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Former President Donald Trump expressed his dissatisfaction with Fox News, accusing the network of having a “negative effect” on the outcome of the presidential election.
In a series of social media posts, Trump criticized Fox for what he described as catering to Vice President Kamala Harris and various representatives of her campaign.
“FoxNews has totally lost Its way!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “How much time does Ian Sams, Senior Advisor to Lyin’ Kamala Harris, spend on FoxNews?”
He added: “He’s now on Cavuto, Fox’s Lowest Rated Show, by far, and spent much of the weekend hitting ‘TRUMP,’ totally unopposed, before two real ‘beauties,’ Eric Shawn and Arthel Neville – Not exactly the next Walter Cronkite of the Broadcasting World!”
“Sams is just a below average guy, with memorized FAKE NEWS soundbites, almost all of which are WRONG, but coupled with all of the other Harris Radical Left Democrat mouthpieces that Fox puts on (Richard Fowler, Patrick Murphy, ‘something’ Wolf, Jessica Tarloff?), it has a very negative effect on the Election,” he wrote.
“Think of it, I spend an hour with the wonderful Maria Bartiromo, do a beautiful job, and then am followed up all day long by one-sided, negative Democrats, including Ian Sams, who virtually owns the Network. It’s not worthwhile doing Interviews on Fox, because it all just averages out into NOTHING,” Trump added.
In another post, Trump criticized Fox’s decision to interview Harris, though Trump himself has appeared on other networks besides Fox.
“Lyin’ Kamala Harris has wisely chosen Bret Baier, of FoxNews, to do a much needed interview, because he is considered to be ‘Fair & Balanced,’ though often very soft to those on the ‘cocktail circuit’ Left,” Trump wrote.
“I would have preferred seeing a more hard hitting journalist, but Fox has grown so weak and soft on the Democrats, constantly polluting the airwaves with unopposed Kamala Representatives, that it all doesn’t matter anymore,” Trump wrote.
“Hopefully, the people will understand on November 5th, and Early Voting. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump said.
Harris’ interview with Baier will air Wednesday evening. In social media posts and in interviews on his network, he said that while the interview was taped, it would air unedited and commercial-free.
That said, speaking on “Varney and Co.” on the Fox Business Network, Baier revealed that Harris’ “handlers” placed some restrictions on a few things for the interview, which is set to air on Wednesday.
“Bret Baier, congratulations. I bet everyone has been telling you which questions to ask, am I right?” Varney joked.
“Just a few. I’ve been trying to stay off social media. It is pretty amazing how engaged people are but I asked for questions and there have been some great ones. @bret baer, x, Instagram, Facebook. There have been some great ones,” Baier said.
“We have roughly 30 minutes. I was waiting to hear what the timing would be on commercial breaks, uninterrupted, straight through the whole interview, nothing left off, and then take a commercial break and come back with the panel,” he added.
“I assume I will get to a lot of questions. If you had to guess, it’s the issues people tell pollsters are most important that will factor high,” Baier said.
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The interview airs as a noted election prediction model shifted to “lean” toward Trump after weeks of indicating that the race was a “toss-up.”
The change results from a series of new polling data suggesting that Harris’s national lead has diminished or vanished entirely.
Additionally, multiple swing states now show the former president holding a narrow lead in most of the battlegrounds that will ultimately determine the outcome of the next election, the UK’s DailyMail.com reported.
