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8 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Maybe people have already moved on from this story, but Lou Dobbs is out there just retweeting supporters who say that viewers should "ditch Fox for OANN." And he is reportedly still on the Fox payroll...
The closest parallel to what happened to Lou Dobbs is Fox's abrupt decision to "part ways" with Trish Regan in March. In her case, they also did not say what she did wrong.

But, Regan never turned against and never really criticized Fox. Dobbs is clearly taking a different path.
I wrote about the anti-Fox message Lou Dobbs is sending on Twitter since his abrupt cancelation. And he's doing this even as he remains an employee. A Fox spokesperson confirmed on Monday that "he has not been terminated." washingtonpost.com/media/2021/02/…
Dick Morris said he talked with Lou Dobbs on Saturday. Morris said the convo was off-the-record, but he told me that Dobbs laughed when he said, "Welcome to the Fox alumni association." (Morris used to be a contributor.) washingtonpost.com/media/2021/02/…

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7 Feb
Talking to Fox employees, there’s still a ton of uncertainty about why Lou Dobbs was canceled and what, if anything, will happen next. One said that Fox is a “land of confusion” right now.

There was speculation that Jeanine Pirro could be in trouble, but her show aired as normal
Dobbs is clearly unhappy about the cancellation, hence all the retweets supporting him, including some that criticized Fox by name. But with him still reportedly under contract, I wouldn’t expect to get his full take on what happened for a little while...
I think only the Murdochs and Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott know why Dobbs was canceled but others mentioned in the Smartmatic lawsuit were not.

A good analysis from @brianstelter: cnn.com/2021/02/06/med…
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20 Jan
CNN’s John King: “When that plane leaves Joint Base Andrews, it takes four years of grievance politics away from Washington.”
Fox's Ainsley Earhardt: "I guarantee there will be a lot of Trump supporters down there in florida welcoming home after being president of the United States."
CNN's Jake Tapper: "This is a textbook case of how not to leave the presidency: whine and cry, pretend that you didn't lose, incite your supporters, stage an insurrection ... You think that he couldn't get any more disgraceful. Just give him a few more hours."
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19 Jan
fox's new 7 pm show, hosted by brian kilmeade: tech censorship, the caravan, the barstool guy
first guest is dan bongino to talk about parler
Glenn Greenwald!
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19 Dec 20
Fox News seems to be hoping that the fact-check clip that ran on Lou Dobbs last night and will run on Judge Jeanine tonight and Maria Bartiromo tomorrow will satisfy @smartmatic's demand for a retraction of misinfo. No response from Smartmatic yet, though: washingtonpost.com/media/2020/12/…
UPDATE: OSET's co-founder says his group had no idea what the segment would be used for. “In fact, it was a bit sketchy in terms of Fox disclosures about purpose,” he said. "We were all surprised when it ran, how it was framed, and what it ended up being.” washingtonpost.com/media/2020/12/…
The identical segment featuring Eddie Perez aired as scheduled during the last segment of Jeanine Pirro's show, which was hosted by Lisa Boothe.

Boothe said: "We asked him what he knew about Smartmatic and the claims some have made about that company.”

washingtonpost.com/media/2020/12/…
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8 Nov 20
Maria Bartiromo not pushing back at all as Sidney Powell alleges (without proof) that "they were flipping votes in the computer system or adding votes that did not exist. ... They had this all planned, Maria. They had the paper ballots waiting to be inserted, if and when needed."
"Sidney, these are incredible charges that you are making this morning," Bartiromo says. "We of course will be following this, and we thank you for joining me today. Please come back soon."
Can't stress how big this is - Jedediah Billa on Fox: "To come out and say that there is voter fraud ... to make a statement about an election being stolen or an election being rigged, that can be a dangerous statement. That can really rile people up. I haven't seen any evidence"
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6 Nov 20
.@margarettalev reports on CNN that Trump campaign is concerned that Fox News might be the first network to call the election for Biden -- "the feeling is: if it were Fox to call it, it would be tremendously bad for optics, which as we know is really important to the president."
Fox and Friends opens with the Ellie Goulding song "Anything Can Happen."

("This was definitely not a referendum on Trump," Ainsley Earhardt says.)
The Fox and Friends hosts are focusing on Democratic Senate and House losses.
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