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[–] ech@lemm.ee 32 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

inb4 trump rant online about it. Dude doesn't give a shit about the country, but ratings? That hurts him.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Way too late. Almost immediately afterwards, he started crying about how “weak” FoxNews is.

[–] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 1 points 43 minutes ago

He's on some minor social media site with a bunch of incoherent posting in all caps.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 78 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

Sure does say something that 8 million people was able to stomach watching Faux News because the content was worth it for a brief moment.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

There are probably a lot of people who have begun having doubts about the orange bad who still wouldn’t trust other networks and needed it to be on Fox to tune in. I hope she got through to enough of them to make a difference.

[–] Krackalot@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 3 hours ago

She doesn't even need to get them to switch. Just stay home and decide it isn't worth committing treason for.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 37 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

It says a fuck ton of people wanted to watch Kamala Harris wipe the floor with Brett Baier

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

So many people think he "owned" her. Or that she didn't answer his questions, and I'm like, "did you watch the same thing?"

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

They probably didn’t. They’re probably just repeating what they heard some Fox News host say

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I thought she did great. But with his constant interruptions, nobody could sound that great

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

She handled him, tho. Kept saying, “excuse me, let me finish” and didn’t let him stop her

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I keep almost seeing if I can fish it somewhere to watch, and then I remember it won’t change my mind, and it will probably just upset me.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Thank you.

Not sure I’ll watch it.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

8 million people was able to stomach watching Faux News

Yeah. Their regular viewer base.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 12 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

that would actually be a lot better than if they were just visiting kamala fans.

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I am watching it now. I would never choose to watch Fox by choice other than the viral BS videos. She is doing well. He is talking over her, and it's GREAT. Great from the perspective of poking them on their turf. She is holding her own. Is she who I would choose if I was a chooser? No. But you know..fascism....so...here we are.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

It seems like Harris is happy with how the interview went but I'm seeing negative coverage too. I wonder what viewers open to changing their minds actually thought.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 42 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

I knew that article from the Hill read like it was dripping with loaded words and bias so I checked out the author Becket Adams and found this:

"The National Journalism Center (NJC) is an American conservative political organization established in 1977 by conservative journalist M. Stanton Evans. Its president is Scott Walker, former Republican governor of Wisconsin, who is also president of Young America's Foundation. The current program director is Becket Adams, who has written for conservative publications including the Washington Examiner and the National Review.[1] The NJC runs programs and internships for journalism students to educate them on professional journalism and conservative political issues and values."

He's a conservative, of course he's going to shit on her parade. If my memory serves, Scott Walker is also a piece of shit.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Journalism_Center

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago

Scott Walker is a huge piece of shit

[–] loie@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago

"Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and the Hill. He is also the program director of the National Journalism Center."

Greasy smarmy conservative creep thinks Democrat didn't do well, news at 11

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

Anyone know how to watch the interview without em giving Fox any traffic?