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From the Washington Post: Why Fox News’s ‘straight news’ is a crock

Berry Craig
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By ERIC WIMPLE

On Thursday night, the Democratic candidates had the national stage to themselves. They argued for an expanded role for government in health care, greater restrictions on firearms and dramatic action to address climate change. To hear unfiltered GOP pushback, you can go to GOP.com. Or you could sample the propaganda segment that aired on Fox News on Friday at 10 a.m. right in the middle of what the network views as its “straight news” coverage.

Hosts Bill Hemmer and Julie Banderas on the program “America’s Newsroom” welcomed Lara Trump, a senior adviser for Trump’s reelection campaign, to reflect on the debate. And reflect she did.

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