney knows more about McCain than everyone collectively at FOX.
Tell the truth, lose a job. Typical lefty move. Fox is CNN lite.
This will have a chilling effect on future guests. Candor is not always welcome at FNC.
and the deep state strikes back!
Cindy is counting on being his replacement. I’m telling you I’d Ducey even thinks about it he will be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail. The woman stole drugs from a charity for God’s sake
All that...and politicizing his own funeral? Who does that? Only despots and losers like Che Guevara. Pathetic!
Et tu, Fox?
Fox is dead to me.
Did the guy lie? I mean, how many liars do they have on the network all the time, hundreds.
Hmmm, one cannot tell the truth about Senator Sh*tface McDork?
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