Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign is circling the drain and she only has single-digit support among democratic voters. In a move to euthanize her campaign before the primaries even start, Warren has turned down an offer to host a town hall on Fox News. Sure, Warren could reach millions of people on the biggest cable news channel but according to her Fox is racist and kills people. No seriously, she said Fox news literally kills people.
After turning down the Fox News invitation, Warren took a victory lap on Twitter to show her 12 followers how courageous and principled she is:
I love town halls. I’ve done more than 70 since January, and I’m glad to have a television audience be a part of them. Fox News has invited me to do a town hall, but I’m turning them down—here’s why…
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 14, 2019
Get ready…
Fox News is a hate-for-profit racket that gives a megaphone to racists and conspiracists—it’s designed to turn us against each other, risking life and death consequences, to provide cover for the corruption that’s rotting our government and hollowing out our middle class.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 14, 2019
Wait. What? Fox News turns us against each other and people die? Is it Fox that kills people or do they just make us kill each other? I guess it’s pretty much the same thing so either way Warren is accusing a news channel of murder and that’s exactly as crazy as it sounds.
Equally insane is her line that Fox is a “hate-for-profit racket” that gives a platform for racists. I mean sure, they invited Warren and other democrats on, but those aren’t the people they usually give a forum to. Warren of course culturally appropriated Native American heritage for career advancement and financial gain. If that ain’t hate-for-profit, I don’t know what is. Warren is basically saying that any network that would have her on is obviously racist and therefore she will refuse to appear.
Somehow the explanation to turn down Fox got dumber:
Hate-for-profit works only if there’s profit, so Fox News balances a mix of bigotry, racism, and outright lies with enough legit journalism to make the claim to advertisers that it’s a reputable news outlet. It’s all about dragging in ad money—big ad money.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 14, 2019
So CNN and MSNBC don’t sell ads? Every channel on TV that isn’t a premium service sells ad time and tries to get bigger ratings to bring in more revenue. Warren just described the basic business model for television since its invention. For some reason however, only Fox News is evil for doing this.
But Fox News is struggling as more and more advertisers pull out of their hate-filled space. A Democratic town hall gives the Fox News sales team a way to tell potential sponsors it’s safe to buy ads on Fox—no harm to their brand or reputation (spoiler: It’s not).
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 14, 2019
Well no, Fox is not struggling. They are the #1 cable news network by a wide margin and rake in the dough. CNN is struggling and MSNBC is barely getting by, but Fox is kicking ass.
Here’s one place we can fight back: I won’t ask millions of Democratic primary voters to tune into an outlet that profits from racism and hate in order to see our candidates—especially when Fox will make even more money adding our valuable audience to their ratings numbers.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 14, 2019
I have news for Warren. If she did a town hall on Fox it would be the least watched thing on the network for the entire month. Fox knows that town halls with democrats aren’t ratings bonanzas, but does them in the interest of balanced political coverage. Not bad for a racist network that kills people, huh?
I’m running a campaign to reach all Americans. I take questions from the press and voters everywhere I go. I’ve already held town halls in 17 states and Puerto Rico—including WV, OH, GA, UT, TN, TX, CO, MS & AL.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 14, 2019
She’s done over 70 town halls in 17 states since January and this is the first anyone has heard of it? Wow, turning down Fox for a town hall seems like an even bigger mistake.
I’ve done 57 media avails and 131 interviews, taking over 1,100 questions from press just since January. Fox News is welcome to come to my events just like any other outlet. But a Fox News town hall adds money to the hate-for-profit machine. To which I say: hard pass.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 14, 2019
She’s so brave, isn’t she? Or what I meant to say was that she thinks she’s a Brave. I know she claims to be an Indian princess, but that’s not a female hairdo.
