Re: OT: Ukraine WH-meeting news coverage

On 3/2/25 12:25 PM, Rhino wrote:

On 2025-03-01 10:55 PM, moviePig wrote:

On 3/1/2025 8:47 PM, Rhino wrote:

On 2025-03-01 5:01 PM, moviePig wrote:

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A quick glance at major TV news websites puts the Zelensky WH meeting as the top story at ABC, CBS, and NBC.  Fox, meanwhile, places it fourth, with the headline:
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    QUESTIONS SWIRL AROUND POSSIBLE ZELENSKYY RESIGNATION AFTER HEATED TRUMP EXCHANGE
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(And Fox's next story gives Brett Favre's opinion on the WH debacle.)
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Even now, this sort of schism still takes me by surprise...

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It really distresses you when the major media outlets don't all take exactly the same "correct" line on the issues of the day, doesn't it? You would have LOVED the Soviet Union back in the day or both contemporary Russia and China: all the "news" outlets take the same line.
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Just to REALLY undermine your sense of order, you should watch Brett Baier's interview with Zelenskyy on Fox. You will be VERY surprised at how he DOESN'T pile on to Zelenskyy.
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Then again, you'd need to "invest" some time and I know you hate doing that - unless of course you know in advance that a recommended video is going to take the "progressive" line. But here it is anyway, just in case....
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfqLcBwUT_E [23 minutes]

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I watched the first half ...which, with one big exception, seemed a relatively normal interview.  That exception was that Baier opened with -- and *pursued* -- a suggestion that Zelensky owed Trump an *apology*. I found that a true WTF moment ...similar to how Fox's website (above) leads with a question about Zelensky's *resignation*, ffs.

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And yet he let Zelenskyy answer all of his questions without interruption and did NOT accuse him of anything or condemn him. I'll bet you weren't expecting THAT from Fox.

Brett Baier has always been a straight shooter.
That said, I wonder how much longer he'll be at Fox - people who aren't Trump bootlickers haven't done well at Fox lately, which is a real shame.