Fox News' Neil Cavuto Reminds Viewers Why Twitter Needs To Fact-Check Trump
May 29, 2020 18:20:10 #
Neil Cavuto on Thursday reeled over President Donald Trump’s attempt to crack down on Twitter because it offered a fact-check on his tweets. The Fox News host said Trump’s claims could be characterized as an “outright lie” and deserved to be checked.
Earlier, Trump signed an executive order designed to lessen liability protections for social media sites. It was an apparent punishment for Twitter after it f**gged his tweets that said mail-in v****g would be “substantially fraudulent.” Twitter also provided a collection of reports debunking his assertions.
Trump decried the move as “stifling free speech” and, at Thursday’s signing, threatened to shut down Twitter if his lawyers could find a way.
Cavuto expressed concern that, “wh**ever your opinions on the left or right,” it was significant that the president saw fit to try to regulate or even shut down Twitter for correcting his misinformation.
“He was being policed on that because he was wrong. He was being policed on that because he said millions of ‘i******s’ were getting b****ts when that simply was not the case,” Cavuto said. “So this isn’t a left-right issue. That was not the case. That was a wrong fact, that was a misstatement. Some have said it was an outright lie.”
Cavuto also broke down Trump’s “outrageous comments” suggesting MSNBC host Joe Scarborough had k**led somebody, referring to a vile conspiracy theory Trump has embraced in an effort to debase his outspoken media critic.
“That was something too that had to be fact-checked. It wasn’t just a left or right thing here. That was something that was incumbent upon anyone to check comments that were deemed outrageous,” he said.
Cavuto risks escalating tensions with the president, who last week had several outbursts over a smattering of unfavorable coverage from the network that typically has his back. Last Monday, after Cavuto called out Trump’s dangerous claim he’s taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventative treatment for C****-**, Trump raged at Fox News until the weekend, blasting Cavuto and others as “garbage,” and accusing the network of going downhill and failing to help his ree******n bid.
Earlier, Trump signed an executive order designed to lessen liability protections for social media sites. It was an apparent punishment for Twitter after it f**gged his tweets that said mail-in v****g would be “substantially fraudulent.” Twitter also provided a collection of reports debunking his assertions.
Trump decried the move as “stifling free speech” and, at Thursday’s signing, threatened to shut down Twitter if his lawyers could find a way.
Cavuto expressed concern that, “wh**ever your opinions on the left or right,” it was significant that the president saw fit to try to regulate or even shut down Twitter for correcting his misinformation.
“He was being policed on that because he was wrong. He was being policed on that because he said millions of ‘i******s’ were getting b****ts when that simply was not the case,” Cavuto said. “So this isn’t a left-right issue. That was not the case. That was a wrong fact, that was a misstatement. Some have said it was an outright lie.”
Cavuto also broke down Trump’s “outrageous comments” suggesting MSNBC host Joe Scarborough had k**led somebody, referring to a vile conspiracy theory Trump has embraced in an effort to debase his outspoken media critic.
“That was something too that had to be fact-checked. It wasn’t just a left or right thing here. That was something that was incumbent upon anyone to check comments that were deemed outrageous,” he said.
Cavuto risks escalating tensions with the president, who last week had several outbursts over a smattering of unfavorable coverage from the network that typically has his back. Last Monday, after Cavuto called out Trump’s dangerous claim he’s taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventative treatment for C****-**, Trump raged at Fox News until the weekend, blasting Cavuto and others as “garbage,” and accusing the network of going downhill and failing to help his ree******n bid.
May 29, 2020 18:30:37 #
Cavuto's f**e Churchillian uh uh uh uh makes me want to ask to get someone who can talk.
Twitter sold itself as a free speech communication platform.
Fact checking is for Wikipedia and published media outlet venues.
Maybe Twitter stockholders should sell their stock.
But Twitter makes it living off page view and click bait.
Fact checking the POTUS sure got itself reams of free publicity.
Trump pointed out that runaway mobs endanger themselves.
And the next day in Minneapolis a man got shot while l**ting.
Trump makes good calls.
The media just overdoses on spin.
Twitter sold itself as a free speech communication platform.
Fact checking is for Wikipedia and published media outlet venues.
Maybe Twitter stockholders should sell their stock.
But Twitter makes it living off page view and click bait.
Fact checking the POTUS sure got itself reams of free publicity.
Trump pointed out that runaway mobs endanger themselves.
And the next day in Minneapolis a man got shot while l**ting.
Trump makes good calls.
The media just overdoses on spin.
May 29, 2020 18:39:17 #
Trumpnotthestormiestpres wrote:
Cavuto's f**e Churchillian uh uh uh uh makes me wa... (show quote)
Let's just change presidents
May 29, 2020 19:21:26 #
Nothing wrong with the one we got. That's why it's called an e******n.
He just didn't get there by family name, a trophy wife, or the color of his skin as a token guilt card. The peanut farmer was beloved but ineffectual.
Trump is Reagan again, for the post millennium .
You're welcome to go live somewhere better Loneworm .
You tell me where that is.
And if you think Hillary Crook Clinton would have been better, the asylum orderlys need to take away your WiFi afain.
He just didn't get there by family name, a trophy wife, or the color of his skin as a token guilt card. The peanut farmer was beloved but ineffectual.
Trump is Reagan again, for the post millennium .
You're welcome to go live somewhere better Loneworm .
You tell me where that is.
And if you think Hillary Crook Clinton would have been better, the asylum orderlys need to take away your WiFi afain.
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