Fox's reaction to Trump's speech

[Roadside Attraction]

I refuse to watch Fox.

My son called me after Trump's speech and said Fox fact checked him brutally and actually called some of his statements "lies."

Did anyone see this?

[Xipe Totec]

1. I only watch FOX to get a cardio workout. nt

[MontanaMama]

2. Good one!

[jrthin]

3. LOL

[BumRushDaShow]

13. !!!!!!!!!!

[jcgoldie]

4. No but...

... you need to stage an intervention if your kid keeps watching fox news.

[MLAA]

5. He might be referring to Shep who does frequently call out some of the crap

I saw a short article mentioning that Shep called out some lies. As far as I know, Shep is the only one who does that.

[tblue37]

6. Sometimes Chris Wallace will, too, when interviewing a right winger. nt

[Brainstormy]

11. I keep saying that Shep,

sooner or later, is going to leave the dark side.

[MLAA]

16. It's got to be painful for him to go to work there everyday.

He gives Hannity an earful every so often.

[manor321]

7. This DKos article seems to have some info

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/8/1824637/-Fox-s-Shep-Smith-comes-through-with-immediate-fact-check-of-Trump-s-lie-a-thon?utm_campaign=recent

[LAS14]

10. A tiny bit of goodish news. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

12. That gives details, Shep Smith fact checked Trump, Daily Beast is the source

<snip>

From The Daily Beast:

Immediately following Trump’s approximately 10 minute speech, Smith broke down a “number of claims” that were deliberately misleading. While Trump issued scary warnings about murders by immigrants, Smith said, “Statistics show that there is less violent crime by the undocumented immigrant population than by the general population.”

In response to Trump claiming his wall would stop drug trafficking across the border, Smith said, “Government statistics show much of the heroin actually comes not over the unguarded border but through ports of call.”

The anchor also informed viewers that the number of illegal border crossings has been going “steadily down over the past 10 years” despite Trump’s assertion that they are on the rise and the government reports that “there is more outward traffic than inward traffic.”

<snip>

[world wide wally]

9. I counted 21 lies based on what I know

[lunatica]

14. If they would just do the game show gimmick

of blasting a huge X with a loud raspberry sound every time he lied, he’d stop talking in public.

[SunSeeker]

15. Yup, apparently they pointed out immigrants have lower crime rates than US citizens.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-gets-instant-fact-check-from-fox-news-shepard-smith-after-oval-office-speech?ref=home

[Yeehah]

17. Fox "News" lamely attempts to maintain a thin veneer of objectivity

They know they have a losing horse in Trump, so they can afford to work on that veneer a little bit. If Trump resigns and Pence takes office, watch the evil liars at Fox proclaim the ascent of Jesus Pence as the savior of the republic.

[DesertRat]

18. I went to their twitter page to see what they said

And they haven't posted anything in 2 months. Last posts were on 11/8/18.

https://twitter.com/FoxNews

[ecstatic]

19. Maybe they're part of the Russia / Twitter investigation

Something's definitely going on.