Fox News Fails To Disclose Its Pro-Walker Debate Analyst Is A Walker Adviser And Co-Author

[KamaAina]

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/08/07/fox-news-fails-to-disclose-its-pro-walker-debat/204826

Fox News repeatedly failed to disclose that its debate analyst Marc Thiessen has worked for debate participant Scott Walker. During his Fox appearances, Thiessen praised Walker as one of the "obvious winners" and singled him out as having a "great" debate moment....

Fox News host Bill Hemmer identified Thiessen as a Washington Post columnist and Fox News contributor. Like Kelly, he did not identify Thiessen's conflict of interest.

The Washington Post, where Thiessen works as a columnist, reported on March 6 that "Walker is also seeking counsel from several hawks from George W. Bush's administration -- including Abrams, Bush's deputy national security adviser, and Marc A. Thiessen, a Post columnist and former Bush speechwriter known for his staunch defense of waterboarding and other interrogation tactics barred by President Obama. Walker selected Thiessen to co-write his 2013 book, 'Unintimidated,' and the two men became confidants during hours of Skype conversations each weekend."...

New York Daily News Washington Bureau reporter Cameron Joseph criticized Fox News on Twitter, writing: "Curious how Marc Thiessen can be on Fox right now analyzing the debate. He co-wrote Scott Walker's book, and they don't even ID him as such."

[Kingofalldems]

1. Kicked, recced and tweeted.

[daleanime]

2. And that's no where near....

the bottom of the Faux debate barrel.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. If there were any true patriots in the Republican party

they'd surround the Fox building and demand they go out of business. Fox News is not a news organization. It's a political machine that exists to serve the interests of corporate elites and not the people. The breathtaking audacity they showed last night is not even being mentioned on MSNBC, but then they're probably another corporation at the service of their overlords.