Is the FBI investigating Fox News for ties to Russia?

[DemocracyMouse]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by muriel_volestrangler (a host of the The DU Lounge forum).

What else would explain Fox's shrill, high anxiety, and unrelenting attack on the FBI? Is Murdoch in cahoots with Russian oligarchs? And therefore beating the "news" agency's drum in favor of Putin's favorite puppet?

[Eyeball_Kid]

1. I read this from two or more of those wiley independent journalists:

FNC in general, and Hannity in particular, are targets in the Trump-Russia probe. The area of interest is coordination of propaganda tactics with Russian intelligence. Reportedly, Mr. Hannity's been (intercepted) chatting with a few Russian spies.

[tikka]

4. What's your source?

I haven't heard this anywhere else.

[safeinOhio]

5. I do know that

a lot of people are talking about it.

[True Dough]

2. Hi DM!

You're new here. Welcome!

The political related stuff isn't really Lounge fodder, FYI. It belongs in General Discussion. You'll likely see a mod/admin come along and lock this thread if you don't self-delete.

Don't let this deter you. It's a learn-as-you-go sort of affair. Just a matter of creating the right threads in the proper places.

[DemocracyMouse]

7. Fox is entertainment, not journalism, therefore discussions about it belong in a "lounge"

I could always find another forum, say a Facebook group, more focused on the content – and reform – than on the protocols of which category something belongs in.

All topics overlap, so I'd like to assume that the editors at DU understand this and wouldn't be so petty as to shut a perfectly good, well-intentioned, thread down simply because we have different interpretations of "lounging." Fox is entertainment (and distraction from the truth), therefore I assumed a discussion about it should take place in a "lounge."

[RestoreAmerica2020]

3. Lets just refer to fox news as rtAmerica

[lindysalsagal]

6. Not entirely sure that would be a good thing if true.

the fool thinks he can sic the fbi on his enemies, and so let's not include the free press: If faux is fair game, everyone else is, too.

[DemocracyMouse]

8. A Fox journalist blocked from investigating Trump-Russia

This underscores Fox entertainment's possible links with Putin/Trump:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-20/fox-blocked-investigation-of-trump-russia-ties-ex-employee-says

[irisblue]

9. This is the Lounge....did you mean this for GD?

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Locking - this is obviously political, and so does not belong in The Lounge

Please repost in General Discussion. Thanks.