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How Fox News left Jennifer Griffin out to dry, a timeline:
4 PM - she confirms reporting on the Atlantic story that Trump insulted war dead. https://twitter.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/1301975321495973889
4 PM - she confirms reporting on the Atlantic story that Trump insulted war dead. https://twitter.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/1301975321495973889
4 PM hour - Griffin is not invited to break her story. John Roberts emphasizes three times that his sources deny the report, including John Bolton.
5 PM hour -- Griffin is not invited to break her story. Instead, Greg Gutfeld calls the story a "hoax" and a "scam." The Fox carries the entirety of Trump’s press conference. https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-reporter-confirmed-atlantics-story-about-trump-insulting-fallen-troops-fox-hosts
6 PM hour -- Press conference ends and Bret Baier breaks in, John Roberts reports first, AGAIN saying his sources are denying it. https://twitter.com/peltzmadeline/status/1302009381001854978
2.5 hours later, Griffin is finally on air, and reports her story.
Baier goes BACK to John Roberts: “One would think [Bolton] would put this in the book if he heard it, right?” Roberts, in his third on air appearance since 4 pm, says his sources deny the story.
During the 6 PM panel, Mollie Hemingway, on war dead: “We know that President Trump critiques people who critique him,” refers to the story as an “smear operation” like what happened to Kavanaugh
Steve Hayes, 3 hours later, is the only person to bring up Griffin’s reporting outside of her own reporting. Bret Baier pushes back on Hayes by citing Roberts reporting.
Hemingway: “We have actually now I think we’re up to 10 people speaking on the record with first hand knowledge that the story is not true.”
Here’s how they open 7 PM. They play the Bolton clip, don’t mention Griffin. She does not appear on air during the hour.
Jon Scott: “How do you know it’s accurate? How do you know it’s true?” He repeats the same sentiment in, and this is not an exaggeration, every single question he asked Buttigieg.
Pure, unadulterated propaganda.
8 and 9 PM hours -- reruns. No Griffin. https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1302053448758767623
10 PM -- pre-taped Ingraham Angle “special." No Griffin.
11 PM -- Fox is back live. Griffin is not invited on to discuss her reporting. Kevin Corke does a package and mentions Griffin in passing, but emphasizes Bolton and other denials.
11 PM - Trump calls for Griffin’s firing, putting her personal, physical well-being in danger. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1302083885384249344
To recap, over the course of 8 hours:
- Griffin is on air once.
- John Roberts is on three times.
- Her reporting is mentioned two times by guests. Bret Baier repeatedly casts doubt on her reporting.
- The interview with Bolton is played at least five or six times.
- Griffin is on air once.
- John Roberts is on three times.
- Her reporting is mentioned two times by guests. Bret Baier repeatedly casts doubt on her reporting.
- The interview with Bolton is played at least five or six times.
It's now the next day.
Fox News has not made any statement defending the First Amendment rights of their reporter.
Fox News has not made any statement defending the First Amendment rights of their reporter.
All of the most outrageous parts of this timeline happened during Fox's "straight news" shows.
This is not a news organization. They're putting the lives of their reporters in jeopardy, then leaving them to fend for themselves as people like Bret Baier undercut them.
This is not a news organization. They're putting the lives of their reporters in jeopardy, then leaving them to fend for themselves as people like Bret Baier undercut them.
This, from mediaite, is lazy bullshit. https://twitter.com/zpleat/status/1302285117285695488
