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Self Esteem

(1,295 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 07:10 PM 11 hrs ago

Bret Baier is a partisan hack who masquerades as a respectable journalist.

NEVER forget that it was Bret Baier, as a journalist (and not some talk show host), who said, days before the 2016 election that Hillary Clinton was about to be indicted.

Back in the 2000s, Dan Rather lost his job at CBS for reporting false information as it related to Bush's military service.

Baier? He apologized and everyone moved on - despite the fact his bad-faith reporting (likely tipped by Rudy Giuliani) very well could have been what threw the race to Trump with how close it was.

I applaud Harris for going into the lion's den but Baier should not be treated as a credible journalist.

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Bret Baier is a partisan hack who masquerades as a respectable journalist. (Original Post) Self Esteem 11 hrs ago OP
Baier is backed up by extremely wealthy and powerful people. He can get away with all kinds of horrible shit. Klarkashton 11 hrs ago #1
I hope you're not shocked. appmanga 11 hrs ago #2
Not shocked Dee0909 11 hrs ago #3
Vp Harris fought back very effectively LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago #4
She went into super prosecutor mode and thoroughly humiliated him and shut him up. MarineCombatEngineer 11 hrs ago #8
Retweeted.. TY! Cha 11 hrs ago #9
CNN was impressed LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #12
So Good to know, LMPV! TY! Thanks, Baier for Cha 9 hrs ago #13
You go Girl kwolf68 10 hrs ago #10
and yet Democrats keep giving him the respect he doesn't deserve tman 11 hrs ago #5
Yes, he was actually referring to the Clinton Foundation that indictments were on the way. It was a very weak apology, JohnSJ 11 hrs ago #6
He's The Tallest Of The Seven Dwarves ProfessorGAC 11 hrs ago #7
I don't consider anything coming from Fox to be legitimate journalism JoseBalow 10 hrs ago #11
Message auto-removed Name removed 9 hrs ago #14

Klarkashton

(1,347 posts)
1. Baier is backed up by extremely wealthy and powerful people. He can get away with all kinds of horrible shit.
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 07:13 PM
11 hrs ago

Cha

(303,892 posts)
13. So Good to know, LMPV! TY! Thanks, Baier for
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 08:39 PM
9 hrs ago

for doing your part to Show just How Tough VP Kamala Is!



Retweeted!

tman

(1,120 posts)
5. and yet Democrats keep giving him the respect he doesn't deserve
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 07:15 PM
11 hrs ago

by granting him interviews and somehow expecting a reasonable result.

JohnSJ

(95,424 posts)
6. Yes, he was actually referring to the Clinton Foundation that indictments were on the way. It was a very weak apology,
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 07:16 PM
11 hrs ago

and I was very disappointed in Rachel giving barer a free pass saying everyone makes mistakes. Not those kind of mistakes.

If you are reporting a story like that you investigate your sources, and how about going directly to the Clinton Foundation and ask them?

It was an intentional lie in my opinion.


ProfessorGAC

(69,175 posts)
7. He's The Tallest Of The Seven Dwarves
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 07:21 PM
11 hrs ago

But in the end, he's still a dwarf.
Being not as bad as Watters, or not as bad as Hannity is a pretty low bar to clear.
Still doesn't make him anything more than a journalistic midget

JoseBalow

(4,723 posts)
11. I don't consider anything coming from Fox to be legitimate journalism
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 07:47 PM
10 hrs ago

Nada.

As far as I am concerned, it's all partisan hackery and propaganda.

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