Fox News hosted an all-women town hall with former President Donald Trump, billed as an opportunity for female voters to ask the Republican candidate questions that matter to them.
The Georgia town hall, where Trump took questions on reproductive laws, transgender rights and other issues, aired Wednesday morning. But Fox News did not disclose that the female audience it selected for the event was packed with local Republican supporters and the network edited its broadcast to remove some of their vocal advocacy of Trump.
The Georgia Federation of Republican Women wrote on its Facebook page Wednesday that the group helped host the event, posting photos from the venue and writing they were “Super excited for the opportunity of hosting this event right here in Georgia!”
Shortly after CNN reached out to the group and Fox News about their role, the post was edited to state they were “excited for the opportunity of attending this event right here in Georgia!”
. . . The first question posed to Trump at the town hall came from a woman identified as Lisa, who asked the former president a question about the economy. The network did not disclose that Lisa is also the president of the Fulton County Republican Women group.
. . . “I want to thank you for coming to a room full of women the current administration would consider domestic terrorists,” a woman named Alicia said to laughter from the audience before a question about foreign policy.
But a portion of Alicia’s question was edited by Fox News to remove her admission that she was voting for Trump.
Journalistic ethics means disclosing this sort of thing. It probably is good to point out, just so that norms don't get completely forgotten, but, yeah, this shouldn't surprise anyone.
I’ve seen black people supporting him, immigrants supporting him, … people got the brain rot these days. And fucking Biden still hasn’t plugged the hole that gives presidents unlimited powers! Fuck that. Either use it to clean the Supreme Court or gut it before the election is over.
"Shitty propaganda channel masquerading as a news organization continues spreading blatant lies that anyone who pays attention could disprove in 12 seconds"
That's true but it's not so simple. Let's assume many of those women are racist and sexist and xenophobic. How do they choose which candidate to vote for?
One would hope that the answer to that question begins with becoming a less s***** human being, but if you assume that they're not going to make improvements in their own moral character, at least not in the short run, then they have this weird choice to make.
It's projection. Just like everything else Trump says.
He doesn't want "unbiased media", and neither do his supporters. They want a media that's heavily biased towards them. And to a degree, his tactics work. Either out of fear of losing access to Trump, fear he'll post a mean tweet, or just a desire to "appear" unbiased, they will withhold criticism, throw him softball questions, edit unflattering footage, and give his word salads credibility by treating them as if they're serious issues that should be discussed. So in that way, he gets the coverage he wants.