{"id":42599,"date":"2019-08-30T12:23:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T19:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42599"},"modified":"2019-08-30T14:47:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T21:47:33","slug":"lying-fox-news-host-lies-that-trump-has-never-lied-to-the-american-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42599","title":{"rendered":"Lying Fox News Host Lies that Trump Has Never Lied to the American People"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mission of Fox News from its inception was to advance the goals of the nationalist right-wing and the Republican Party. But when Donald Trump came along they transformed noticeably into a State TV propaganda outlet devoted single-mindedly to this president and his hostile and demented ravings. Virtually every program lavishes praise on Trump and viciously maligns his critics.<\/p>\n

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What’s worse, is that there is no lie that is beneath the already sunken principles of Fox News. They are taking their cues from a president who has already told more than 12,000 lies<\/a><\/strong> since his inauguration. The legacy of the Trump presidency (contrary to his delusional hopes<\/a><\/strong>) will surely include this historically depraved achievement, along with caging babies and being a puppet for Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

As if to to emphasize the enthusiasm Fox News has for lying about Trump, one of his favorite Fox hosts, Stuart Varney, conducted a dumbfounding interview with conservative Republican Joe Walsh who is challenging Trump for the GOP nomination for president. Walsh is hardly a pristine representative of political ethics, but in this segment (video below)<\/em> of Varney’s program he shines with uncharacteristic virtue, and makes Varney look like a flaccid Trump sycophant and cult follower.<\/p>\n

Walsh began by correctly observing that “We’ve never had a situation like this where we have a president that we fundamentally cannot believe.”<\/em> A surprisingly skeptical Varney asked Walsh for an example. That was his first mistake. Walsh quickly provided an example from just the day before when Trump’s own staff admitted that Trump lied<\/a><\/strong> at the G7 summit when he said that he held high level phone calls with China about tariffs. Walsh’s example led to this bizarre exchange and ludicrous denial:<\/p>\n

Varney:<\/strong> That’s not a lie. Let’s not get technical. If the man said – and he did – that high level talks had been held with China, that is not a lie. They were held with China.
\nWalsh:<\/strong> Stuart, he said there were high level phone calls with Chinese officials. His staff admitted that was not true, that he lied in order to manipulate the market.
\nVarney:<\/strong> Okay, give me another one.
\nWalsh:<\/strong> Stuart, you really don’t believe that that’s a lie?
\nVarney:<\/strong> No I don’t.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is impossible to have a coherent discussion with someone who hears a flagrant falsehood, but denies what he just heard and tries to move past it in complete blindness. Varney simply accepts whatever Trump says as the truth, even if his own staff says that it isn’t. This isn’t political loyalty. It’s cult worship. And it continued further as the interview progressed:<\/p>\n

Walsh:<\/strong> Do you believe this president lies?
\nVarney:<\/strong> No.
\nWalsh:<\/strong> You don’t believed he’s ever lied?
\nVarney:<\/strong> He exaggerates and spins.
\nWalsh:<\/strong> Okay, do you believe he’s ever told the American people a lie?
\nVarney:<\/strong> No.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Walsh finally gave up in exasperation as he realized that Varney’s doctrinal programming was impenetrable. He has clearly adopted the first order of a cult: Believe only the Leader. Everyone else is lying.<\/em> And this isn’t even the first time this week that a Trump shill has claimed that Trump never utters anything less than the God’s honest truth. On CNN Chris Cuomo interviewed Trump’s 2020 campaign Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany. She also insisted that Trump has never ever told a lie<\/a><\/strong>. Trump’s new press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, said that she doesn’t think his lies are lies<\/a><\/strong>. This is all reminiscent of Kellyanne Conway’s “alternative facts,”<\/em> And Rudy Giuliani’s “Truth isn’t truth<\/a><\/strong>.”<\/em><\/p>\n

No rational person could ever assert that Trump has never told a lie. Trump has lied about things big and small. He’s lied about tariffs being paid by China; about his polling; about the size of his crowds; about Obama; about the environment; about the border wall; and always about the news being fake. But Trump’s disciples regard him as a messiah who is an infallible manifestation of perfection. Which is precisely how Trump regards himself, having recently declared that he is “The Chosen One<\/a><\/strong>.”<\/em> And sadly, his Deplorables believe that too.<\/p>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Walsh: Do you believe this president lies? <\/p>\n

Fox Business' Stuart Varney: No. He exaggerates and spins.<\/p>\n

Walsh: Do you believe he's ever told the American people a lie? <\/p>\n

Varney: No
(h\/t @EricKleefeld<\/a>)
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— Lis Power (@LisPower1) August 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n