Chris Wallace will be one of the moderators of the first Trump-Biden debate. Watch Trump rage as a non propaganda person does his job
Ahem, this is where Trump cannot get away with refusing to look at his briefing notes
Appears that there is no script which can cover Trump idiot behavior
Takeaway: If you, Trump have a glass jaw and you do, don't go to a bar fight
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/trump-fears-fox-news-is-going-rogue#intcid=recommendations_vf-trending-legacy_ab80e943-e7ed-43c2-aa58-8e4b1c7c7d2e_popular4-1
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2020 ELECTION
“THEY HAD A HUMONGOUS BLOWUP”: AS ELECTION APPROACHES, TRUMP FEARS FOX NEWS IS GOING ROGUE
Despite Fox’s pro-Trump fixtures, the president fumed to Rupert Murdoch about unflattering coverage and polling—and faces moderator Chris Wallace at this month’s debate. “He’s no joke,” says a former West Wing official.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
BY ANNA MONEYMAKER/THE N EW YORK TIMES/REDUX.
At first glance Donald Trump should be relieved that a Fox News host will moderate the first presidential debate on September 29. Many observers consider the network to be the de facto propaganda arm of the White House, and its hosts are among Trump’s most loyal surrogates. Chris Wallace, who will be behind the moderator’s desk later this month, is the rare exception: a Fox anchor who is unafraid to confront Trump. “Any Republican who thinks Wallace will go easy on Trump is badly mistaken. He’s no joke,” a former West Wing official said.
The Trump campaign had hoped that the Commission on Presidential Debates would choose Bret Baier or Martha MacCallum, Fox anchors who are seen as less aggressive than Wallace. Sources close to Trump are worried that Trump is unprepared to handle what Wallace could throw at him. The two have history. In July, Wallace’s contentious interview with Trump featured the president boasting that he passed a cognitive test. “Well, it’s not the hardest test,” Wallace responded. “It shows a picture and it says, ‘What’s that?’ And it’s an elephant.”
Wallace is deeply unpopular with pro-Trump hosts at Fox. “Chris hates Trump. He’s a passionate Democrat,” a pro-Trump Fox personality told me. Wallace has told interviewers in the past that he only registered as a Democrat to participate in local Washington, D.C., elections.
Sean Hannity and Wallace have feuded behind the camera. Years ago, they got into a heated email exchange, a source recalled. At one point Hannity told Wallace the only reason he had a job in television was because of his famous father, a legendary 60 Minutes anchor. Fox News spokesperson Irena Briganti said this was “an old exchange” and there is “no ongoing feud” between Wallace and Hannity. Briganti also disputed suggestions that Wallace dislikes Trump and pointed to positive comments he’s made about the president.
Perhaps anticipating a grilling by Wallace, Trump has been ratcheting up his anger at Fox. Last week Trump called on Fox to fire national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin after she appeared on air and confirmed parts of Jeffrey Goldberg’s explosive Atlantic story detailing Trump allegedly making disparaging comments about America’s war dead. Trump has also taken to promoting fringe Fox competitor One America News, which has provided glowing coverage of the president and amplified pro-Trump conspiracy theories.
From the Archive: Rupert Murdoch’s Private Game
In private Trump blames Fox Corp. cochairman Rupert Murdoch for allowing segments like Griffin’s on the air. Sources who’ve spoken with Trump told me Trump thinks Murdoch wants him to lose. “Trump definitely thinks Rupert is not in his corner,” a Republican close to the White House said. Trump is not entirely wrong. Sources close to Murdoch said Murdoch has told people he thinks Trump will lose in November. Murdoch is thinking about how to steer his media empire into a post-Trump environment. “This is about business for Rupert,” one source said.
Earlier this summer Trump screamed at Murdoch during a phone call, according to a source briefed on their conversation. “They had a humongous blowup. Trump yelled that Fox’s coverage is unfair and the polling is fake,” the source said. “Rupert defended the network’s standards and polling.”
The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
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It is part of a general trend
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/new-york-times-reporter-trump-rally-michigan-032935313.html
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NYT Reporter Booted From Trump Rally After Posting About Maskless Attendees
Nick Visser
September 10, 2020, 11:29 PM EDT
A reporter for The New York Times was kicked out of a rally for President Donald Trump in Freeland, Michigan, on Thursday after noting on social media that many of the president’s supporters were not wearing masks or keeping their distance despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kathy Gray, a correspondent for the Times, was on site for the airport rally attended by about 5,000 people. Just before Trump’s arrival, the reporter noted it seemed as if only about 10% of those gathered were wearing masks, saying people were “crammed in” as Air Force One landed.
Crammed in crowd in the rain for trump rally in michigan. Not many masks pic.twitter.com/5DZ6JBVNK8
— Kathy Gray (@michpoligal) September 10, 2020
About 30 minutes later and just a few minutes into the president’s speech, Gray said she had been kicked out.
“First for me: Trump campaign tracked me down from pics I tweeted and escorted me out,” she wrote on Twitter.
The White House did not immediately reply to HuffPost’s request for comment on Gray’s removal.
Trump has been under fire this week for his actions during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic after details from journalist Bob Woodward’s forthcoming book, “Rage,” were revealed. In the book, he says that the president knew about the dangers of COVID-19 in early February but publicly moved to, as he said in a taped interview, “play it down … because I don’t want to cause a panic.”
Trump has spent months urging the country to get back to normal despite high rates of infection in some states. More than 190,000 people in the U.S. have now died of COVID-19.
The crowd at the event mirrored the one that gathered Aug. 27 for Trump’s acceptance speech at the end of the Republican National Convention. About 1,500 people had gathered on the White House lawn, and most were seen crowded together while not wearing face masks.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said earlier this week that the prospect of a “maskless” rally in Michigan was “distressing to say the least.”
“We’ve pushed our curve down, we’ve saved thousands of lives, we’ve gotten people back to work,” Whitmer told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday. “And events like this threaten all that sacrifice that we’ve made. I would love to see the leader of our country embrace masks and encourage people to do the right thing.”
Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, held his own event in Michigan this week. That event was closed to the public and attendees and journalists present were asked to remain in chairs spaced throughout a parking lot. Biden criticized the president ahead of his event on Thursday.
“Michiganders need a pandemic response,” Biden wrote, “not a pep rally.”
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FTR
If you, Trump have a glass jaw and you do, don't go to a bar fight
Andrew Beckwith, PhD