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John King: Fox And Friends Is State TV For Trump

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June 24, 2017

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John King made an obvious comparison and conservatives are mad. John Iadarola, Ben Mankiewicz, and Mark Thompson, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"On Friday, CNN’s “Inside Politics” anchor John King blasted Fox News’ morning show “Fox and Friends” as “state TV,” mocking the network as a North Korea-style pro-Trump echo chamber and accusing morning co-host Ainsley Earhardt of lobbing softball questions at the President Donald Trump.

The Hill said that King was leading a round table discussion about Friday’s “Fox and Friends” segment in which Trump claimed he was using the idea of “tapes” of his meetings with ousted FBI Director James Comey as “smart way to make sure [Comey] stayed honest in his hearings.”

“Let’s set aside the tough, probing questions on state TV there,” King quipped. “We haven’t actually heard the president’s entire story, have we?””*

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Hosts: John Iadarola, Ben Mankiewicz, Mark Thompson

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John KingJohn Iadarola Ben MankiewiczMark ThompsonFox NewsNorth Korea-styleAinsley EarhardtFridays FoxFBI Director James Comey

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