{"id":2010872,"date":"2023-08-24T14:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-declared-the-biggest-loser-of-debate-night-rnc-fix-this\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T14:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:15:42","slug":"fox-news-declared-the-biggest-loser-of-debate-night-rnc-fix-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-declared-the-biggest-loser-of-debate-night-rnc-fix-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News labeled as &#8216;Debate Night&#8217;s Biggest Loser&#8217;: &#8216;RNC, Please Address!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffox-news-declared-the-biggest-loser-of-debate-night-rnc-fix-this%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010872&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Who \u2062Won \u2062and Lost in Last Night&#8217;s Republican Primary Debate?<\/h2>\n<p>Who you saw\u200c as\u2064 the winner of last night\u2019s Republican \u2064primary debate\u2063 is largely a Rorschach test.<\/p>\n<p>As is often the case with these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-declared-the-biggest-loser-of-debate-night-rnc-fix-this\/\" title=\"Fox News labeled as 'Debate Night's Biggest Loser': 'RNC, Please Address!'\">wide-field debates<\/a>, you \u200dcould easily \u200dmake\u200d a case for any\u2063 of the candidates having had the best\u2063 night. (Well, maybe not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chris-christie-attempts-spin-vicious-booing-received-debate-cnn-host-seems-unconvinced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Christie<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s not nearly\u200c as debatable, however, is who \u2062had\u2062 the roughest night of them all.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News, which presented the debate, had its work cut out from \u2064the beginning. The network had \u200dthe unenviable \u2062task of broadcasting the first Republican debate without the leading candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-replaces-top-attorney-hours-surrender-hires-best-criminal-defense-attorney-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(The former president instead took to\u200c X, \u2064the \u2064platform formerly \u200dknown as\u200d Twitter, for \u2062a revealing\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-responds-tuckers-question-will-kill-savage-animals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Tucker Carlson.)<\/p>\n<p>Even without the \u2064star attraction, however, Fox could\u2019ve salvaged\u2063 the night by keeping the candidates in check, keeping \u2064discussions \u2062brief and substantive, and \u2062sticking to topics relevant\u2063 to what Republican\u2064 voters actually care about.<\/p>\n<p>By this writer\u2019s\u200b humble \u2064calculations, Fox went an embarrassing 0-3 \u2063on \u200bthat particular scorecard.<\/p>\n<p>The first two\u200b failures\u200c (not keeping candidates in check and not keeping debates brisk) are somewhat common in any debate\u200d presentation,\u2062 to be fair.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it was rather comical seeing former\u200d Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pences-rookie-attack-draws-overwhelming-boos-heated-clash-vivek-ramaswamy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Pence<\/a> ignore the time restraints to deliver his wooden message. It\u200d was\u200d jarring to see off-topic, Trumpian bickering among the candidates,\u200b particularly\u2063 when things <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christie-accuses-ramaswamy-plagiarizing-obama-vivek-claps-back-bear-hug-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">devolved<\/a> between Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<p>But again,\u2063 these sins are hardly unique to Fox News. You will see the same \u2062criticisms hurled at CNN and MSNBC when they\u2019re\u2063 the ones hosting a debate.<\/p>\n<p>No, \u200dwhere\u2064 Fox really lost the plot was with its \u2062choice \u200dof questions.<\/p>\n<p>At\u2062 best, you could describe them as irrelevant. At worst, you\u2064 could\u200b say\u200d that \u2064these questions \u200dexposed just how sorely out of touch Fox is with \u2062its \u2064purported\u2062 base.<\/p>\n<p>Where\u200b to even begin?<\/p>\n<p>How about with a question about UFOs, which\u2064 actually drew a snide remark from Christie and laughter from the crowd?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UFOs?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s\u200d the job of \u200bthe President of the United States to be straight up.\u200b I\u2019ll do \u2063that whether we\u2019re talking about crime, \u200deducation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a>, and \u200byes, even \u2062our little green friends. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dLmZIwKSgR\">pic.twitter.com\/dLmZIwKSgR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris \u200cChristie (@GovChristie)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovChristie\/status\/1694554749679423955?\">August 24,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Or how about \u2062the \u200bfar-left cause of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-cuts-off-fox-news-moderator-middle-climate-change-stunt-not-school-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate\u200c change<\/a>? \u200bWhatever you may think of \u2064mankind\u2019s ability to change the weather, it\u2019s certainly not a winning topic for Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers certainly noticed Fox\u2019s peculiar choice of questions:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biggest Winners:<br \/>\nDeSantis: acted Presidential; emerged unscathed<br \/>\nHaley: showed her foreign policy \u200cchops<\/p>\n<p>Biggest Losers:<br \/>\nVivek: exposed as\u2063 an imposter. Took a lot of hits.<br \/>\nPence: \u200ddon\u2019t even know what to say<br \/>\nFox\u2064 News: climate change question?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GOPDebate?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOPDebate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor of DeSantisville \u200b(@DeSantisville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeSantisville\/status\/1694546762306854938?\">August\u2062 24,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBiggest loser in tonight\u2019s debate? FOX News,\u201d one X\u200c user\u2062 posted.\u200d \u201cRNC, fix\u2062 this!\u201d (For what it\u2019s worth, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/4168345-fox-news-is-the-debates-biggest-loser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a> \u2062 agreed\u200b with that assessment.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biggest loser in tonight\u2019s\u2063 debate? \u200cFOX News. It was \u200ca REPUBLICAN debate. What Republicans are talking about \u2064climate change, homelessness &#038; UFO\u2019s? Gimme \u2064a\u200d break. RNC, \u2063fix this!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Muth (@ChuckMuth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckMuth\/status\/1694544529892974883?\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Just \u200bas\u2062 noticeable as what was asked was what wasn\u2019t asked \u2014 namely, a question on\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-lab-made-80-percent-lethality-covid-real\/\" title=\"Is the Lab-Made \u201c80 Percent Lethality\u201d COVID Real?\">red-hot topic<\/a> of transgenderism. When\u2064 something has torpedoed brands like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/market-analyst-gives-bud-light-horrible-news-future-no-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bud Light<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/target-suffers-sales-downturn-thanks-conservatives-plans-changes-future-pride-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Target<\/a>, one can assume\u200d American \u2062voters care about it.<\/p>\n<p>Fox didn\u2019t broach\u2062 the subject at all.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2064 am not actually\u200b shocked, to be clear. \u200bFox is in favor of transing kids so \u200cthis was to be expected.\u200d Still, it\u2019s disgraceful.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh\u200d (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1694698071722950888?\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FOX popped the\u200c UFO question but not \u201cshould we keep transitioning children?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chloe Cole \u200b (@ChoooCole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChoooCole\/status\/1694547938913993131?\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So, Fox News exposed itself as horribly out of touch with Republican voters and\u2063 probably turned \u2064off swathes \u2062of\u2063 prospective viewers\u2062 who may have tuned in \u200dto give the beleaguered \u2063network\u200c a \u2062second chance.<\/p>\n<p>It couldn\u2019t get worse\u2026 \u200dright?<\/p>\n<p>Wrong.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ep. 19 Debate\u200c Night with Donald \u2064J Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ayPfII48CO\">pic.twitter.com\/ayPfII48CO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1694513603251241143?\">August 24,\u200c 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The above is Trump\u2019s \u200binterview with Carlson. It\u2019s been embedded \u200dfor \u2062your viewing \u200cpleasure,\u200d but there\u2019s a good\u2062 chance you\u2019ve seen it already.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because that\u2063 X video has \u200calready \u200dgarnered over 200 million views \u200das \u2064of this writing. That\u2019s \u200ba massive number \u2014 and one that\u2062 will certainly put Fox to\u200d shame.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s\u200c just another\u200b reason\u2064 why Fox\u200c News will want to quickly forget\u200c about last night\u2019s Republican debate.<\/p>\n<p>The post\u2064 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-declared-biggest-loser-debate-night-rnc-fix\/\">Fox News Declared the &#8216;Biggest \u200bLoser&#8217; of Debate Night: &#8216;RNC, \u200cFix This!&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>won the Democratic primary debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":2010873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2010872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}