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skip fox

(19,359 posts)
Wed May 11, 2022, 09:30 AM May 2022

I haven't heard Fox and RW media screaming about the SC leak recently. Why not?

For days they were yelling that the leaker should be found and prosecuted, although they were hard put to say what law was broken. Some even claimed that the leak was as harmful to the country as Jan 6th!

But for the past four days or so I haven't heard much from them about the leak at all and nothing about prosecution. Maybe I've missed it, but others have notice the same.

After hearing speculation by the left, did they realize the leaker could just as well be be an anti-abortion clerk or justice as someone who was a pro-choice?

Did they realize that one of their own tended to act impulsively and break norms more than any of the liberal judges and clerks.

Did they hear whispers that the FBI was looking closely at this person in connection to the leaks?

If so, who would that be? Ginni Thomas???

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skip fox

(19,359 posts)
4. That's a good possibility.
Wed May 11, 2022, 09:41 AM
May 2022

Maybe their handlers decided the less said about the who matter is the best policy. I think the RNC has come up with something like this as well so that their members don't lose in he mid-terms.

So this may be the reason.

But the suddenness of their silence after days of screaming for someone's head seems to hint at something more than simply that.

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
5. Hmmmm, they must know it was Jinni or Roberts himself. They never do anything in the interest of
Wed May 11, 2022, 09:43 AM
May 2022

... the country.

Lovie777

(12,262 posts)
2. Abortion . . ...
Wed May 11, 2022, 09:38 AM
May 2022

most Americans don't give rat arse about the fucked leak, but what they care about is women losing their rights. Corporate media has taper downed the coverage as well.

skip fox

(19,359 posts)
7. Or maybe they just suspect.
Wed May 11, 2022, 09:47 AM
May 2022

At first blush it seemed to be a pro-choice person but then they thought about it.

Then the info. about Ginni Thomas's messages to Mark Meadows concerning Jan. 6th came out, and this got them thinking.

The pieces began falling into place and like the great reporters they are, they turned to other stories.

Baitball Blogger

(46,709 posts)
10. Or they're giving everyone time to get their stories
Wed May 11, 2022, 10:05 AM
May 2022

Straight. Another sign of the Conservative propaganda machine that they are.

Emile

(22,743 posts)
9. When Mitch Mcconnell comes out and brings up how the
Wed May 11, 2022, 09:53 AM
May 2022

midterm election could reverse a woman's right to privacy, I knew the leak came from the right. It's a tactic to fire up the Christian Right before the midterm election.

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
11. I haven't heard Fox and the RW Media lately.
Wed May 11, 2022, 10:09 AM
May 2022

It may be years since I listened to a minute of any of their propaganda.

skip fox

(19,359 posts)
15. Maybe. Maybe it was simply polling that turned them around 180 degrees . . .
Wed May 11, 2022, 11:28 AM
May 2022

If not specific polls (which they imply is near 50/50 when they're on screen), then their becoming aware of the public's mood and listening to the RNC.

But, damn, they were so hot on it! Breathing fire, spewing hot lava, etc.

I think they realized it could well have been opne of their own.

Clarence could have back channeled Fox to shut up about it. Then Fox realized this probably meant Ginni and/or Clarence, so their "reporters" and commentators were told to swallow their fire.

Somebody probably had to level with Tucker who likely would have gone on. And that, again, suggests Giuni and/or Clarence himself.

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