Cenk Uygur
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Author Slams Fox News on Fox News
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November 27, 2012
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2:14Now Playing"Despite warning a producer beforehand, Foreign Policy blogger Tom Ricks went on Fox News and called out network for its coverage of the September 11 attacks in Benghazi. The controversy was "hyped — by this network especially," Ricks said, before being booted off the air. And that was him being nice. The Fox anchor, who suggested there might be a "White House coverup" of some sort, asked Ricks whether the deaths of four Americans was really hype. Ricks responded with a little quiz.
Ricks: How many security contractors died in Iraq do you know?
Anchor: I don't.
Ricks: No, nobody does, because nobody cared.
We know that several hundred died but there was never an official count done. SO when i see this focus on what was aessentially a small firefight -- one, I've covered firefights a lot of firefights -- it's impossible to figure out what happened in them sometimes.
And second, I think that the empahsis on Benghazi has been extremely political, partly because Fox was operating as a wing of the Republican Party."*
Pulitzer-winning author Tom Ricks was brought on to Fox News to discuss Susan Rice and Benghazi. Ricks gave his honest opinion to John Scott on how Fox News overhyped the event and was quickly ushered off-air; Cenk Uygur breaks down the Fox FAIL.
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