Helping Fox News Today

Was it a terror attack. thats a lie. you told that lie on purpose. and im wondering why. >> the way i phrased things yesterday, it was sloppy and it was frankly dumb. >> i dont buy that. ive known you for a long time since before you went to the senate. you were a supreme court contender. you take words as seriously as any man served in the senate. and every word -- you repeated that phrase. i do not believe you used that accidentally. i just dont. >> and when fox needs to fill up its prime-time...

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To win arizona, you say something that makes people upset, they might change the channel. and thats not a good model. so, in the news business, weve got to get better at telling hard truths to people instead of always prioritizing profits. >> some of your former colleagues at fox, they do tell the hard truths. they do report the truth. you know, i know -- i know folks at fox who are doing good journalism. theyre few and far between. theres fewer of them than there used to be. how hard is it to b...

Because we know what the blow back looks like from someone like donald trump if you come out there and say there was no fraud in 2020. but there are checks and balances going on even within the republican party about claims like douglas franks. >> well, good for those folks who are checking on that. sara marie, great report. thank you so much, joining us from austin, texas. as were exploring the universe of disinformation tonight, we of course must look at the sun around which so much of it or...

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>> also knew that theres always bad actors that will infiltrate large crowds. >> you want to know how disingenuous those comments are? those same hosts were texting trumps chief of staff during the attack trying to get him to call off the crowd. and some trump supporters charged in the riot dont want to share credit. so, that tells you something. one saying, quote, it was not antifa at the capitol. and another trump supporter saying, they, quote, proudly take responsible for storming the castle....

Guilty. the insurrectionists have the biggest handle on the truth than their biggest cheerleader. foxs own lawyers argued in a defamation suit against the network, successfully they argued. the judge in that case quoting their apparently convincing argument. quote, the general tenor of the show should inform a viewer he is not stating actual facts about the topics he discusses and is engaging in exaggeration and non-literal commentary. and foxs own lawyers argued that any reasonable viewers arri...

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It news -- who refuse to push falsehoods are leaving left and right. shepard smith left in 2019. he said that former colleagues who lie to the viewers know what theyre doing is wrong. >> i slept very well. i dont know how some people sleep at night because i know that there are a lot of people who -- who have propagated the lies and have pushed them forward over and over again, who are smart enough and educated enough to know better. >> theres also juan williams, a liberal liberal commentator on...

Welcome, chris. thanks for being here. >> great to be here. happy tuesday. >> happy tuesday. a long way to go, i will say. so, where do you think we are, specifically looking at fox, when it comes to disinformation? is it a better place or is it a worse place than back in 2020? >> well, i dont know. ive been gone for about a year since they fired me. and im in a better place, so thats good. look, i think what people have to bear in mind when youre watching television news, when youre consuming n...