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CNN’s Oliver Darcy ignited a war of words that he was destined to lose as he and cohort Brian Stelter were schooled over an attack on Fox News’ Bret Baier.
Darcy falsely accused the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report” anchor of a “Dereliction of duty” for not doing enough fact-checking on President Trump’s 46-minute video message on voter fraud. The CNN senior media reporter shared an edited video to make his claim and set off a back-and-forth with Baier before Stelter and even former Fox News host Greta Van Susteren joined in.
“Dereliction of duty from @BretBaier, Fox’s chief political anchor, who just aired multiple clips from Trump’s 44-minute voter fraud video without issuing any sort of fact-check on the nonsensical and wild claims Trump alleged,” Darcy tweeted Wednesday.
His post included edited portions of video showing Trump making comments in what he had called “the most important speech I’ve ever made,” as he warned that America’s election system “is now under coordinated assault and siege.”
Sorry you missed the beginning of the show Oliver. And the panel segment —but thanks for the tweet. https://t.co/jqRVi9fNi7
— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) December 2, 2020
During a commercial break on his Fox News show, Baier fired back at the CNN hack.
“Sorry you missed the beginning of the show Oliver. And the panel segment —but thanks for the tweet,” he wrote.
But Darcy continued with another cheap shot, tweeting back: “It’s great Kristin fact-checked at very start of your show. You then played a bunch of clips later and didn’t provide any of that necessary context. C’mon.”
It’s great Kristin fact-checked at very start of your show. You then played a bunch of clips later and didn’t provide any of that necessary context. C’mon.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 2, 2020
Baier responded again, reminding Darcy that he was actually in the middle of doing his news show before schooling him on what “balance” in journalism looks like.
“I am mid-show. But you may want to rewind Kevin Corke’s piece -the discussion with the panel,” he tweeted. “It’s called balance. You should try it. Thanks for always tuning in.”
I am mid-show. But you may want to rewind Kevin Corke’s piece -the discussion with the panel. It’s called balance. You should try it. Thanks for always tuning in. https://t.co/yJ6mdx6C8n
— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) December 2, 2020
Eager to get the last word in, even if it continued to make him look bad, Darcy took one more shot.
Hard-hitting stuff, Bret. pic.twitter.com/wF0iR1q384
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 2, 2020
His juvenile attack earned him quick backlash on Twitter.
Dude, chill.
— kaitlin (@thefactualprep) December 2, 2020
This is supposed to be a hard-hitting rebuttal, Ollie? Those lower thirds are newsworthy statements of fact; pretty much what a NEWS show is supposed to do. I’m not surprised that a @CNN employee wouldn’t recognize that.
— John Cinnamon (@JohnCinnamon) December 3, 2020
This your network @oliverdarcy? pic.twitter.com/OYcSWZ21hA
— Chloe_Chloe_Chloe (@ChloeChloeChl19) December 2, 2020
During his show, Baier had leveled some criticism at the White House for posting the speech online without the presence of the press pool. He signed off later at the end of “Special Report” saying he would “be out for the next couple of days dealing with a family health issue,” referring to his son Paul who was scheduled to undergo his latest open-heart surgery the next day.
Stelter was also slammed on Twitter after he posted Darcy’s comments on the Baier coverage of Trump’s video.
“Maybe @brianstelter could ‘give it a rest’ and quit playing the cable war game of taking slaps at competitors while @BretBaier is in the hospital today w/ his son getting his 4th open heart surgery?” Greta Van Susteren tweeted.
“Cable people spend way too much time talking about each other,” the former MSNBC host added.
Maybe @brianstelter could ‘give it a rest’ and quit playing the cable war game of taking slaps at competitors while @BretBaier is in the hospital today w/ his son getting his 4th open heart surgery? Cable people spend way too much time talking about each other pic.twitter.com/S1roGtL4oN
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) December 3, 2020
The “Reliable Sources” host quickly defended himself by pointing out he was only quoting Darcy.
the first two words in that paragraph are “Darcy continues,” followed by a colon and quote marks, which clearly means the words were written by @oliverdarcy. i untagged Baier from this reply out of respect.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 3, 2020
The defensive tweet only earned him more criticism.
@oliverdarcy is your colleague and deserves better than the schoolyard, “He did it!”
— Bob Borgeson (@BobBorgeson) December 3, 2020
Just give the whole thing a rest for awhile Brian
— Debbie Mcgeever (@dmcgeever) December 3, 2020
So, @oliverdarcy represents you and your show until you don’t want him to? Then you just throw him under the bus and it’s all his fault?
— Luke Person (@Lperson96) December 3, 2020
Respect? Pfff. You “untagged” @BretBaier so @oliverdarcy could attack him in your little newsletter without expecting a response.
— Tyler Amick (@MickTy96) December 3, 2020
So because you squirm out of this by saying someone else did it – you are not responsible for sharing it & feeding?
That’s what kids do too.agree with Greta.
— President Elect Seeking Truth (@TruthKms8103) December 3, 2020
I don’t think you should stop criticizing someone just because there is a personal situation. But your obsession with Fox has got to the point where you are just a clown. Everything you say against Fox can be easily applied to CNN and MSNBC. It’s hypocrisy,
— Kris Sayce (@KrisSayce) December 3, 2020
It’s also completely untrue, Brian. Come on, man. You could delete it out of accuracy AND respect. Talk about a dereliction of duty.
— Syd Thomas (@SydThomas3) December 3, 2020
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