CNN anchor: Fox News' 'fear to confront Donald Trump' is 'a form of Stockholm syndrome'

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On Monday's edition of CNN This Morning, the outlet's senior political analyst John Avlon tore into Fox News for not having the guts to tell its audience that former President Donald Trump's conspiracy theories about the 2020 election were lies that its on-air pundits privately admitted they did not believe.

"The New York Times is reporting that Fox News' CEO Suzanne Scott said that they should have changed their coverage of the election results for bigger ratings saying in part this to The New York Times, 'listen,' -- this is what The New York Times' reporting, -- 'Listen, it's one of the sad realities: If we hadn't called Arizona, those three or four days following Election Day, our ratings would have been bigger, Ms. Scott said. The mystery would have still been hanging out there.' Is that a fair assessment of a so-called news network?" host Don Lemon asked Avlon.

"No, of course, not even a little bit. I mean this New York Times article by Peter Baker, as Poppy points out, is details and conversation inside Fox News, among executives, in the days after the election where they're lamenting the fact that they followed the facts," Avlon responded.

"Well, he saw a Zoom, of them saying..." co-host Poppy Harlow began.

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Many in the Republican party such Lindsey Graham and Kevin McCarthy may have Stockholm syndrome.

[louis-t]

1. I have a story I love to tell. Early 2017

I was meeting a client at a condo he bought to flip. An old man in an American Legion hat came out and determined that I needed to hear his opinion of the election. "It's the best thing that ever happened to us. Everyone will be afraid of him!" The only people who are afraid of him are fox news people and republican politicians. How ironic.

[FalloutShelter]

2. HAHA that's hysterical.

So Fox is the victim now?
McCarthy and Graham have “sick with the love of money syndrome”
None of these assholes get to claim victimhood hiding behind Stockholm syndrome. They were never hostages.
Just when I thought their cya circle jerk could not get more disgusting.

[mn9driver]

3. It was all about the money.

Their viewership collapsed when they even hinted at the truth. That’s not any form of Stockholm Syndrome.

It is greed and dishonesty; the two founding principles of Fox.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Fear of confronting djt? What cowards! All they need to do is go to a convention of Democrats

and they'll learn plenty of things to confront the biggest loser of them all.

[Kennah]

5. They aren't victims of an act of terrorism. They are coconspirators.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. Who says it's fear? It's a business model.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Beat Me To It!

In fact, what they are saying internally proves it.

[C_U_L8R]

7. They are not victims. They're cronies and conspirators

Hiding behind a twisted presence of journalistic truth. Liars. Cheats. Crooks. The very worst among us.

[NullTuples]

8. The 1973 Swedish bank robbery hostages weren't profiting from it.

[patphil]

9. Actually I think the $1.6 billion lawsuit is the main reason.

They don't want Trump lying up the place while they're in a desperate, and losing battle, with Dominion.
Can you imagine Trump condemning Dominion on FOX with a string of lies that will just be fuel for the fire?
Murdoch isn't about to let Trump pull the rug out from under him with his lying bullshit.