♪ ♪
>> WHY IS ARIZONA BLUE?
>> THE FOX NEWS DECISION DESK IS CALLING ARIZONA FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> THIS IS A FRAUD ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
>> JOE BIND
>> JOE BIDEN --
>> -- HAS BEEN ELECTED --
>> AND A LOSS FOR DON'T TRUMP.
>> THE LATEST ON THE PRESIDENT'S FIGHT.
>> IT WAS A NATIONAL CONSPIRACY.
>> GIULIANI SUGGESTED ELECTRONIC VOTE COUNTING IS A CHANCE FOR
FRAUD. HE'S RIGHT.
>> THE MACHINE RAN AN ALGORITHM.
>> THE SOFTWARE GLITCH --
>> MILLIONS OF AMERICANS THINK THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN FROM
THERE.
>> DOMINION FILED A $1.6 BILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST FOX.
>> THEY HAVE TO SHOW MALICE.
>> WHOEVER IS MAKING A STATEMENT KNEW IT WAS WRONG AND SAID IT
ANY WAY.
>> FOX NEWS TEKTS
>> FOX NEWS TEKXTS COMING TO LIGHT.
>> THE DOCUMENTS SHOWING A SCRAMBLE, AND A COURSE
CORRECTION TO PRIORITIZE PROFITABILITY AHEAD OF THE
TRUTH.
>> THE HOSTS WERE VERY MUCH DOUBTING THE CLAIMS IN PRIVATE.
>> TUCKER CARLSON TEXTS, AND SAYS HE IS A NUT.
>> THE NARRATIVE THAT SYDNEY WAS PUSHING, I DID NOT BELIEVE IT
ONE SECOND.
>> EVIDENCE LIKE THIS, NOT HELPFUL.
>> WHO WILL TAKE THE FALL?
>> FOX IS DENYING WRONG DOING.
>> LET'S REPEAL OUR NATIONAL DISHONESTY MANSTATE AND TELL THE
TRUTH INSTEAD.
♪ ♪
>> LET'S GO BRANDON! LET'S GO, BRANDON!
>> LET'S GO!
>> WHOO!
>> YEAH, GO HOME!
>> ARE YOU AWARE OF THE DOMINION LAWSUIT AGAINST FOX?
>> YEAH.
>> HAVE YOU HEARD WHAT SOME OF THE TEXT MESSAGES FROM TUCKER
CARLSON --
>> REFERRING TO TRUMP, CARLSON SAYS, IT HATE HIM PASSIONATELY.
I CAN'T HANDLE MUCH MORE OF THIS.
>> THEY ARE GIVING THE RIGHT NEWS.
THAT IS WHAT I CARE ABOUT.
>> THEY ALL MAKE MISTAKES. CNN.
YEAH. ABC, CBS, THEY ARE ALL BIASSED
ONE WAY.
>> WELL, WE FEEL IT'S MORE TRUTHFUL THAN MSNBC AND CNN, THE
COMMY NEWS NETWORK, OWNED BY DEMOCRATS.
>> ARE YOU AWARE OF THE LAWSUIT FROM DOMINION.
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT IT?
>> I HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT -- BUT NOT --
>> NO.
>> YOU CAN'T BELIEVE ANYTHING OUT THERE.
>> I GENERALLY GO TO NEWS MAX. THEY HAVE A BROAD VARIETY OF
THINGS. I SOMETIMES I JUST READ THE
CRAWL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN AND I GO ON THE INTERNET
AND LOOK IT UP MYSELF.
>> FOX, I USED TO WATCH FOX ALL THE TIME UNTIL 2020, AND I
TURNED IT OUT. THEY WERE CALLING RACES BEFORE
ANYONE ELSE.
>> TRUMP HAS NOT BEEN ON FOX SINCE SEPTEMBER.
THE THEORY IS --
>> THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR TUNE VERY SOON.
IF HE'S THE NOMINEE, YOU'LL SEE HIM ON.
>> YO, IOWA, WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> WE ARE BACK. YOU KNOW, I'M ON MY SECOND
MOJITO.
>> IT'S A FAMOUS IOWA DRINK DELICACY.
>> FAMOUS IN DAVENPORT.
>> HOW ARE TRUMP SUPPORTERS FEELING ABOUT FOX NEWS?
>> SOME WILL NOT LISTEN TO FOX NIMBUS THEY CALLED ARIZONA ON
ELECTION DAY.
>> THEY ARE NOT PISSED ABOUT FOX LYING TO THEM.
THEY ARE PISSED ABOUT FOX TELLING THE TRUTH.
>> THAT'S THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM.
>> YOU HAVE FOX NEWS, BY COMMON CONSENSUS, THE MOST POWERFUL,
AND THE LAST FEW MONTHS WHAT HAS COME OUT IN THE DOMINION VOTING
LAWSUIT. IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
JAW DROPPING, HEADLINE MAKING REVELATIONS ABOUT HOW FOX NEWS
FOLLOWED THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AFTER THE 2020 ELECTION.
>> THE SHIT PEOPLE SAY ON TEXT AND EMAIL.
JUST LIKE, OH, MY GOD.
>> YOU HAVE FOX NEWS TALENT TROTTING OUT FOX LAWYERS LIKE
SYDNEY POWELL WHO IS CLAIMING DOMINION IS SOMEHOW MANIPULATING
ALGORITHMS, SHIFTING VOTES FROM TRUMP TO BIDEN.
>> WE KNOW THEY ARE CALLING HER CRAZY IN PRIVATE, AND PUTTING
HER ON THE AIR AND BACKING UP HER CLAIMS.
>> WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST DEFAMATION LAWSUITS.
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> $1.6 BILLION LAWSUIT NEXT WEEK ON TUESDAY, FIRST COURTROOM
ACTION IN THE CASE. SUMMARY JUDGMENT.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
>> FOX IS MAKING THE CASE IT SHOULD BE THROWN OUT.
DOMINION IS MAKING A CASE IT SHOULD BE RULED OUT WITHOUT A
TRIAL. THESE KIND OF LAWSUITS ARE VERY
DIFFICULT TO WIN HISTORICALLY.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU CAN'T WIN A LAWSUIT AGAINST A MEDIA ORGANIZATION
UNLESS YOU ARE PROVE KNOWLEDGE OF FALSITY OR RECKLESS DISREGARD
OF THE TRUTH. KNOWLEDGE OF FALSITY IS A HARD
THING. JOURNALISTS MAKE MISTAKES ALL
THE TIME. BUT THEY USUALLY BELIEVE WHAT
THEY'RE SAYING. IT'S RARE YOU CAN FIND THE
EVIDENCE THEY DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THIS.
AND YET, THAT IS REALLY WHAT HE SEE IN THE FOX NEWS CASE.
>> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING MEDIA CASES FOR YEARS AND SAY THIS IS
THE MOST POWERFUL CASE THEY HAVE EVER SEEN.
STOP AND ANY ABOUT IT IN A HISTORICAL CONTACT.
FOX NEWS STARTED IN 1996. IT'S AN INTERESTING THING TO SEE
THE JOURNEY FROM FOX NEWS FROM NEUTRAL AND CONSERVATIVE LEANING
NEWS SOURCE TO WE HAVE THE OPPOSITION MEDIA, TO MAKING A
FULL TRANSITION WITH TRUMP AND MAKING THE PROFITS RISE, AND
SEEING THE RATINGS RISE GOING FURTHER AND FURTHER RIGHT AND
DEEP IN THE CONSPIRACY SWAMP. IN A CHASE FOR RATINGS, THEY
FOLLOWED TRUMP OFF THE CLIFF.
>> IT'S SHAKESPEAREAN TOO. BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A RECKONING OF
THE NETWORK THAT BUILT TRUMP UP MAY NOW COLLAPSE ON TOP OF
ITSELF BECAUSE OF TRUMP.
>> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PREDICTING, THEY WILL SETTLE THE LAWSUIT.
>> IT TAKES TWO TO SETTLE. I'M NOT SURE THERE IS A NUMBER
BIG ENOUGH. THEY MAY JUST WANT TO KILL FOX.
IF IT GOES TO TRIAL, THE LAST THING FOX WANTS TO DO IS HAVE
THOSE PEOPLE ON THE STAND SAYING THINGS PUBLICLY THAT WE KNOW
FROM THE COURT FILINGS THAT I THINK IN THE END COULD REALLY
HURT FOX.
>> I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE ULTIMATELY BE.
FOX WILL DO WHAT THEY NEED TO SURVIVE.
>> I DO ME THIS. FOX NEWS IS GIVEN NEW MEANING TO
MY LEAST FAVORITE TRUMPISM OF ALL TIME.
FAKE NEWS. ♪
>> MY FIRST PREMISE ABOUT FOX AND NOT JUST ABOUT FOX BUT
ESPECIALLY I GUESS ABOUT FOX IS THAT THE PERCEPTION THAT THE
NETWORK PROGRAMS THE AUDIENCE IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG.
IT'S THE AUDIENCE THAT PROGRAMS THE NETWORK.
THE IDEA IS VERY SIMPLE. ROUGHLY 50% OF THE NATION WAS
UNDERSERVED BY QUOTE THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA.
BECAUSE THEIR OPINIONS AND VIEWS WERE NOT BEING EXPRESSED.
SO IF YOU CAN CREATE A CHANNEL THAT WOULD BASICALLY REFLECT
BACK ON THEM, WHAT THEY BELIEVE, YOU WOULD HAVE TREMENDOUS
SUCCESS.
>> THE PITCH WASN'T AT THE OUTSET WASN'T WE'RE GOING TO BE
CONSERVATIVE NEWS NETWORK. THE PITCH IS WE'RE GOING TO GIVE
YOU THE REAL NEWS.
>> YOU
>> YWE REPORT, YOU DECIDE.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A BRILLIANT POPULATION TO FLATTER THE 50% OF
THE POPULATION THAT WAS UNDER SERVED.
>> WE HAVE NOW REACHED THIS MOMENT AND WE CAN FIRMLY
ANNOUNCE THE STARTING OF A FOX NEWS CHANNEL.
MR. ROYALS IS HERE. HE MIGHT LIKE TO ADD A FEW WORDS
BUT WE ARE WILLING TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> ROGER UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE NETWORK HAVE
CREDIBILITY AND HE INVESTED IN THAT.
>> WE EXPECT TO DO FINE, BALANCED JOURNALISM.
>> YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IT CAME TO BE TODAY.
THE LEWINSKY SCANDAL, THE RATINGS WENT UP, AND IT STARTED
TO CREATE THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF WHAT FOX NEWS WAS, RIGHT?
AND THEN YOU GET TO THE 2000 ELECTION, AS SOON AS THE BIT
FLIPPED AND WE ARE IN RECOUNT LAND, FLORIDA WAS SUDDENLY THE
CENTER OF NATIONAL ATTENTION.
>> IT WAS SUCH A BIG STORY, FORKS
FORFOX REALLY ROSE ON THAT.
>> THE BUSH CAMP HAS TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL FOR THIS
PARTICULAR RECOUNT TO BE NULL AND VOID.
I THINK WHAT IS GOING ON IS AN ATROCITY.
>> IF YOU'RE A FOX NEWS IS YOUR CHANNEL.
>> IT'S COMES TO YOU FROM SADDAM HUSSEIN'S HOUSE.
>> FOX NEWS WAS ON A ROCKET RIDE -- THIS IS FOX NEWS'
MOMENT.
>> THE MOST POWERFUL NAME IN NEWS, FOX.
>> FOX NEWS WAS DOMINANT BY THE END OF THE BUSH ERA, AND THEN
YOU GET BARACK OBAMA.
>> YES, WE CAN!
>> THERE WAS DISCUSS --
>> AFTER THE OBAMA ELECTION, THEY WERE MOMENTARILY UNSURE
WHAT TO DO. THEY WERE A LITTLE CONCERNED
GIVEN THE SIZE OF OBAMA'S VICTORY THAT MAYBE IT WAS JUST
BETTER TO BACK OFF. ROGER DIDN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.
HE THOUGHT WE SHOULD BECOMING THE VOICE OF THE OPPOSITION.
AND IT DROVE THE RATINGS UP.
>> THIS GUY WALL TO WALL IS INFILTRATING --
>> MILLIONS OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT MR. OBAMA HARBORS ILL
WILL --
>> THERE WAS A SENSE YOU COULD GO TOO FAR.
>> THIS GUY, I BELIEVE, IS A RACIST.
>> A FIST BUMP, A TERRORIST FIRST JAB?
>> THEY ACTUALLY GOT FIRED. WE GET TO THE 2020 ELECTION, AND
ONE THING THAT HAPPENED, AND TRUMP, AND THE TRUMPISM.
>> THE VIEW INSIDE THAT WAS TRUMP WILL NEVER BE THE NOMINEE
OR THE PRESIDENT. THERE IS NO HARM PUTTING HIM ON
TV BECAUSE HE DRIVES THE RATINGS UP, AND HE CAN'T POSSIBLY BE THE
NOMINEE OR THE PRESIDENT. NO HARM, NO FOUL.
EXCEPT, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY.
>> THE SAME TIME, ROGERS BLOWS UP.
>> LONG TIME FOX ANCHOR GRETCHEN CARLSON IS SUING -- FOLLOWING A
PATTERN OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
>> HE SAID I THINK YOU AND I SHOULD HAVE HAD A SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIP A LONG TIME AGO.
>> I WANT TO SUPPORT ALL WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT. IT'S TIME TO COME OUT OF THE
SHADOWS.
>> THE CHAIRMAN OF FOX NEWS CHANNEL, HE IS OUT.
>> THIS IS A CRISIS FOR FOX NEWS.
THE QUESTION, WHAT IS FOX NEWS WITHOUT ROGER AILES.
>> THE ORGANIZATION. IT WAS DOWN TO THE AUDIO GUYS.
HE HAD LIFTED THEIR ECONOMIC BOAT AND THAT INCLUDED TALENT.
YOU KNOW, SEAN HANNITY WAS A RADIO GUY THAT HE TURNED IN A
STAR. BILL O'REILLY WAS WASHED UP.
HE TURNED HIM INTO A $25 MILLION A YEAR GUY.
AND THERE WAS A LOYALTY TO ROGER, AND THE NOTION YOU WOULD
FREELANCE ON A TOPIC, I WOULD BE DISRESPECTING THE BING, SO TO
SPEAK. WHEN ROGER WAS THERE, I THINK
THERE WERE FENCES AROUND WHAT TO TALK ABOUT, AND WHAT THE TALENT
CAN DO. AND THAT SEEMS TO HAVE REALLY
CHANGED. ♪
>> FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK BEING DONE -- AND THERE IS A GREAT
DEAL OF IT WE ARE HEARING ABOUT TONIGHT -- THE FUTURE OF
JOURNALISM IN AMERICA IN IS TROUBLE.
WE KNOW IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR DEMOCRACY TO WORK.
FUL.
>> YOU'RE KIND OF AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
JOURNALISM. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE DOMINION
LAWSUIT AND WHAT TO HAPPENING AT FOX NEWS?
>> I THINK DOMINION IS ACCOMPLISHING WHAT IT WANTED TO
DO. IF NOT DESTROY FOX NEWS,
CERTAINLY PUT A BIG NOTCH CERTAINLY PUT A BIG NOTBENT DEN.
MUR MURDOCH, IT SURPRISED ME THEY
WERE SO CARELESS PUTTING IN EMAILS THE ADMISSIONS THEY WERE
PEDDLING BS.
>> I'M SORRY IF IT'S GOING TO BUILD MORE MISTRUST IN THE MEDIA
FOR FOX VIEWERS IF THEY CAN'T TRUST WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO
TRUST ANY WAY. BUT MAYBE THE LONG TERM OUTCOME
WILL BE THAT FACTS DO MATTER.
>> YOU THINK THERE WILL BE LONG TERM DAMAGE?
>> YEAH, I THINK SO. YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM
DEMOCRACY.
>> EVERYONE IS SAYING IT'S SUCH A SLAM DUNK.
IT'S CLEAR YOU KNEW THEY WERE LYING.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHY DOMINION FEELS THEY HAVE A STRONG CASE.
BUT THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THAT TAKES PLACE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
LOOKING TO KEEP INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING IN A BOX.
IT AFFECTS THE WAY THAT GOOD JOURNALISTS DO GOOD JOB, NOT
JUST THE WAY BAD JOURNALISTS DO BAD WORK.
THAT'S WHY I WATCH IT CAUTIOUSLY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> UNLESS SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS, CASE OF DOMINION VOTING
SYSTEMS VERSUS FOX NEWS WILL LAND IN COURT IN DELAWARE IN
JUST ABOUT ONE MONTH. IT'S ABOUT POLITICS AND SPIN AND
IDEOLOGY AND CELEBRITY. BUT IF THE CASE ENDS UP IN
COURT, THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO MATTER IN THE END IS
THE LAW. TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON JUST HOW
STRONG THE DOMINION CASE REALLY IS, FROM A COURSE
IS, FROM A COUSOURCE WHO DOESN' WORK FOR DOE
WORK FOR DOMINION OR FOX NEWS, WE ARE GOING TO VISIT FLOYD
ABRAMS, THE MOST IMPORTANT FIRST AMENDMENT LAWYER IN THE COUNTRY.
>> IT'S REALLY RARE GIVEN THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE LAW PROTECTS
THE PRESS TO HAVE A CASE WHERE THERE'S A PLAUSIBLE CHANCE,
MAYBE MORE THAN THAT, TO REALLY TAKE DOWN, GET A LOT OF MONEY
FROM, EMBARRASS AN ENORMOUSLY POWERFUL MEDIA ENTITY IS A BIG
DEAL.
>> I'M NOT A LAWYER. I MESSED AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND
I LEARNED ABOUT "NEW YORK TIMES" VERSUS SULLIVAN.
THE GOVERNING OVER THE PRESS LAWS.
YOU CAN'T WIN THE CASES WITHOUT ACTUAL MALICE.
IT MEANS KNOWLEDGE OF FALSITY. THAT'S A HIGH BAR.
KNOWLEDGE OF FALSITY, AND RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR THE
TRUTH. TILL REALLY HARD.
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. I GIVE YOU A GOOD GRADE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT RECKLESS DISREGARD IS
CONSIDERED TO BE A HIGH DEGREE OF AWARENESS OF PROBABLE
FALSITY. IT'S EITHER KNOWING WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING ISN'T TRUE, OR REALLY THINKING THAT WHAT I'M SAYING
MAY VERY WELL BE FALSE AND PROBABLY IS.
>> RIGHT.
>> THESE ARE REALLY HARD CASES TO WIN.
ON THE BASIS OF WHAT WE NOW KNOW.
WE'RE LOOKING GOING, RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR TRUTH.
SEEMS LIKE THIS MIGHT MEET THE BAR.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT'S TRUE. YOU PUT SOMEONE ON, AND TUCKER
CARLSON IS SAYING, I KNOW SHE'S A LIAR.
SHE LIED TO ME. THAT IS A SERIOUS CASE.
>> WE NOW KNOW NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE GOOD GROUNDS TO DOUBT.
THEY DID DOUBT.
>> WHAT IS MISSING HERE -- THE FIRST THING I WOULD WANT TO KNOW
IF I'M FOX'S LAWYER, WHO IS OUR WITNESS?
AND WHO'S GOING TO BE OUR GUY EXPLAINING OUR POSITION ON THIS?
>> YES.
>> AND THE ANSWER IS NO ONE. NO ONE WILL SAY WE BELIEVED THAT
THIS COMPANY WAS DELIBERATELY,
FRAUD FRAUDULENTLY MAKING CLAIMS.
>> IT'S PLAUSIBLE THAT ANY VIEWER WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT
THEY.
>> Reporter: COVERING REPORTS OF DOMINION, NOT REPORTING THAT IT
WAS TRUE.
>> ALL THIS BAD STUFF GOING ON. LIES ABOUT VOTES.
WE WERE FOLLOWING UP, HAVING PEOPLE ON THE AIR.
YOU'RE TELLING US, WE'RE LIVE, WHAT THOSE PEOPLE SAY?
THE FRAUD TO FIRST AMENDMENT DEFENSE IS GIVE ME A BREAK.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SAYS THIS.
WE GET SOME PEOPLE WHO SAY SHE'S RIGHT.
AND WE DON'T CROSS-EXAMINE THEM. MAYBE, WHY YOU ARE BLAMING US?
>> YOU SIT HERE AND YOU THINK ABOUT A MONTH FROM NOW, A LIST
OF PEOPLE THAT THE POST HAVE SUBPOENAS, IT'S VERY LONG.
SEAN HANNITY, THE PILLOW GUY. PEW PERT MURDOCH, IF IT GOES TO
COURT, IT'S LIKE A MONKEY TRIAL.
>> I THINK THE COUNTRY UNDERSTOOD O.J. MORE THAN THE
FIRST AMENDMENT. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S A CULTURAL WAR CASE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THAT
HAS ALL THE ASPECTS ON OF A SPECIAL FOR AFFECTING PUBLIC
VIEWS ON A CENTRAL PUBLISH ISSUE, WHICH IS WHO TO TRUST.
WHO'S TELLING ME THE TRUTH? THERE'S NO AVOIDING THE
CONCLUSION IT'S A VERY RISKY CASE FOR FOX TO TRY, BEYOND THE
MONEY DAMAGE RISK. AND THAT IS IN TERMS OF ITS
RELATIONSHIP TO ITS VIEWERS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO JEREMY PETERS OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES."
HE IS THE REPORTER WHO HAS BEEN COVERING THE DOMINION LAWSUIT
FROM THE BEGINNING. HE HAS ALSO WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT
THE RIGHT WING TRUMP WORLD.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT FOX COULD HAVE DONE BY NOW IS
TRY TO MAKE THIS GO AWAY, AND THEY COULD BY PAYING DOMINION
AND APOLOGIZING. I THINK THE BILLION DOLLARS IS
DOABLE, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGING THEY LIED TO
THEIR AUDIENCE. THEY THOUGHT THEIR AUDIENCE WAS
A BUNCH OF DUPES.
>> THE THING ABOUT FOX AND TRUMP, AND JULY OF '22, THEY
STARTED IGNORING TRUMP.
>> THEY WENT FOR A PERIOD OF MORE THAN 100 DAYS WITHOUT
HAVING HIM ON. AND THAT'S PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT FOX AS THE NETWORK THAT HELPED CREATE THE
POLITICAL PERSONA OF DONALD TRUMP.
THIS IS AROUND THE 2009, '10 PERIOD WHEN OBAMA WAS ELECTED.
HE STEWED IN IT AS A FEWER. HE STEWED IN IT AS A FEWVIEWER.
HE'S WATCHING FOX AND FRIENDS, OH
HE'S WATCHING FOX AND FRIENDS, O'REILLY.
IT TAUGHT HIM HOW TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.
>> FROM 2016 ON, THE FOX-TRUMP RELATIONSHIP WAS SO ALIGNED AND
THEY GAVE HIM SO MUCH ATTENTION. NOW, SHADOW BANNED.
>> THEY ARE NOT ALLOWING HIM TO CALL IN SHOWS ANYMORE.
>> WHAT CAN YOU SAY THAT IS ABOUT INTERNALLY?
>> THEY DON'T LIKE TRUMP. THINK
THINK THEY THINK HE IS TOXIC FOR THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY. RUPERT MURDOCH WANTS A
REPUBLICAN SENATE AND A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.
FOX CAN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND IF NICK
AND IF NIANYTHING, WHAT THE LAWSUIT SHOWS US, IS THAT FOX IS
GOING TO FOLLOW THE AUDIENCE. THE AUDIENCE WANTS TRUMP, THAT
IS WHAT THEY GIVE THEM.
>> FOX THOUGHT THEY COULD NOT TURN AWAY FROM TRUMP.
>> YEAH.
>> THEY ARE DOING IT NOW. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE THREAT
TO FOX THERE?
>> LET'S NOT FORGET THAT TRUMP'S POWER, THE POWER HAD HAD ONCE HE
WENT ON THE ATTACK AGAINST SOMEONE.
AGAINST -- YOU KNOW, LITTLE MARCO, LION'S HEAD.
CROOKED HILLARY. ALL THE THINGS STICK.
IF HE DECIDES IT'S MORE IN HIS INTEREST TO ATTACK FOX THAN TO
HOPE FOR THEIR COVERAGE, HE MIGHT START ATTACKING HIM.
>> AND WHAT'S A BIGGER THREAT THEN?
THE LAWSUIT OR TRUMP GOING TO WAR WITH FOX?
>> I THINK IT'S TRUMP GOING TO WAR WITH FOX.
AFTER HE TURNS ON THEM AND STARTS ATTACKING THEM BY NAME,
HIS VOTERS TURN ON THEM AND TURN THE CHANNEL.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT AFFORD.
>> HEY.
>> HELLO, SISTER.
>> SO THIS WEEK, SOME SHIT WENT WRONG THIS WEEK, AND YOU AND I
HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK. YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED?
>> YEAH, MY FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS TO COVER A PROTEST AT FOX NEWS
THAT COMES OUT EVERY TUESDAY. THEY CALL IT TRUTH TUESDAY.
I WENT OUT, SHOT IT, DONE, LEFT. I FORGOT TO SHOOT A SELFIE FOR A
PROMO, AND I LATER THOUGHT, I'M GOING OUT, AND I WILL JUST SHOOT
A SELFIE AND I WILL HAVE IT.
>> YOU ASKED THE PEOPLE ON THE STAFF HERE TO CONTACT THE
PROTESTORS, THE ORGANIZATIONS, AND ASK THEM TO COME BACK AND DO
THE THING --
>> YEAH, LITERALLY JUST DO A VIDEO PHOTO SHOOT AND I DIDN'T
STOP TO THINK THAT THAT'S NOT GOOD JUDGMENT.
THEY WEREN'T REALLY THERE. I WAS ASKING THEM TO COME OUT.
>> WE TALKED TO FOX NEWS TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY, TO ASK THEM
FOR COMMENT ON THE LAWSUIT.
>> AND THEY SAID, WHAT WERE YOU DOING OUT THERE WEDNESDAY WITH
PROTESTORS WHEN THEY DON'T COME OUT WEDNESDAY, AND OUR PEOPLE
CALLED ME AND I WAS LIKE, JESUS CHRIST, WHAT THE FUCK WAS I
DONG?
>> YESTERDAY, THEY ASKED US, ARE YOU GOING TO DISCLOSE THAT YOU
MENTION MENT
ENGINEERED A PROTEST, AND THE
ANSWER IS, YEAH, WE DISCLOSED IT RIGHT NOW.
>> AS SOON AS WE REMEMBERED THE MISTAKE, THERE WAS NO QUESTION
THAT IT WOULD NOT RUN, ANY WHERE, ANY TIME.
>> THE ABSENCE OF THE CAMERA CREW THERE, WOULD INDICATE WE
HAD NO INTENTION OF PUTTING IT IN THE PROGRAM.
BUT IT BOGGLES MY MIND. LIKE, I WILL PUT MYSELF AT FOX
NEWS. THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
LARGE PUBLIC CONVERSATION WHERE LARGE PUBLIC CONVERSATION TROVE
THEY ARE ATTACKED BY EVERYBODY. FROM FOX NEWS POINT OF VIEW, TO
PEOPLE WALKING UP SIXTH AVENUE, THERE IS A PROTEST.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GROWING. THE CORPORATE POINT OF VIEW, I
DON'T GIVE AN FUCK. YOU SUMMONED PROTESTORED.
IF YOU ARE IN THE JOURNALISM BUSINESS, YOU CAN'T CONSPIRE
WITH SOURCES TO ASK THEM TO DO THINGS THAT THEY COULDN'T DO, OR
TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE YOU ARE COLLUDING WITH THEM.
THE JOURNALISTS, A REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST, SAT AT THE
INTERSECTION OF MEDIA AND POLITICS AND HOW IT'S COVERED.
ALMOST LIKE YOU COULDN'T IMAGINE A BETTER GIFT TO GIVE TO KNOX
A BETTER GIFT TO GIVE TO KNFOX NEWS
NEWS, TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS WRONG.
THEY ARE COVERING UP. THEY MANUFACTURED A TO
THEY MANUFACTURED A PROTEST, ENGINEERED A PROTEST TO PROMOTE
THEIR SHOW. I DON'T GET WHAT YOU ARE
THINKING.
>> I WASN'T THINKING. IT'S A MISTAKE AND I OWN IT.
>> IT'S CONTRARY TO THE SHOW WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE.
JOURNALISTS MAKE MISTAKES AND I MADE A BIG ONE.
AND THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO OWN IT.
>> SO THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU'RE ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH, TRUTH
CANNOT BE RELATIVE, AND WHEN YOU'RE COMBATTING DISINFORMATION
FROM COMING FROM SOMEONE LIKE FOX, YOU HAVE TO GO THE EXTRA
MILE TO BE TRUTHFUL.
>> WE TRY SO HARD FOR YEARS, TO NOT HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS
HAPPEN. IT HAPPENS ONCE AND IT HAS A BIG
IMPACT. IT'S GOOD THAT WE ARE -- IT'S
GOOD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. IT'S WHAT THE SHOW IS.
IT'S BEHIND THE SCENES ON OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENS, AND THIS IS
A GIANT TO WRESTLE WITH WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
>> THE MAIN THING IS TO ACCEPT RE
>> THE MAIN THING IS TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY TO BE HONEST
ABOUT TOUGH.
>> RESPONSIBILITY ACCEPTED AND HOPEFULLY APOLOGY WILL BE TOO.