Laura Ingraham touched off a tweet storm Friday, when she reported that Jeb Bush believes Fox News is “too negative” for regular viewing.
The conservative radio host was citing a report from the liberal website, Talking Points Memo, which quoted from CNN’s coverage of Bush’s speech at a South Carolina event. Ingraham tweeted:
Report: Fox News Is Too Negative For Jeb Bush http://t.co/ptQdU6mnFM
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) October 24, 2014
Talking Points Memo quoted CNN’s Peter Hamby as saying, “Bush ‘singled out Fox News’ while expressing ‘annoyance with the polarizing fights and constant negativity of the political news media.’”
Bush also supposedly said he only watches Fox “for a few minutes a day before switching over to SportsCenter,” Talking Points Memo said in quoting Hamby.
Ingraham’s followers were predictably miffed at Bush’s comments – not surprised, apparently, but miffed. Here’s a sampling of their reactions:
@IngrahamAngle I see he cozy’s right up to the truth, where is he getting it MSM?
— Tom Vaughan (@tbvaughan53) October 24, 2014
@IngrahamAngle And I am too conservative for Jeb Bush. Run as a Dem Jeb. You and Christie can team up.
— Bob S. (@RDSUK) October 24, 2014
@IngrahamAngle Good! He’s too much of a negative for this country! No more #Bushes no more #Clintons no more ‘royal families’ Need new blood
— Kris Anderson (@Chipperfan81) October 24, 2014
@IngrahamAngle FOX News is too negative for everybody. But they have no control over the fact that everything going on is a catastrophe.
— Marc Hoover (@MarcHoover1) October 24, 2014
@IngrahamAngle Oh Jeb, that hurts me to the quick of my common core! Loser.
— Ecklebob Chiselfritz (@RotNScoundrel) October 24, 2014
Maybe he can bond with Ed Schultz & Rev Al at MSNBC. “@IngrahamAngle: Report: Fox News Is Too Negative For Jeb Bush http://t.co/iZvkEGcgbA”
— EbolObama (@Claiborne_David) October 24, 2014
@Patriotvnvet @IngrahamAngle He could pick Charlie Crist for a running mate!
— Jdog (@jschau11) October 25, 2014
Ingraham used the report to compare Bush with someone else whom the right doesn’t much respect, saying:
Other things Jeb has in common with Barack Obama? Both take pot shots at Fox & prefer left-leaning ESPN.
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) October 24, 2014
@IngrahamAngle Obama % JEB Bush have one more thing in common……AMNESTY Follow laws on books NOW!!!
— Elley (@mrsdevildawg) October 24, 2014
@IngrahamAngle the British Financial Times thinks Jeb would win on a fine trave with Hitlary. They’ve been wrong since 1776. Idiots
— Nonsense Interceptor (@davidf4444) October 25, 2014
@IngrahamAngle JEB BUSH FOR PRESIDENT! OF MEXICO!
— Tom in Orlando (@tjm0072003) October 24, 2014
But did Bush really say that Fox News’ negativity turns him off so much that he can only stand a few minutes of the channel’s coverage at a time?
Not exactly. Here’s the actual quote from CNN:
“At one point, Bush expressed annoyance with the polarizing fights and constant negativity of the political news media — he later said his media diet includes Fox News in the morning, followed by SportsCenter on ESPN — and said he is ‘frustrated’ by the toxic climate in Washington.”
Bush doesn’t need anyone to defend him, but it sure seems that Talking Points Memo took his comments out of context, or even distorted them on purpose.
It should be noted that CNN included an editorial comment specifying that its article had been “updated to reflect Bush’s comments on the media.” It’s possible that Talking Points Memo quoted an earlier version of CNN’s report. If that’s the case, Talking Points Memo should also publish a correction.
Regardless of which version is correct, this tweet captured what many conservatives were thinking:
@IngrahamAngle @HomerWhite well, that’s ok. We can do a lot better than Jeb!
— Shell (@Shella_Bella) October 25, 2014
On a side note, here’s a short CNN video describing Bush as a potential 2016 contender:
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