Odds and ends: Fox News and Senator Capito finally mentions Trump
"Fair and balanced" Fox News (of course)
From the New York Times:
As President Biden was speaking from the White House on Tuesday, a Fox News chyron read: “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested." It came the day Donald Trump was charged with federal crimes in Miami. https://t.co/yCgrUvfREE
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 14, 2023
Fox News did take it down. As The Washington Post described:
On Wednesday afternoon, a Fox News spokesperson told The Washington Post that “the chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed.”
But:
Another on-screen graphic Tuesday night told viewers, “Shameful Hillary Gloats About Her Emails as Trump is Arraigned in Miami,” after Hillary Clinton tweeted a link to buy a “But Her Emails” hat.
Obviously, Fox can’t help itself:
It is July 1998 and I am listening to Fox News rant about Hillary Clinton.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 14, 2023
It is October 2008 and I am listening to Fox News rant about Hillary Clinton.
It is February 2015 and I am listening to Fox News rant about Hillary Clinton.
It is June 2023 and I am listening to Fox pic.twitter.com/MCk7kQG0Jk
After months of silence, Senator Shelley Moore Capito finally comments on Donald Trump
At last, a statement by WV's Republican senator! From Politico’s congressional bureau chief:
Capito neutral but addressed the implications of Trump's latest indictment. Said it'll be "difficult" for him “These are serious charges. And they need to be taken seriously by everybody. And as these things unfold, they tend to get bigger because there’s additive information"
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) June 14, 2023
I'm not sure how the Senator's statement is any different from remaining silent.