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2019-03-22 Home Front: Politix

Dan Rather Issues Chilling Warning About Fox News and Russian Collusion

[Huffpoo] Veteran journalist Dan Rather delivered a scathing assessment of Fox News’ close ties to President Donald Trump’s administration in a new interview published Friday.

The former CBS news anchor told The Daily Beast he believes the widely watched conservative cable network is "not that far off" from becoming "a state-run, state-sponsored, straight-up propaganda outlet" for the Trump White House.

And that, he said, is "something we have to worry about."

"There are some good journalists working at Fox ‐ Chris Wallace comes to mind ― but if you look at it on the whole, particularly their primetime programming, you have the beginnings of a state-run media," Rather said.

"By any objective analysis, this is by far the closest we’ve come to Radio Moscow," he added, referring to the official state-run international broadcasting station of the former Soviet Union. Radio Moscow spread pro-Soviet propaganda and fake news in multiple languages throughout the Cold War, muddying the waters in several countries around issues as serious and life-threatening as the AIDS epidemic.

Fox News hosts Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham regularly stump for Trump on their respective shows. The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer detailed the symbiotic relationship between Fox News and the Trump White House in a deeply researched essay published earlier this month.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-22 09:48|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Damn I guessed it was Babylon Bee before clicking!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-03-22 09:54|| 2019-03-22 09:54|| Front Page Top

#2 The former CBS news anchor told The Daily Beast he believes the widely watched conservative cable network is "not that far off" from becoming "a state-run, state-sponsored, straight-up propaganda outlet" for the Trump White House.

I guess Dan doesn't get out much these days. Whatever the case, it's better than the MSM which is run by the deep state.

Posted by gorb 2019-03-22 10:09|| 2019-03-22 10:09|| Front Page Top

#3 And the reason he didn't chastise CNN, MSNBC, CBS, CNBC, and ABC for the same thing with Obama is because they had so many jostling to service him that none of them got special attention.

Posted by rjschwarz 2019-03-22 10:16|| 2019-03-22 10:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Is Dan still colluding with Kenneth?

Posted by Ulolutch Omeamp6391 2019-03-22 11:21|| 2019-03-22 11:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Is this the same Dan Rather who was fired from CBS for broadcasting a ficticious account on W?

Posted by warthogswife 2019-03-22 11:50|| 2019-03-22 11:50|| Front Page Top

#6 "Speaking power to troofyness"

Posted by Frank G 2019-03-22 11:54|| 2019-03-22 11:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Wotta maroon

Posted by KBK 2019-03-22 15:42|| 2019-03-22 15:42|| Front Page Top

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