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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 10:50 AM Mar 2021

'Thanks for Nothing': Fox's Jeanine Pirro Goes Off, Ends Segment After Guest Says Biden's 'Making...

‘Thanks for Nothing’: Fox’s Jeanine Pirro Goes Off, Ends Segment After Guest Says Biden’s ‘Making America Great Again’

By Ken Meyer Mar 21st, 2021, 9:16 am

Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro ended a segment Saturday after going off on a guest for invoking Donald Trump’s catchphrase to say President Joe Biden is “making America great again.”

Immigration attorney David Leopold appeared on Justice with Judge Jeanine Saturday night, where the two of them instantly collided over the Biden administration’s response to the situation on the U.S. southern border. Much of this sparring match revolved around Leopold and Pirro debating whether the current migrant surge is on track to top a surge that America saw during Trump’s administration.

“Jeanine, just because you say my numbers are wrong, doesn’t mean they’re wrong,” Leopold argued.

Pirro shot back, “No. They’re facts. These are the facts,” which caused Leopold to counter by saying, “They are not facts. Very few things I heard on this show tonight have been facts.”

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https://www.mediaite.com/tv/thanks-for-nothing-foxs-jeanine-pirro-goes-off-ends-segment-after-guest-says-bidens-making-america-great-again/
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'Thanks for Nothing': Fox's Jeanine Pirro Goes Off, Ends Segment After Guest Says Biden's 'Making... (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2021 OP
THAT quote....... MyOwnPeace Mar 2021 #1
Piro Pity Party milan755803 Mar 2021 #6
Yes, a nasty drunk. OnDoutside Mar 2021 #19
I think this says it all: "I don't tolerate lies on my shows." - Jeanine Pirro of Fox News Towlie Mar 2021 #22
Well that is, after all, her job... Wounded Bear Mar 2021 #23
She doesn't--unless they're hers. lastlib Mar 2021 #24
She is the personification of the network that blares her spew out to GoodRaisin Mar 2021 #2
Republican/Nazis will never respond to truth. johnthewoodworker Mar 2021 #3
Imagine if he'd said something positive about Hillary. JohnnyRingo Mar 2021 #4
Thank you, Sir, for bringing truth to the lion's den bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #5
Brave to even engage her LittleGirl Mar 2021 #7
Well, we're doing a pretty good job of choking off their ad revenue by contacting the companies. Ligyron Mar 2021 #9
I've heard that FOX gets most of their revenue Red Mountain Mar 2021 #13
Every city and cable system I've been through always had a fox news listing. Ligyron Mar 2021 #16
Spot on! nt LittleGirl Mar 2021 #17
It'll be a long time for Leopold to be invited back. Jeanine Pirro is such a lying jackass. nt iluvtennis Mar 2021 #8
We should call them Pirros instead of Karens. LakeArenal Mar 2021 #10
She's probably drowning her sorrows in another box of cheap wine Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2021 #11
I was thinking cheap ass gin. nt diverdownjt Mar 2021 #12
Like the rest of the RW demagogues, she thinks she's a Faberge egg. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #14
Totally. Her delivery is total bat-shit-crazy. calimary Mar 2021 #15
I have only seen her act in a handful of momentary bursts. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #27
& can you imagine how Cha Mar 2021 #18
I couldn't find the video at that link, but ShazzieB Mar 2021 #20
She "doesn't tolerate lies" on her show IronLionZion Mar 2021 #25
Their ratings tanked after they called Arizona for Joe in the election MissMillie Mar 2021 #21
We NEED the INDEPENDENT Fact Checkers to validate what IS News and what is SPEWS... TigressDem Mar 2021 #26

MyOwnPeace

(16,888 posts)
1. THAT quote.......
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 11:02 AM
Mar 2021

needs to be seen far and wide, and often!!!!!

"Very few things I heard on this show tonight have been facts.”

GoodRaisin

(8,887 posts)
2. She is the personification of the network that blares her spew out to
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 11:19 AM
Mar 2021

the stupid and ignorant who watch her propaganda show.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
4. Imagine if he'd said something positive about Hillary.
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 11:34 AM
Mar 2021

That's her real trigger. "Head explodes" doesn't even begin...

For those who don't remember, she ran against her for the senate seat in NY and Pirro took it personal. Fox felt for her and hired her as a consolation prize, like when the losing team goes to the Dairy Queen.

LittleGirl

(8,261 posts)
7. Brave to even engage her
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 12:12 PM
Mar 2021

I appreciate his efforts to set the record straight but those people will change the channel then listen to the truth/facts.

Honestly? We need to get that station canceled!

I know, cancel culture but Rush is dead. We need to silence that whole news network. Yesterday

Ligyron

(7,592 posts)
9. Well, we're doing a pretty good job of choking off their ad revenue by contacting the companies.
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 01:21 PM
Mar 2021

The companies whose ads run on fox, I mean and informing them their products will be boycotted if they don't pull them. Like the Flush Rush campaign. Often, the company didn't even know their ads were running on fox.

Not sure how effective this will be long term because I have a feeling fox news will be subsidized even if they run at a loss because it's all about the GrOPers well coordinated effort to transform the country into a RW, theocratic dictatorship and people like the Kochs and Murdock have ungawdly amounts of money to help make that happen.

It's frightening how coordinated and all encompassing their efforts are and how successful they've been at brainwashing damn near half the nation.. We're way behind on things like; plans and efforts to promote progressive government and policy but yet we've somehow been able to take over the House, Senate and Presidency.With better messaging there's just no telling how awesome we could be!

Red Mountain

(1,705 posts)
13. I've heard that FOX gets most of their revenue
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 01:36 PM
Mar 2021

from the cable companies that carry them. Ad revenue helps but is relatively minor.

Cutting the fees they are able to charge would put them out of business.

Ligyron

(7,592 posts)
16. Every city and cable system I've been through always had a fox news listing.
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 02:30 PM
Mar 2021

Whereas they didn't always have MSNBC as a choice in basic cable. Just drove back and forth from Florida to California by different routes and there's large swaths of our country where RW hate radio and Fox news on the tube was all that existed. Now throw in OAN and recently constant ads for Newsmax where you're urged to hound your cable company to carry it.

The PTB are aggressively implementing the Powell Memo's plan.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
15. Totally. Her delivery is total bat-shit-crazy.
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 02:07 PM
Mar 2021

She doesn’t talk to you. She beats you with her loud, slow, purposefully slow presentation. Kinda like Ted Cruz’s schtick - BIGASS pauses between words and phrases. It’s for effect. Allows him to glance around to make sure he’s got everybody’s attention. Pausing like that is a technique. To get your attention. Like a moment of dead air on the radio. Suddenly EVERYBODY notices and is paying close attention in case it was a mistake or your system lost signal or other technical hiccup.

It’s a calculated device. And when you either have the floor (in his case) or the studio to yourself with no guests (in her case), you don’t have to worry that somebody else is gonna jump in on one of those gaps and take over the podium.

I find her schtick offensive and a MASSIVE turn-off. And she compounds it by leaning in and never taking her gaze off the camera to further command your undivided attention.

That’s a device, too. Another kind of “DROP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND LOOK AT ME, DAMMIT!” schtick.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,535 posts)
27. I have only seen her act in a handful of momentary bursts.
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 02:50 PM
Mar 2021

I've only seen her one the Web (No Faux access here), and close the tab very promptly.

Your analysis seems right on the money, though...from what I've seen. And it totally makes sense, given the personalities (?) of the two.

Cha

(295,926 posts)
18. & can you imagine how
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 05:33 PM
Mar 2021

trump in his mar largo dump?!

LOL! David Leopold has some damn nerve telling the truth on fox screws!!

ShazzieB

(15,958 posts)
20. I couldn't find the video at that link, but
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 07:17 PM
Mar 2021

here's a YouTube link for anyone who wants to see it:



What a horrible, rude, hateful woman. But she works for Faux News, so I guess it's to be expected.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
25. She "doesn't tolerate lies" on her show
Mon Mar 22, 2021, 09:44 AM
Mar 2021

and then proceeds to lie that Biden is bringing COVID and a whole pandemic during a pandemic.

MissMillie

(38,454 posts)
21. Their ratings tanked after they called Arizona for Joe in the election
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 07:57 PM
Mar 2021

and they are fighting feverishly to get the MAGAs back.


She needs to take care, however, she's already being sued. The Dominion and Smartatic suits are going to be trouble for her (and others).

TigressDem

(5,121 posts)
26. We NEED the INDEPENDENT Fact Checkers to validate what IS News and what is SPEWS...
Mon Mar 22, 2021, 10:11 AM
Mar 2021

So to GET a NEWS designation, they need to PROVE they USE FACTS on a regular basis with a less than 5% margin of error with immediate retraction when that happens.

SPEWS can do whatever they want, but the CAN'T CALL THEMSELVES NEWS.

They get the Entertainment/Opinion/Infotainment logo so people KNOW they are PRONE to FACTUAL ERRORS.

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