{"id":62923,"date":"2024-09-10T13:40:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=62923"},"modified":"2024-09-10T13:40:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:40:43","slug":"fox-news-is-making-excuses-for-trump-losing-the-debate-with-kamala-harris-before-it-even-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=62923","title":{"rendered":"Fox News is Making Excuses for Trump Losing the Debate with Kamala Harris Before it Even Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first, and likely only, debate between Vice-President Kamala Harris and convicted felon Donald Trump will take place this evening. In the run up to this event the candidates have been preparing in starkly different ways that are characteristic of their divergent personalities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Fox News is Making Excuses for Trump Losing the Debate with Kamala Harris Before it Even Begins%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=62923\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to Tweet this article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-harris-debate.jpg\" alt=\"Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Debate\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62925\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Harris, who is taking her participation in this ritual of democracy seriously, has been studying the issues and developing strategy. Trump, who regards himself as an infallible reservoir of the world&#8217;s knowledge, has been <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=62612\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">insulting Harris as <em>&#8220;dumb&#8221;<\/em><\/a><\/strong> and whining about everything being rigged against him. So much so that he had fight to keep voters from hearing what he actually says.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=62748\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Debate Over the Debate: Trump\u2019s Own Handlers Are the Ones Pushing for Him to Be Muted<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump isn&#8217;t the only one who is afraid of how poorly he will perform, and how bad he will look in comparison to Harris. Fox News is also fearful that Trump will not measure up to Harris, who can actually articulate complex subjects that matter to the American people, and form coherent sentences. Trump, on the other hand, is demonstrating ever more severe lapses in mental acuity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=62879\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HOLY CR&#038;P: Trump\u2019s Rambling, Incoherent Plan to Make Child Care Affordable is Utterly Deranged<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning Fox News began their pre-cleaning operation to explain in advance why Trump will\/has lost the debate hours before it began. The following exchange between Fox host Harris Faulkner and her MAGA guest Gianno Caldwell says a lot about how pessimistic the Fox team is&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Caldwell:<\/strong> I don&#8217;t believe that Kamala Harris is coming ready to play. She&#8217;s relying on the media to support her. And certainly with ABC giving 100% positive coverage for her, 98% negative for Donald Trump, We already know what the table looks like.<br \/>\n<strong>Faulkner:<\/strong> I think we learned too at that interview where he was with the Black journalists in Chicago and ABC News had the first question on that one didn&#8217;t even acknowledge that he had survived an assassination attempt not too long before. &#8230; We know a little bit of what we potentially could get.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fox News&#39; Harris Faulkner suggests tonight&#39;s ABC News debate could be biased against Trump:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;[ABC News&#39; first NABJ question] didn&#39;t even acknowledge that he had survived an assassination attempt not too long before. &#8230; We know a little bit of what we potentially could get.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DtIJJjeHBl\">pic.twitter.com\/DtIJJjeHBl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1833536716596007313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Where Caldwell got the impression that Harris isn&#8217;t <em>&#8220;coming ready to play&#8221;<\/em> is a mystery. On other programs Fox has reported that she was holed up in a hotel room working on her debate prep. Which they put a negative spin on, suggesting that only idiots need to waste time preparing. So according to Fox, Harris is bad for preparing, and bad for not preparing.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, Caldwell and Faulkner both have no basis whatsoever for alleging any bias on the part of the debate host, ABC News. It is just their knee-jerk reaction to any media enterprise, which they regard as <em>&#8220;the enemy of the people&#8221;<\/em> because Trump told them so.<\/p>\n<p>Faulkner then attacked ABC News because a reporter <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/31\/politics\/donald-trump-kamala-harris-black-nabj\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">asked Trump a question<\/a><\/strong> at a conference of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) about the blatant racism that has been aimed at Harris. Apparently Faulkner thinks that asking Trump about a scratch on his ear is more relevant to the NABJ&#8217;s members than a question about systemic bigotry.<\/p>\n<p>Both Faulkner and Caldwell are executing a plan that was surely devised in Fox&#8217;s morning editorial meeting. They are attempting to preemptively explain why Trump will fare so badly at the debate that will take place later that evening. They obviously know that Trump is an unstable person, with a tenuous grasp of issues &#8211; and reality &#8211; who can safely be predicted to humiliate himself. So they are making excuses for it to their flock of MAGA viewers ahead of his anticipated meltdown.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Trump was continuing his <em>&#8220;preparation&#8221;<\/em> for the debate by rage-posting on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=62757\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his failing social media scam, Truth Social<\/a><\/strong>. And even as Fox News was defending him, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113114369521614755\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">attacking<\/a> Fox&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Why does FoxNews keep putting on, for endless periods of time, Michael Tyler, Kamala\u2019s publicist, who spews nothing but lies &#8211; like Project 2025, etc. Fox tries to be so politically correct, when the other side plays for keeps. RIDICULOUS!!!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump is OUTRAGED that Fox News would interview Michael Tyler, the Director for Communications in the Harris Campaign. And it&#8217;s especially funny that a pathological liar like Trump can accuse anyone else of <em>&#8220;spew[ing] nothing but lies.&#8221;<\/em> Particularly when the examples that Trump gives are so plainly truthful comments about Trump&#8217;s Project 2025.<\/p>\n<p>We can all expect Trump to deliver another of his patented debacles during this debate. And likewise, we can expect Fox News to try to clean up after him. Which is a job that isn&#8217;t getting any easier as Trump continues his downward spiral. And he&#8217;s going to drag a lot of others down with him before he&#8217;s done. For which we should probably thank him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=62903\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump is Right! \u2018We Don\u2019t Need a President Who Isn\u2019t Smart Enough to Answer Reporters\u2019 Questions\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=62894\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Praises Pitiful \u2018MAGA People Outside Screaming\u2019 at Kamala Harris as She Preps for Debate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=62840\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News is Desperately Struggling to Find Dirt on Kamala Harris \u2013 Here is What They Found<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Be sure to visit and follow News Corpse<br \/>\non <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newscorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@newscorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>And check out my books on Amazon:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aOYFpM\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Nation vs. Reality:<br \/>\nThe Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Thanks so much for your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first, and likely only, debate between Vice-President Kamala Harris and convicted felon Donald Trump will take place this evening. In the run up to this event the candidates have been preparing in starkly different ways that are characteristic of their divergent personalities. Click here to Tweet this article Harris, who is taking her participation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152,1,684,1200,8,16],"tags":[554,1140,33,1352,1357],"class_list":["post-62923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-media-bias","category-politics","category-propaganda","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-fox-news","tag-harris-faulkner","tag-kamala-harris"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-harris-debate.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-gmT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62748,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=62748","url_meta":{"origin":62923,"position":0},"title":"The Debate Over the Debate: Trump&#8217;s Own Handlers Are the Ones Pushing for Him to Be Muted","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/26\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Donald Trump has very carefully manufactured his public persona as strongman populist beholden to no one due to his alleged wealth. 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