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skip fox

(19,359 posts)
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 07:45 AM Oct 2018

Fox & Fiends got the word before 7:30 am to stop political spculation

but before then most of their time was spent casting doubt on the most obvious motivation: to harm or silence Trump's critics.

They spoke of how inept the bomb was. Guessed it might be a hoax. Thought it suspicious that it wiped the caravan story which was to Trump's political advantage from the front page. &c. &c.

Then when a retired NYPD detective got on and straight out and suggested the bomb was planted by the other side to gin up hatred against Trump. They let him go on like this for several minutes, then after an interim during which they apparently told to stop political speculation or even political talk while covering this unfolding story, they came back to him and they closed him down when he started saying that the Republicans ("we" ) are winning so it must have been----. And he was cut off.

The producers have these jokers on a short leash.

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Fox & Fiends got the word before 7:30 am to stop political spculation (Original Post) skip fox Oct 2018 OP
Not short enough. nt leftyladyfrommo Oct 2018 #1
Sounds like signaling exboyfil Oct 2018 #2
Get thee to the greatest page malaise Oct 2018 #3
Fox & fiends are shitting their pants that the same thing could happen to them. n/t mtnsnake Oct 2018 #4
I'd like to suggest a shock collar on that short leash. peekaloo Oct 2018 #5

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
2. Sounds like signaling
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 08:44 AM
Oct 2018

Maybe the Orange One let them know that dog won't hunt (they already have a suspect and he doesn't fit the false flag narrative).

Kind of like it was extremely suspicious when Pence took an active interest in the Molly Tibbetts' case before the suspect was supposedly known by police.

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