Fox News cuts into footage of Trump's speech in South Carolina to point out inaccuracies
Fox News cuts into footage of Trump's speech in South Carolina to point out inaccuracies
"Even though he’s entitled to his opinions, he’s not entitled to his own set of facts"
"Even though he’s entitled to his opinions, he’s not entitled to his own set of facts"
During a broadcast of Donald Trump's speech at a "Get Out the Vote" rally in Rock Hill, South Carolina on Friday evening, Fox News host Neil Cavuto cut into the footage to point out inaccuracies in what was being said by the former president and 2024 Republican frontrunner.
Taking issue with Trump claiming credit for the market going up while, in the same breath, blaming Biden for inflated gas prices and whatever else, Cavuto said, "We'll continue monitoring the president's remarks and I mean no offense to him or some of you who might want to continue to hear him, but I did have to say that even though the former president is entitled to his opinions, he's not entitled to his own set of facts."
Wow....absolutely blown away. I literally never thought I'd see journalistic integrity from anyone even loosely associated with FauxNews...
The dominion lawsuit has them scared, rightfully so
My understanding is they could play all the videos of Trump saying bullshit they want, just not assert it themselves. They could repeat it but be careful to say “Person x alleges this” rather than stating mistruths as fact.
I don't know if this is so much them being scared, the vibe I'm getting here is that the anchor finally feels like he can get away with being a bit of a real journalist, when before he would be reprimanded by the network.
Fox news' reporters have always been reasonable, maybe on the low end of reasonable, but reasonable. The thing that makes Fox as a network awful is their opinion people, and how much they blur the line between their opinion people and their reporters.
Could be opportunism. Fox senses that Trump might go to prison or get barred from the election in another way, and so they either prepare endorsing a different candidate or are simply cautious.
But it's journalism by accident at best.
Fox never actually wanted Trump, but they radicalized their viewers too much. They tried to criticize him before while he was president, but each time they did their ratings went down and OAN's went up.
I wouldn’t necessarily call it integrity. I think Faux News has realized they created a monster that lost them a ton of viewers to even worse garbage at Newsmax. They’re trying to walk it all back now.
and best of fucking luck to them in all that.
They ought to know that since they were first to call Arizona for Biden, they will be first against the wall if he is re-elected
They wont be associated much longer
Cavuto went on to shoot down his claim that gas prices are at $6 a gallon, sourcing the real price as being an average of $3.26 a gallon.
Good. I’m so sick of the wild bullshit like that this baboon makes up. Gas is around 2.80 where I live which seems quite cheap given that it was that price 20 years ago and everything else has gone up so much. Then, of course, there’s the fact a lot of people are super-confused about that presidents don’t set the price of gas.
Back in the day if you couldn't nail the price of a gallon of milk you were an out of touch elite. Trump hasn't bought gas himself in decades I'm sure. That's the lesson people should take from this.
Why buy gas when he makes his own every time he opens one of his orifices..?
people are super-confused about that presidents don't set the price of gas.
It seems to be mostly one side of aisle that can't grasp it. Always the same line of "gas was so much cheaper under trump.."
and I always reply with "well you should have seen the gas prices under clinton, you would be a massive fan!".
It usually goes as well as you'd expect it to.
After all the maths for gallons to liters and euros to dollars and vice versa, gas where I live is about $8.50.
Jesus christ that's a lot!
It's not a coincidence that the strategic oil reserves are at a historic low.
Biden saw the supply chain issues from covid and played the oil reserve game pretty much perfectly. I think his experience was very beneficial in the transition out of covid.
WE NEEDED THIS IN 2015, It's too late now
The second best time to start is now.
I think we're on the 2664th best time around now.
If they pick and choose which facts to fact check, then it might be worse than not doing it at all.
Don't the networks only see dollar signs?
They might be worried after having to pay out their ass for parroting Trump on election denial.
I think they're (fox) probably sending a message to him here that he better do what they want.
Yes, so true. 8 years and the ship is too far out now for any chance of reversal
Has everyone forgot that Trump worked to raise gas prices and bragged about it?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2020/04/15/column-trumps-push-for-higher-gas-prices-is-misguided/
You think pointing out one specific contradiction will be a wake up call to anyone? It's hard to find a single sentence this sack of shit says that there isn't written or recorded evidence of him previously contradicting. He has spoken on both sides of literarly almost every topic he talks about at some point. He is the ultimate null, he cancels himself out and proves himself a worthless nothing over and over again.
You know his base doesn't give a shit about that. He also said he'd take away all the guns and go through due process later but they don't remember nor care about that either.
Yeah, good luck with that.
Once you radicalize someone, it's not always so easy to bring them back. They can just migrate to even more hardcore Russian propaganda outlets.
It's true. Time and time again these fools are radicalizing their base, and then when it gets out of hand they can't rein it in and it bites them.
Fox and a handful of right-wing politicians made radicalizing into a profitable business that's not regulated and freely available to anyone with no scruples and an imagination.
Let's not forget social media companies and their algorithms that take advantage of human psychology to drive profits. Not helping.
The people that far gone started pissing on Fox News the day they said Biden won the election. Maybe even a little before that.
I get the distinct impression Fox thinks it can pivot to a different set of subscribers as its armchair-bound geriatric viewers die of Covid and old age.
Maybe. We'll have to see if this is a one time thing where the anchor is going to get yelled at and never done again, or if it flags a new editorial direction.
As MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml pointed out, Tucker leaving Fox has done wonders for Fox, but ended up creating that more hardcore Russian propaganda outlet you are talking about. I mean, an interview with Putin, how much more Russian propaganda can it get?
They can just migrate to even more hardcore Russian propaganda outlets.
RT?
I was thinking more OAN, but yeah, that's probably its final form.
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most of their anchors are continuing to do so
Cavuto said...but I did have to say that even though the former president is entitled to his opinions, he's not entitled to his own set of facts."
Because he is right wing?
Republicans: 🤯
I like to think the Nazi Booth and the Ending Democracy Speech at CPAC is about where a lot of "fiscal" Conservatives jump ship.
😆 oh you sweet summer child
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
I have in-laws a few generations removed from Ukraine. They voted for Trumpthe first and second time, if their rhetoric can be believed. They haven't been this vocal this to around, I think in part of the war. But I don't have any faith they will consider that in the voting booth.
Getting rid of Tucker Carlson has done wonders for them, hope they keep it up.
It's not enough. They still lie too much and lean into conspiracy theories
Agreed, but a step in the right direction regardless.
It's almost as if significantly large fines will change corporate behavior.
This is a tactic to make them seem objective. Don’t believe it.
Niccce
Niiiiice, unless I'm missing a joke, or maybe you're trying to make it hiss.
But thank you for not stretching the silent e!
"Niceeeee" bugs me so bad.
Fired from Gestapo for excessive violence