In the past two days I have spent 4-5 hours watching the FOX news channel, in an attempt to understand the Trump supporter. It was really quite interesting. The main story on FOX is the New York Post story on Hunter Biden's emails. FOX keeps stressing that Joe Biden has not denied the story. Hunter Biden is painted as selling access to his father throughout the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In one email he complains that he has to split everything he makes with his father.
People on FOX are complaining that Twitter and Facebook have blocked posts about the NY Post story. Ted Cruz said angrily that his Tweet about this story was immediately deleted by Twitter. During a break in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing, he went up to chairman Lindsey Graham complaining about this, and Lindsey immediately ordered that the heads of both Twitter and Facebook be summoned to appear before the Judiciary Committee to explain themselves, possibly as early as Thursday.
By contrast, what CNN and MSNBC are saying about this story is that it is so fictional that the reporter who wrote it refused to allow his byline to be put on the story. Another reporter's byline was used, totally without her knowledge or consent.
Adam Schiff and other liberals are complaining about Russian disinformation being behind the story, but FOX stresses that the Director of National Intelligence has issued a strong statement saying there is NO evidence of Russian involvement here. FOX also stresses that there is no dispute that this was in fact Hunter Biden's laptop, which he took into a Delaware shop for repair.
FOX keeps hammering about how Biden is spending 5 of 6 days "hiding in his basement", instead of going out and meeting people. This way he doesn't have to answer the tough questions about his son Hunter. The Trump rallies are portrayed in a positive light, with one reporter calling a rally yesterday a "lovefest". CNN and MSNBC, by contrast, portray the Trump rallies as "super-spreaders", and continually talk about how the people are packed together, most without masks. It is obvious CNN and MSNBC are determined to defeat Trump.
Look for questions about Hunter Biden to come up in tomorrow's debate.
Concerning the debate, FOX contributors complain bitterly about the Debate Commission setting the rules (mute buttons will be used during the two-minute time that's supposed to be uninterrupted). They talk about how the moderators are all liberal Democrats. They say that the Commission should be responsible for basic arrangements like providing the cameras, but the two campaigns should agree on who the moderators will be. The ironic thing here is that Trump's advisers are all telling him he should stop with the interrupting, as his best chance for a comeback is to let Biden talk and make a fool of himself, as he is prone to do. Thus, the mute button actually helps Trump, as it will save him from himself.
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