{"id":2346723,"date":"2024-09-27T12:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T16:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephanie-ruhle-thanks-fox-news-for-softball-interview-criticism-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T12:23:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T16:23:50","slug":"stephanie-ruhle-thanks-fox-news-for-softball-interview-criticism-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephanie-ruhle-thanks-fox-news-for-softball-interview-criticism-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephanie Ruhle thanks Fox News for \u2018softball\u2019 interview criticism &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fstephanie-ruhle-thanks-fox-news-for-softball-interview-criticism-washington-examiner%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=2346723&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--><p>MSNBC&#8217;s Stephanie Ruhle expressed gratitude towards\u2064 Fox News for their \u200bcritique of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a> with\u2063 Vice President Kamala Harris, which they \u2064described as a &#8220;softball&#8221; interview. \u200bDuring her appearance on &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221; Ruhle\u2063 noted\u2062 that all press is good \u2064press, a lesson she\u2062 attributed to Donald Trump, and stated she was pleased to be featured on Fox&#8217;s programming. Ruhle rebutted the claims of &#8220;Slow-Pitch Softball,&#8221; explaining that her 25-minute discussion with Harris focused solely on the economy, which she \u2062highlighted as the top issue for \u200dvoters. She \u200binvited \u200dTrump to\u2063 engage \u2062in a similar conversation, while acknowledging that many perceive\u200b Harris&#8217;s communications as\u200b lacking specificity, often resorting to platitudes rather \u2064than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ashli-babbitt-lawyer-talks-plans-to-sue-capitol-police-a-double-standard-at-work-politics-has-everything-to-do-with-it\/\" title=\"Ashli Babbitt Lawyer Talks Plans To Sue Capitol Police: \u2018A Double Standard At Work,\u2019 Politics Has \u2018Everything To Do With It\u2019\">detailed plans<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Stephanie Ruhle thanks Fox News for &lsquo;softball&rsquo; interview criticism<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1770560\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/msnbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>MSNBC&rsquo;s<\/a> Stephanie Ruhle thanked <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Fox News<\/a> for the free press after <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HowardKurtz\/status\/1839404880538239391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the network lambasted her<\/a> &ldquo;softball <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interview<\/a>&rdquo; with Vice President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;To Fox News, I would say thank you because, as I learned from Donald Trump, all press is good press,&rdquo; Ruhle told the crew of <em>Morning Joe<\/em>. &ldquo;So, I am thrilled to be all over their airwaves all day long.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ruhle said it is ridiculous that Fox News hosts like Howard Kurtz are describing her sit-down with Harris as &ldquo;Slow-Pitch Softball.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2616436&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=40a8a8c24cb49966f8bb3a56e4f57efc\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Obviously, for anybody who watched the interview I did with Vice President Harris, we sat down for 25 minutes, and we talked about one single topic, the economy,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It is the No. 1 issue for voters. If Donald Trump would like to sit down and have that same conversation, I&rsquo;m ready for ya!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The interview with Harris was &ldquo;tricky&rdquo; because many voters feel that Harris offers few specifics, according to Ruhle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many people feel like she is speaking in platitudes. She&rsquo;s speaking about an economic vision, and she&rsquo;s not giving details,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s got an 80-page detailed policy proposal, and do I think that she answers every single question and gives people exactly what they want? She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you know why? Because she&rsquo;s a politician, and none of them do,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Most politicians speak in platitudes, and Trump has offered nothing except mass deportations and blanket tariffs, according to Ruhle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The thing I think she needs to answer for more is, despite all of the economic wins over the last four years, despite the fact that Donald Trump emotionally connected with that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-poll-shows-gop-becoming-party-of-blue-collar-workers\/\" title=\"NBC Poll Shows GOP Becoming Party Of Blue-Collar Workers\">blue-collar worker<\/a>, but he didn&rsquo;t deliver for that blue-collar worker, she needs to solve for why he still polls better on economic issues,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you talk to voters across the board, they often say, &lsquo;I don&rsquo;t know what any politicians do for me, but I did get my taxes lowered,&rsquo; and she made it clear when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debt-ceiling-deal-dooms-bidens-tax-and-spend-agenda\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s tax and spend plans are in trouble due to the debt ceiling deal.\">individual tax cuts expire<\/a> next year, the one group of people who will get their taxes raised are people who make over $400,000 a year,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1770560\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1770560\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephanie Ruhle appreciates Fox News for their criticism of her interview with Kamala Harris, stating that all press is beneficial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2346724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/stephanie-ruhle-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7375,32135,6234,41779],"class_list":["post-2346723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-criticism","tag-fox-news","tag-interview","tag-stephanie-ruhle"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/stephanie-ruhle-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346723","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\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}