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House Democrats Want ‘Oversight’ over Fox News’ Editorial Decisions
« on: April 03, 2019, 02:44:39 pm »
JOEL B. POLLAK 2 Apr 2019

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are demanding to know why Fox News did not publish a story prior to the 2016 election about an alleged affair years before between porn star Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump.

House Committee on Oversight and Reform chair Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) wrote to former Fox News reporter Diana Falzone last month demanding that she turn over any documents relating to Trump’s alleged extramarital affairs.

An article in the New Yorker last month alleged that Fox News executive Ken LaCorte spiked the story to protect Trump — a claim LaCorte has vehemently denied, saying the story lacked corroborating evidence and that the network was merely practicing responsible journalism, as were other outlets who declined the story.

That article seems to have motivated Cummings’s letter — a letter that not only seeks personal dirt on the president, but seeks information that might be used to review Fox News’ editorial decisions. The committee’s letter suggests that Fox News may have violated campaign finance rules if it tried to help Trump by suppressing the Daniels story.

Falzone has said she will cooperate with the committee, despite an agreement with Fox that prevents her from speaking about the story. In an op-ed at Mediaite, LaCorte says he supports Falzone’s desire to talk about the story publicly, but that he will refuse to cooperate with the committee’s effort to exercise oversight over the free press.

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Re: House Democrats Want ‘Oversight’ over Fox News’ Editorial Decisions
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2019, 02:52:19 pm »
Nice going, 'rats. The only thing missing are the black shirts.
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Re: House Democrats Want ‘Oversight’ over Fox News’ Editorial Decisions
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2019, 03:01:40 pm »
The media did NOT disclose FDR's wheelchair, or misstresses. They didn't disclose JFKs many affairs.

IOW the media have a lng history of using discretion, regarding what they report.

Would Cummings, have the House determne what is a good reportable story?
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Re: House Democrats Want ‘Oversight’ over Fox News’ Editorial Decisions
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2019, 04:10:48 pm »
Quote from: truth_seeker on April 03, 2019, 03:01:40 pm
Would Cummings, have the House determne what is a good reportable story?

Of course.   The fascist streak runs deep in the modern-day Democratic Party. 
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Re: House Democrats Want ‘Oversight’ over Fox News’ Editorial Decisions
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2019, 05:34:44 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on April 03, 2019, 04:10:48 pm
Of course.   The fascist streak runs deep in the modern-day Democratic Party.

If they can't regulate it, control it, they want to tax it.
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Re: House Democrats Want ‘Oversight’ over Fox News’ Editorial Decisions
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2019, 05:35:45 pm »
Nope
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Re: House Democrats Want ‘Oversight’ over Fox News’ Editorial Decisions
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2019, 06:33:02 pm »
Quote from: skeeter on April 03, 2019, 02:52:19 pm
Nice going, 'rats. The only thing missing are the black shirts.

And we have Trump on the other end hinting at using government agencies to “equalize” SNL

 The state needs to stay out of the regulating speech business
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Re: House Democrats Want ‘Oversight’ over Fox News’ Editorial Decisions
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2019, 06:42:21 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on April 03, 2019, 06:33:02 pm
And we have Trump on the other end hinting at using government agencies to “equalize” SNL

 The state needs to stay out of the regulating speech business

Trump is wrong to make such suggestion but there is NO equivalence between that and what Cummings is doing.
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