When social media user Betsy Brantner Smith tagged Fox News’ Brit Hume in a critique complaining that presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump “has most of Fox working against him,” it’s likely Smith wasn’t expecting Hume to respond.
@brithume you fail to mention that @MittRomney had @FoxNews behind him. @realDonaldTrump has most of Fox working against him. Not the same.
— Betsy Brantner Smith (@sgtbetsysmith) June 27, 2016
But that’s precisely what happened… and did he ever respond.
Countering Smith’s claim the network was more supportive of 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, Hume countered by dropping the names of four Fox News hosts frequently said to be in the tank for Trump … beginning with Sean Hannity and Eric Bolling, of course.
You must be talking about Eric Bolling and Sean Hannity and Kim Guilfoyle and Greta VanSusteren….oh wait. https://t.co/owYKsg94sH
— Brit Hume (@brithume) June 27, 2016
In a quest to be helpful, another social media user added to the list of Trump-friendly Fox News hosts:
@brithume @MichelleFields don’t forget about Dobbs, Geraldo, Fox and Friends, Outnumbered, Judge Jeanine…
— Facky (@fackinpeter) June 28, 2016
Not knowing when to say when, Smith came back with a list of her own of Fox News hosts she claimed oppose Trump, before making the ridiculous charge that the network “is all in for Hillary.”
@GaryACarlo @brithume Megyn, Chris Wallace, Brit, Bret and more are making up for that. @FoxNews is all in for Hillary.
— Betsy Brantner Smith (@sgtbetsysmith) June 27, 2016
Once again, in classic Hume form, the Fox News senior political analyst felt the need to set the record straight:
What claptrap. Bret Baier. Are you serious? And which of those people has come out for Hillary? https://t.co/z6X8fxEwxR
— Brit Hume (@brithume) June 27, 2016
Some people for Trump. Some not. Sounds like balance to me. https://t.co/VdnerDs2NA
— Brit Hume (@brithume) June 27, 2016
While some critics night disagree with the “balance” argument, a Harvard’s Shorenstein Center study showed that 73 percent of Fox News’ coverage of Trump has been positive … which effectively shuts Smith down right out of the gate.
But thanks for playing and better luck next time.
H/T IJ Review
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