Fox News Forced To Cut Trump Speech Because He Wouldn't Stop Lying

Donald Trump went so off the rails during a rally in Iowa over the weekend that even Fox News couldn't stomach it anymore. Fox host Arthel Neville actually cut away from Trump's speech to take a moment to correct the myriad of lies that Trump was telling, specifically calling out his claims of election fraud and rigging in 2020. Fox knows that they have to be very careful about airing any of these lies without correcting them or else they could face stiff financial penalties again. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what happened.

Check out our merch by visiting our store

Subscribe to our podcast

Become a member today!

Support us by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon, and help keep progressive media alive!

Spread the word! LIKE and SHARE this video or leave a comment to help direct attention to the stories that matter. And SUBSCRIBE to stay connected with Ring of Fire's video content!

Support Ring of Fire by subscribing to our YouTube channel

Be sociable! Follow us on:

*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.

Over the weekend, Donald Trump traveled to Iowa as he tries to shore up his support ahead of the January 15th caucus in the state. And his rally, his speech at his rally was so horrific and so filled with lies that Fox News, a network that was running the rally commercial free for everybody, had to actually cut away from his rally speech in order to do a, an, an immediate fact check on him. Now, this happened with Fox News host Arthur Neville, and what she did was basically while Trump was talking, and of course he was talking about elections rigged elections stolen, I could have won in California and New York if they hadn't rigged the election. So it was around that point when Neville said, all right, enough, in fact, this is what she said. Well, the former president finally got around to some campaign promises amid lots of cheering.

As you heard, many untruths. The 2020 election was not rigged. It was not stolen, but still Trump is way ahead in the polls. It was at that point that Neville decided not to go back to Donald Trump's rally and then threw it to a Ron DeSantis rally happening at the same time in Iowa. So how bad do Donald Trump's lies have to be for Fox News to hit the point where they're like, screw this, we're done. We're gonna do an immediate on the spot fact check, and then not go back to you. Like that's the killer part. Like not only are we gonna immediately fact check you, but you're lying so much that we're just, we're done. We're not gonna air this anymore. That may be a first for Fox News. Trump's lies got so bad that even they couldn't continue on with it. But it's not because Fox News has developed a conscience.

Of course, absolutely not. What happened is that Donald Trump was pushing the very same lies that got Fox News sued and had to settle for $800 million just a few months ago. Fox knows that if they air these lies, and they do not immediately call them out, they're opening themselves up. One to face even stiffer penalties in the Smart Matic lawsuit that is still pending. But two, if they're not careful, and he says something that they don't catch, that could actually blow up the settlement that they have with Dominion Voting systems and that trial could be back on. And honestly, that's a part of this equation that most people seem to have forgotten about. Yes, Fox News did settle with Dominion, but if they violate the terms of that settlement, they're gonna be paying through the nose and it's gonna be a hell of a lot more than $800 million. So Fox has to be careful. They cannot trust Donald Trump. He proved it at that rally, and so they had to play it safe. They went over to Ron DeSantis and his boring little speech to put everybody back to sleep and hopefully make sure that they didn't air anything that was going to cost them a few million dollars.