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comment by tacocat

Fox News knew about the firing before it was announced

https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/974779465095155712





am_Unition  ·  2203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I dunno, it's entirely possible that they already had a piece written up. People were predicting the firing earlier this week, I saw multiple articles discussing the likelihood. Someone at Fox could've just accidentally pulled the trigger too early.

b_b  ·  2203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Doesn't really matter for purposes of McCabe's lawsuit. It looks bad, and that's all that matters to start issuing subpoenas. Plus Don was all over Twitter for the last few months counting down the days until McCabe gets his pension.

tacocat  ·  2203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The coincidence that they accidentally posted it right before it happened is suspicious

am_Unition  ·  2203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Agree. Fox might have even known before McCabe.

Friday nights with this administration usually don't disappoint.

kleinbl00  ·  2203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I love that it's because Jared and Ivanka are off shabbating themselves out of power.

b_b  ·  2203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's gonna look great at discovery. Do these people not consider what has to be made public during the inevitable law suit? Is would be a dream come true if they used this as evidence of a broad propaganda connection between Fox and Trump and/or the RNC, and they used this as grounds to subpoena correspondence going back years.

tacocat  ·  2203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Seems like it was a boilerplate story written because it seemed like it was going to happen. That it was posted 40 minutes before the firing was announced is the interesting part