It has been obvious for some time that Fox News is pumping up Rubio big time. At first I thought they were just dumping on Cruz, but the following article from Breitbart offers a more sinister explanation:
Fox News’s vice president of news and Washington managing editor, Bill Sammon, is the father of Marco Rubio’s press secretary, Brooke Sammon.
Fox News’s founder, Rupert Murdoch, is a co-chair of what is arguably one of the biggest immigration lobbying firms in the country, The Partnership for a New American Economy. Via his lobbying firm, Murdoch has endorsed Rubio’s 2013 amnesty bill, as well as Rubio’s 2015 immigration expansion bill. Murdoch has also endorsed President Obama’s trade agenda, which Rubio has said would be the “second pillar” of a President Rubio’s three-pillar foreign policy strategy.
One could make the argument that the Fox moderators had a mission to take down Cruz and elevate Rubio. Granted Megyn Kelly asked a tough question regarding Rubio on amnesty. But she also tossed him some pretty nice softballs and she accused Cruz of supporting legalization, only to admit, after the debate, that the records show he most definitely did not support legalization.
Chris Wallace asked Chris Christie to slam Cruz about his vote regarding the NSA legislation and then wouldn’t let Cruz respond because Christie didn’t mention Cruz by name. When Cruz complained, Wallace arrogantly rebuked him and later Fox used this exchange as evidence that Cruz had a bad night.
Fox News didn’t seem to notice that following this “terrible” debate performance by Cruz he gained several points and won the caucuses. Cruz was right that many of the questions were openly asking other candidates to explain to Ted Cruz why he is wrong. He made a mistake when he became defensive about this, but Fox News is at least partly to blame. It sure looks like they goaded him into this and then mocked him when he responded. We expect that kind of crap from MSNBC. We shouldn’t tolerate it from Fox. I doubt that Cruz will make that mistake again.
In the meantime, Fox News constantly promotes Rubio as the big winner. Is that having any impact on his increase in rating?
Look at the questions Breitbart wanted Megyn Kelly to ask Marco Rubio. Note that Breitbart is not supporting Cruz, it is just pointing out that these are legitimate questions.
I actually like Marco Rubio. He is charming and is great at explaining conservative positions. But bias is bias and we should all be aware of it when we see it. We shouldn’t let the Republican establishment choose the republican nominee. We also shouldn’t let Fox News decide that either. They liked John McCain and Mitt Romney too.
TDM
JUST GOES TO SHOW FOX IS NOT EXEMPT FROM MEDIA BIAS IN POLITICAL ELECTIONS NOR ARE THE OTHER NETWORKS!