“That is not the graphic we are looking for … hold off … take that down please!” https://t.co/Qccy98Ngh8
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 9, 2018
As the Potemkin facades erode in the unceasing drizzle…
Speaking with pollster Frank Luntz about Donald Trump’s Twitter habits, with Luntz calling the president’s use of “fake news” detrimental to his cause, Kurtz brought up a recent poll from Monmouth University on the trustworthiness of news outlets compared to the trustworthiness of Donald Trump.
That is when things took a hilarious turn.
“Speaking of fake news, there is a new poll out from Monmouth University. ‘Do the media report fake news regularly or occasionally?’ 77 percent say yes,” Kurtz exclaimed before noticing the graphic instead showed “Who do you trust more?” with CNN at 48 percent, MSNBC at 45 percent and Fox News bring up the rear at 30 percent.
“That is not the graphic we are looking for. Hold off,” the Fox News host protested before pleading, “Take that down, please.”…
The context, from the five-minute Fox clip at the link, was Luntz & Kurtz commiserating over how Trump is “unintentionally” damaging the Republican Party (and, cough *Fox News* cough), with his undisciplined torrent of FAKE NEWS!!!! tweets. Because Frank and Howie had no idea Trump was a snake when they hugged him to their bosoms, poor innocent fellas that they be…
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