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Saturday, October 27th, 2018

Fox blames Democrats, Cher for violence in bizarre evening of programming — even by Fox standards

Author:     FRANK DALE
Source:     Think Progress
Publication Date:     OCT 26, 2018, 8:00 AM
 Link: Fox blames Democrats, Cher for violence in bizarre evening of programming — even by Fox standards
Stephan:   I have watched Trump television over the last couple of days as we have gone through this assault on the leadership of the Democratic Party by a Trumpkrieger. I never had any doubt the bomber would turn out to a White supremacist Trump supporter, probably a middle-aged man, and a loser. And so it has turned out to be. But on Trump television it is another world entirely. Yesterday this was what they covered and how they reported it. In less than two weeks America will decide which direction it is going to go. If you're not voting you're voting for Trump

Fox News and Fox Business reached new levels of shamelessness to defend President Donald Trump on Thursday night, invoking conspiracy theories, and Cher, to claim that Democrats are actually to blame for recent violence.

After explosive devices were mailed to numerous prominent Democrats — all frequent targets of Trump, including former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and former Vice President Joe Biden — Trump has faced intense scrutiny for his history of promoting physical violence.

The White House and their Republican allies have denied Trump’s rhetoric could have inspired recent violence like the attempted bombings that also targeted Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), George Soros, and CNN.

Fox News and Fox Business followed those conservative cues on Thursday in an evening of programming that was bizarre even by Fox’s standards.

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