Alicia Acuna just appeared on Fox & described what she saw. She was standing about 2' from Gianforte

[kpete]

Alicia Acuna just appeared on Fox News and described what she saw. She says she was standing about two feet from Gianforte

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[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Not even Fox News is going to stand up for you, Greg.

How's it feel to be all on your own, buddy?

[mucifer]

2. Wow why is fox reporting on this? I'm surprised.

[Bucky]

8. It's not going through Ailes or O'Reilly for some reason.

There were multiple witnesses. Just because someone in a competitive job field takes a job at Fox doesn't mean they're fascists. I've read stories in the past about news techies taking the Fox gig just to stay employed while they desperately searched around for a real news outlet to jump to.

[gopiscrap]

16. if you do that, you sell you soul

and become shit as far as I am concerned...get a job in something else then til a real news job opens up

[bettyellen]

27. That's not how careers work. Waitress till the perfect company offers you something.

I wish. We've all worked for assholes.

[cwydro]

29. Damn right.

Very true.

[bettyellen]

30. Especially outside the coasts. Tons of employers are unethical- most people

Are sometimes too. Can't go all Bartleby the Scrivener because even if I go away, it's still there.

[Kablooie]

19. If Ailes was around he'd probably quash her report and push the campaign's lie.

He wouldn't care about the moral aspect.
He'd just push the partisan side no matter what.

Who's running the show now I wonder?

If Fox news decided to actually report the news instead of inventing it, it would go a long way towards bringing the country back together again.

[Bucky]

35. Without his stern guidance, they keep slipping into journalism. It's chaos, man!!

Thank God we've got Sean Hannity on the job--- WHAT?!?!?!!!

[L. Coyote]

14. Because a witness to a crime is questioned by police and has to tell the truth or go to jail.

They were mute until after the police had them on record. Gianforte assaulted Ben AND lied about it. That's TWO huge mistakes. Ben is the reporter that outed his Russia connections.

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[DK504]

36. Local Fox affiliates have a lot of autonomy from FUX.

They actually have good local news shows. Weird.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

38. Local Fox affiliates are part of Fox Broadcasting. They are not part of Fox News.

An example of a local Fox affiliate is DC's WTTG, channel 5. It runs all the Fox television network shows. It has a local news show at 10:00 p.m. It broadcasts over the air on channels 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, and soon, 5.4.

Fox News is a cable operation. It is not an over the air operation. It's possible that some shows from Fox News might show up on WTTG on Sunday mornings. I don't know. Someone can look that up.

Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company (often shortened to Fox and stylized as FOX) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. The network is headquartered at the 20th Century Fox studio lot on Pico Boulevard in the Century City section of Los Angeles, with additional major offices and production facilities at the Fox Television Center in nearby West Los Angeles and the Fox Broadcasting Center in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It is the third largest major television network in the world based on total revenues, assets, and international coverage.

Launched on October 9, 1986 as a competitor to the Big Three television networks (ABC, NBC and CBS), Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network. It was the highest-rated broadcast network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012, and earned the position as the most-watched American television network in total viewership during the 2007–08 season.

Fox News

Fox News (officially known as the Fox News Channel) is an American basic cable and satellite news entertainment television channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. The channel broadcasts primarily from studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York.

The channel was created by Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who hired former Republican Party media consultant and CNBC executive Roger Ailes as its founding CEO.

It launched on October 7, 1996,[2] to 17 million cable subscribers. Fox News grew during the late 1990s and 2000s to become a dominant cable news network in the United States. Rupert Murdoch is the current chairman and acting CEO of Fox News.

[ananda]

3. Sounds like felony assault to me.

Misdemeanor -- no way!

[SticksnStones]

4. Apparently in Montana a broken bone is required for it to be a felony.

Go figure...

[Bucky]

10. Wild wild west, man. They make us Texans look like a bunch of pantie waists.

No way a Texas pol would slam dunk and pummel a nosy reporter. They'd pull on them and gun them down in a drunken stupor. But most of our conservative office holders down here are only cowboys during rodeo season and the occasional high brow fundraiser.

[stevenleser]

17. I wonder, since it is a congressman acting in his capacity as a congressman, if federal charges can

be applied. I have no idea, I am not an attorney but I am interested in what attorneys would say.

[zipplewrath]

18. Got to get elected first

Neither candidate is an incumbent here.

[stevenleser]

23. Oh, that's right, gotcha. Thanks! nt

[SticksnStones]

25. Be curious to know if he had a concealed weapon on him as well

And whether that impacts the charge.

[DK504]

37. Read my mind.

Beating on someone is generally a felony offense.

[lunasun]

5. Oh noes witnesses that don't want to lie!

[dalton99a]

6. Fucking psycho

[Bucky]

7. If Gianforte wins, Congress should refuse to seat him.

No room for fascism in Congress. He needs to be facing the law, not writing it.

[Snotcicles]

9. Or install a cage around his seat. nt

[dalton99a]

12. Yep.

[edhopper]

11. don't hold your breath

GOP will welcome him with open arms.

[whistler162]

15. or give him Rep. Preston Brooks (D-SC)

old desk. If it is still around.

[smirkymonkey]

13. This is unacceptable!

I can't believe that bastard isn't in jail.

[sarcasmo]

21. The local Sheriff donated to Gianforte's campaign.

[lastlib]

22. Money talks....

[sarcasmo]

20. Good thing Alicia Acuna witnessed the assault.

The initial statement last night from the Gianforte camp was blame the victim.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

26. I hope they are putting out the message that Gianforte told a bald faced lie on top of the assault.

[zentrum]

24. Criminal Assault.

Arrest. Trial. Jail.

[brooklynite]

28. The conservative blogosphere is saying he's now changed her testimony...

[cwydro]

31. Huh?

Am I reading your post wrong or have you mixed up some pronouns here?

[brooklynite]

32. sorry..."she"

[OldHippieChick]

33. If she just appeared on Fox and told the truth, my guess

is that the conservative blogosphere is having hallucinations.

[cwydro]

34. But has she changed it?

I'm almost off the grid today and not able to keep up.