CPAC Has a Major Fox News Problem - DailyBeast

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CPAC Has a Major Fox News Problem - DailyBeast
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Days ahead of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, it remains to be seen if and how Fox News will cover the annual right-wing confab amid CPAC boss Matt Schlapp’s alleged groping scandal.

Over the past few years, the conservative cable giant has not only aired the entire multi-day conference on its digital streaming platform Fox Nation, but the network has also been a “Featuring Sponsor” of the event. In 2021, for example, Fox Nation paid $250,000 to help underwrite the overtly partisan political gathering. The year before that, the Fox streamer paid $28,000 as a sponsor.

As of publication, Schlapp and his annual convention have all but disappeared from the Fox News universe. None of Fox News Media’s outlets are listed among CPAC 2023’s list of partnering sponsors, which includes the network’s conservative arch-rival Newsmax as well as far-right competitors like Real America’s Voice. Additionally, Fox staffers told The Daily Beast they have yet to receive any guidance on how they will cover CPAC.

An apparent Fox News blackout on CPAC would present a stunning break from previous years, which reliably demonstrated a symbiosis between the cable giant and the right-wing confab. Fox’s biggest stars like Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham often delivered headline speeches or hosted panel events, all of which were carried on the network. Outside the ballroom, Fox personalities—both major and minor—could be seen roaming the hallways, often given the hero’s welcome awarded to conservatives lucky enough to have the network on their résumé.

Reps for Fox News Media and CPAC did not respond to requests for comment.

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[Lovie777]

1. CPAC is a terrorist organization.......

period.

[Raster]

11. By their own admission.

[geardaddy]

12. This!

[MayReasonRule]

13. Yep. Those that support the same, are the same.

CPAC supports Y'all Qaeda's GOP Nat-C Fascists.

They're the same.

May reason rule.

[TheBlackAdder]

2. The only "celebs" slated to appear are:

.

The report adds that "the only Fox News personalities slated to appear are contributors like Katie Pavlich and Mollie Hemingway, or talk radio powerhouse Mark Levin—all of whom have conservative media careers outside their Fox affiliations."

On Sunday, former GOP strategist Rick Wilson noted another major absence from CPAC, with Gov. Ron DeSantis skipping the event which Wilson called "Running away like a scalded dog."

https://www.rawstory.com/matt-schlapp-cpac-2659472547/

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[Hortensis]

14. :) Mike Pence has declined his invitation also. "Trump and Haley

to Battle for the Spotlight." I wish them both success at that.

[lindysalsagal]

3. Dominion voting suit may have been the best thing for democracy.

Perhaps they don't want to add evidence to the prosecution that they spread lies. Wow. Imagine that.

Accountability.

[Javaman]

4. if you haven't listened to "fever dreams" podcast from the daily beast, you are missing gold. :) nt

[Mr. Sparkle]

5. Any business at cpac must surely know they are tainted by the Matt Schlapp scandal

[Hotler]

7. He pummeled my junk, said the staffer.

[EYESORE 9001]

9. Is that the sound it made while his junk was being pummeled?

[LakeArenal]

6. Eating their own. Yum

[OneGrassRoot]

8. So, it's Trump and Newsmax, et al...

the overtly populist MAGA cultists, vs. DeSantis and Fox and MAGA-lite cultists.

They're all fascists though when it comes down to it. Our hope must be that they destroy one another and that the GOP implodes.

[mopinko]

10. good news for newsmax.

[ThoughtCriminal]

15. Gotten too extreme for FOX?

must be pretty bad if they don't want any light shingin on that.