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2021-11-22 -Land of the Free
Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes resign from Fox News, protesting 'irresponsible' voices like Tucker Carlson
[CNN] New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the "Reliable Sources" newsletter. You can sign up for free right here.

Every month or so, while conversing with sources at Fox News, I express surprise that Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes are still employed by the network. After all, the two men are reality-based conservative thinkers who refuse to capitulate to Donald Trump. Unfortunately, Fox viewers rarely get to hear from them. They are booked by the network's producers so rarely that their contracts could be likened to golden handcuffs.
Now they are ditching the cuffs.
"reality-based conservative thinkers" *SNORT*. How will Bret Baier get along without Weakly Standard's Hayes and Jonah "The Bulwark" Goldberg??
Hayes and Goldberg announced Sunday night that they have resigned from Fox. The pair wrote in a blog post for The Dispatch, their online home, that Tucker Carlson's "Patriot Purge" propaganda film was the last straw.

"Fox News still does real reporting, and there are still responsible conservatives providing valuable opinion and analysis," the men wrote. "But the voices of the responsible are being drowned out by the irresponsible," and Carlson is the case in point.

CNN and other news outlets have described how "Patriot Purge" is disturbing evidence of right-wing radicalization, complete with January 6 denialism and paranoid descriptions of a "new war on terror" targeting Republicans, with references to Guantanamo Bay and images of waterboarding.

"This is not happening. And we think it's dangerous to pretend it is," the Goldberg and Hayes wrote. "If a person with such a platform shares such misinformation loud enough and long enough, there are Americans who will believe — and act upon — it."
Posted by Besoeker 2021-11-22 12:27|| || Front Page|| [11144 views ]  Top

#1 Well bye, bye.
Posted by Dale 2021-11-22 12:53||   2021-11-22 12:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Follow the money.

These virtue-signaling cucks know that their brave act of defiance will be amply rewarded by CNN etc with lucrative gig$ as token anti-Trumpers.
Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-11-22 13:03||   2021-11-22 13:03|| Front Page Top

#3 
Posted by DarthVader 2021-11-22 14:41||   2021-11-22 14:41|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm confused! I read the article they seem to be talking about and I find it very mild. What set them off?
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2021-11-22 15:15||   2021-11-22 15:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Jonah Goldberg, Famous Only Because His Mommy Help People Record Other People’s Phone Calls Resigns From Fox News…
Posted by Woodrow 2021-11-22 19:12||   2021-11-22 19:12|| Front Page Top

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