The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Formerly Once-Ler on March 18, 2019, 06:59:56 am
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https://thehill.com/homenews/media/434442-fox-news-suspended-host-pirro-over-omar-comments-report
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro was reportedly suspended by the network following comments she made earlier this month about Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) loyalty to the Constitution.
CNN reported the suspension on Sunday, citing an unidentified source familiar with the matter.
Pirro's show, "Justice with Jeanine," did not air Saturday evening during its regularly scheduled block and was replaced with an episode of "Scandalous."
more at link
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"We strongly condemn Jeanine Pirro’s comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar," the network said in a statement last week. "They do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly."
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About Judge Janine....
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Waleed_b (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Waleed_b)in_Talal
Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al Saud
>snip<
...Al-Waleed is Citigroup's largest individual shareholder, the second-largest voting shareholder in 21st Century Fox, a minor shareholder in Zaveriwala Holdings LLC and owns Paris' Four Seasons Hotel George V and part of the Plaza Hotel.[7][8] Time has called him the "Arabian Warren Buffett".[9][10][11] In November 2017 Forbes listed Al-Waleed as the 45th richest man in the world, with an estimated net worth of $18.7 billion.[12][13]
'nuff said...
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We almost have to study in depth exactly what Judge Jeannine said..... I read her exact words and....
I've come to the conclusion that it wasn't wrong, she was asking in a way....
But, when I first heard it reported on, it sounded somewhat vague and an uninformed type of thing to say. A sort of broadbrush statement. It sounded kind of like the types of things lesser people say when they show ignorance and prejudiced.
Back to you @Once-Ler
You've really, really got to read her exact words.
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"Omar wears a hijab, which, according to the Quran 33:59, tells women to cover so they won’t get molested." Pirro said. "Is her adherence to this Islamic doctrine indicative of her adherence to Sharia law, which in itself is antithetical to the United States Constitution?"
Not that I agree with her, but isn't she just posing a question? I don't really see much suspension-worthy in this quote. I wonder if Fox is succumbing to the PC culture that has infected the rest of the country?
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Nothing she said was suspension worthy. And it's rank hypocrisy on the part of the MSM given how there hasn't been a similar outcry for far more inflammatory comments made by the MSM about Conservatives and anyone who doesn't vote Democrat over the last two years.
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About Judge Janine....
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Waleed_b (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Waleed_b)in_Talal
'nuff said...
The Hamas supporters over at CAIR are taking a victory lap over this as well.
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There are now two sets of justice and two sets of political correctness in America. One set is for Democrats and anyone on the left, where literally... anything goes and is either acceptable or is not punishable at all. The other set is for anyone on the right ... ie anyone that is not on the leftist side of political correctness, where everything one utters is up for scrutiny and/or penalties and payback... which has created an environment where righties literally have to walk on eggshells politically. Pirro was apparently unaware that she is not allowed to ask a pertinent question about one of the 'special people' in DC.
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The Hamas supporters over at CAIR are taking a victory lap over this as well.
I would not be surprised if a major shareholder did not influence the decision, directly or indirectly.
Not much reason to watch FOX, now, I enjoyed her rants. :shrug:
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I am still waiting for the alternative, free speech media channels.
If Pirro has to lose her job, she might as well ask WTF Omar and others like her, are in the country, let alone in Congress?
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FWIW, Fox news just got an earful from me over this. I'm sure it will make ALL the difference! :laugh:
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Not much reason to watch FOX, now, I enjoyed her rants. :shrug:
That is becoming more and more true everyday. FNC used to be my go-to channel. Now I rarely watch it.
The morning show has become too sickly-sweet and inane for me. And the only evening show I watch is Tucker, once in a while.
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I mostly watch Fox Business.
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I mostly watch Fox Business.
Me too! And OAN!
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Me too! And OAN!
I usually watch Fox Business, but I have OAN on right now because my internet speed isn't up to snuff this morning. I stream in the bedroom because I don't have cable in that room. I might have to go downstairs if I want to see FBN.
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I usually watch Fox Business, but I have OAN on right now because my internet speed isn't up to snuff this morning. I stream in the bedroom because I don't have cable in that room. I might have to go downstairs if I want to see FBN.
I paid for the streaming service on Sirius just for Andrew Wilkow. You can listen to shows you've missed. Listening now.
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They could look up Sean Hannity's ass and find a lot more line-crossing commentary where somebody's loyalty to the Constitution was questioned
This is a good example of making lemonade when life gives you lemons.
Judge Jeanine is #1 in her time slot.
Give her a week off...free publicity, proving you're "fair and balanced".
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Me too! And OAN!
OAN is almost too good to be true.
Are they still owned by Al-Jazeera? :shrug:
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OAN is almost too good to be true.
Are they still owned by Al-Jazeera? :shrug:
They never were owned by them...unless Herring Networks, Inc. is the parent company for both.
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One America News Network
Launched
July 4, 2013
Owned by
Herring Networks, Inc.
Picture format
1080i HDTV
(downgraded to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Slogan
Your nation, your news
Country
United States
Language
English
Broadcast area
United States
Headquarters
San Diego, California
Sister channel(s)
AWE
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Nothing she said was suspension worthy. And it's rank hypocrisy on the part of the MSM given how there hasn't been a similar outcry for far more inflammatory comments made by the MSM about Conservatives and anyone who doesn't vote Democrat over the last two years.
I've heard opinion hosts on other channels ask similar questions about christians on a half dozen other occasions that I can recall. Hell, senators have no problem implying as much while grilling christian judicial nominees. No big deal there.
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I've heard opinion hosts on other channels ask similar questions about christians on a half dozen other occasions that I can recall. Hell, senators have no problem implying as much while grilling christian judicial nominees. No big deal there.
We've got a panel on Jake Tapper's show laughing at the suggestion that Roger Stone would enjoy prison rape and yet they are all wrapped around the axels about what Pirro said?
You're right...no big deal there I guess. :shrug:
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OANN has stood up for Assad, aired RT, Russia Today type propaganda on the white helmets, saying they are connected to al Qaeda, this is fringe stuff.
Judge Jeannine certainly and maybe it is because she is in NY, ran on a pro-choice type of platform vs. Hillary in the 2000s.
I'll accept warts and all from these people but I don't find OANN to be exemplary in this aspect. They were also involved in some sort of other thing as well.
Yes, they, OANN, appear to be big Trump supporters. Good. Small viewership compared to Fox.
I think OANN was on the story about chemical weapons and saying Assad was being wrongfully blamed. So, this is Russian type of propaganda and I don't accept that. They lose credibility doing stuff like this.
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OANN has stood up for Assad, aired RT, Russia Today type propaganda on the white helmets, saying they are connected to al Qaeda, this is fringe stuff.
I'm sure you have a link to a transcript or a video of them doing this? I've been watching them for at least three years going back to Germany and I've never seen them do what you describe.
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I'm sure you have a link to a transcript or a video of them doing this? I've been watching them for at least three years going back to Germany and I've never seen them do what you describe.
Sure.... first off I added in too, OANN ran cover for the Assad government on being accused of using poisonous gases, now, I don't care if it is Think Progress, they confirm One American News Network did this.
Far-right website claims it found no evidence of a chemical attack in Syria
Melanie Schmitz Twitter
7-9 minutes
The ultra conservative One America News Network (OANN), which frequently runs pro-Trump propaganda, claimed in a video report this week that it had found no evidence of an alleged chemical attack on the Syrian town of Douma — the latest in a series of claims by right-wing media and far-right individuals who claim the attack was faked.
The April 7 attack left at least 70 people dead and around 500 others exposed to deadly nerve agents. The Syrian Army is suspected to be behind the attack, which targeted rebel forces who had recently agreed to hand over the territory to the government. Syria, along with key allies Iran and Russia, all initially denied the attack took place, calling it “bogus.†Russian officials took things one step further on Friday, blaming the attack on the U.K.
U.S., U.K., and French authorities all ignored those claims, launching a coordinated strike on targets associated with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons capabilities on Friday evening.
https://thinkprogress.org/far-right-website-no-evidence-of-a-chemical-attack-in-syria-affdfd59ded7/
They also ran a show on the White Helmets connecting them to al Qaeda, one of their top newsmen so though, they said it was a disclaimer that these were not necessarily OANN views, it still aired on the network with one of their newsmen, I will try to find something on it.
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Sure.... first off I added in too, OANN ran cover for the Assad government on being accused of using poisonous gases, now, I don't care if it is Think Progress, they confirm One American News Network did this.
They also ran a show on the White Helmets connecting them to al Qaeda, one of their top newsmen so though, they said it was a disclaimer that these were not necessarily OANN views, it still aired on the network with one of their newsmen, I will try to find something on it.
Wait...you use Think Progress...THINK PROGRESS as your source?
We're supposed to believe one of the hardest of hard left political hit job websites in the country...the folks helping lead the boycott against Tucker Carlson? Especially when it's jsut their interpretation of what was said that you're posting?
Why do you think we're stupid enough to believe this? I said a transcript or video of what you allege. Not one of your favorite progressive websites.
If Think Progress is the ONLY source you can find...you can pound sand on your alleged story about them.
smh...
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OANN hired Jack Prosobiec. Anyway, one of their well known reporters did report on White Helmets and tried to tie them into al Qeada:
Some of this is covered on the wikipedia entry for OANN:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_America_News_Network (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_America_News_Network)
And other matters including the Syrian gas attack.
Syria chemical attack
In April 2018, while on an al-Assad regime-led tour of the area of the Douma chemical attack, a OAN correspondent said that there was no evidence that a chemical attack had occurred.[44] The correspondent said, "Not one of the people that I spoke to in that neighborhood said that they had seen anything or heard anything about a chemical attack on that day" and that residents "loved Bashar al-Assad."[44]
OANN may have scrubbed the White Helmet references but I'm looking. It's Reddit, again, not the best source for news but they certainly mention it.
OAN is doing an awesome expose on the White Helmets right now
They're showing vids of the White Helmets executing people and how they killed a child. Why can't all news channels be this based?
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/66ugyu/oan_is_doing_an_awesome_expose_on_the_white/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/66ugyu/oan_is_doing_an_awesome_expose_on_the_white/)
Zero Hedge, another source I don't like but they talked about OANN doing this. Zero Hedge per their wikipedia entry is noted for disbursing pro-Russian povs.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-22/beware-white-helmets-bearing-news (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-22/beware-white-helmets-bearing-news)
Beware Of White Helmets Bearing News
by Tyler Durden
Sun, 04/22/2018 - 18:45
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-22/beware-white-helmets-bearing-news (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-22/beware-white-helmets-bearing-news)
This latter article only specifies the gas story but certainly mentions OANN all the same.
Zero Hedge:
Significantly, Fisk reported that locals told him that White Helmets left with jihadists bused out of Duma in a deal made with the Syrian government and Russia, which provided security for the transfer.
Other Reports
Other reporters have corroborated what Fisk found. Reporter Pearson Sharp of One America News, a conservative Christian TV network and supporter of President Trump, interviewed doctors and witnesses at the clinic. They also said there was no chemical attack and that strangers came into the clinic and shouted “Gas!†and filmed the reaction.
I might as well listen to Tulsi Gabbard or watch RT.
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They could look up Sean Hannity's ass and find a lot more line-crossing commentary where somebody's loyalty to the Constitution was questioned
This is a good example of making lemonade when life gives you lemons.
Judge Jeanine is #1 in her time slot.
Give her a week off...free publicity, proving you're "fair and balanced".
Free and balanced means you can't ask about islam?
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Free and balanced means you can't ask about islam?
Of course, not.
Like every other corporate boardroom nobody seated at those tables wants to be in fear of their or their family's lives.
The visual therefore is that FOXNEWS disciplined and took action. It's a Pontius Pilot kind-of-thing.
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Of course, not.
Like every other corporate boardroom nobody seated at those tables wants to be in fear of their or their family's lives.
The visual therefore is that FOXNEWS disciplined and took action. It's a Pontius Pilot kind-of-thing.
If you punish people for saying the truth, it ain't fair and it ain't balanced, particularly as a "news" organization.
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If you punish people for saying the truth, it ain't fair and it ain't balanced, particularly as a "news" organization.
She's not a news anchor or reader. She's an opinion host.
I constantly take heat by certain members for coveting the same thing Muslims enjoy around the world. Being feared.
THAT is real power.
Same tactic used by Columbia drug cartels.
Works every time.
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She's not a news anchor or reader. She's an opinion host.
I constantly take heat by certain members for coveting the same thing Muslims enjoy around the world. Being feared.
THAT is real power.
Same tactic used by Columbia drug cartels.
Works every time.
So, how does suspending Pirro for asking an appropriate question advance the cause of being feared?
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So, how does suspending Pirro for asking an appropriate question advance the cause of being feared?
Because when you strip all the BS layers away, you're faced with question, "Why are People afraid to criticize Muslims, but not Christians?"
Is it because some faithful to Islam could hack you and your family to pieces...while eating a Big Mac?
I submit that fear of death or terror attack is the catalyst which figures in any decision FOXNEWS makes.
And it further exploits their phrase, "Fair and Balanced..." which should pique interest in current non-Fox viewers.
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So, how does suspending Pirro for asking an appropriate question advance the cause of being feared?
(http://i.imgur.com/cqaEcFu.jpg)
And evidently, this is how FOXNEWS see them!
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It's a sad day when Fox News cowers to the like of CAIR and those too afraid to speak the truth.
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OANN hired Jack Prosobiec. Anyway, one of their well known reporters did report on White Helmets and tried to tie them into al Qeada:
Some of this is covered on the wikipedia entry for OANN:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_America_News_Network (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_America_News_Network)
And other matters including the Syrian gas attack.
OANN may have scrubbed the White Helmet references but I'm looking. It's Reddit, again, not the best source for news but they certainly mention it.
Zero Hedge, another source I don't like but they talked about OANN doing this. Zero Hedge per their wikipedia entry is noted for disbursing pro-Russian povs.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-22/beware-white-helmets-bearing-news (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-22/beware-white-helmets-bearing-news)
This latter article only specifies the gas story but certainly mentions OANN all the same.
Zero Hedge:
I might as well listen to Tulsi Gabbard or watch RT.
Still waiting for a transcript or video of what you claim.
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Back to you @Once-Ler
You've really, really got to read her exact words.
Or I can save some time and rebuke Pirro as a racist based on Foxnews's condemnation. Thanx Foxnews. wink777
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Nothing she said was suspension worthy. And it's rank hypocrisy on the part of the MSM Foxnews given how there hasn't been a similar outcry for far more inflammatory comments made by the MSM Foxnews about Conservatives and anyone who doesn't vote Democrat over the last two years.
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Or I can save some time and rebuke Pirro as a racist based on Foxnews's condemnation. Thanx Foxnews. wink777
Don't ever change. You are a bellwether for us.
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fixed
No not really