Supposedly objective Julie Banderas did her part to sell Donald Trump’s likely rejection of the Iran nuclear deal with her own, gratuitous condemnation in the middle of what was supposed to be an interview with Republican Ari Fleischer.
Fleischer, a former White House press secretary to George W. Bush and now a Fox News contributor, did a not-bad job explaining the status of the deal before moving on to call it “a failure.” That’s what you’d expect from this guest.
But what’s Banderas’ excuse? If she hasn’t already admitted to being a Trump propagandist, there’s no denying it now. Her Fox bio describes her as a “correspondent,” and “rotating anchor” who has “provided live coverage of the 2013 New York City mayoral race, the crash landing of Southwest Flight 345 at LaGuardia Airport (LGA), the inauguration of Pope Francis and Hurricane Sandy.”
In other words, Fox News does not intend for Banderas to be thought of as an opinion host.
But here’s what she said to Fleischer during their discussion:
BANDERAS: Why is it that the United States is constantly doling out millions and billions of dollars to all these countries in order to get them to abide by an agreement that they should abide by regardless? You should not be developing nuclear weapons. We shouldn’t have to pay you to agree to that. And like you said, there is an eight-year cap on that. So it really is a bad deal.
Fleischer actually corrected her to point out that the U.S. did not give Iran money but unfroze money it was holding that belonged to Iran (though Fleischer criticized that move).
But here’s the bottom line: On Fox, it’s not enough to discuss the Iran nuclear deal with analysis from a Republican only. It’s the host’s job to put her own thumb on the scale, too. All in service to Trump TV’s Dear Leader.
Watch Banderas prove she’s a propagandist below, from the April 24, 2018 Happening Now. For a better analysis of the Iran nuclear deal - and one that explains the benefits, which Banderas left out, watch John Oliver's terrific April 22, 2018 discussion underneath. It also includes the Catheter Cowboy ad he's running on the Hannity show in Washington, D.C.
John McKee commented
2018-04-25 23:37:40 -0400
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Richard Santalone commented
2018-04-25 09:53:36 -0400
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“Not a surprise that Fox News wants to prep its viewers for the expected trashing of the Iran nuclear arrangement.”
And preparing its viewers for another TOTALLY SENSELESS WAR! Mark my words folks: a war with Iran will require INSTANT REINSTATEMENT OF THE DRAFT — I GUARANTEE IT!
Kevin Koster commented
2018-04-24 19:05:41 -0400
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I also note that while Fox News and hypocrites like Tom Cotton are condemning Dems for not automatically green stamping unqualified candidates like Pompeo, they’re forgetting their own history of obstructionism from just 2 years ago. I suppose Cotton just forgot that he actually sent a letter to Iran during the time the nuclear arrangement was being worked out – a letter that bordered on treasonous as he was telling the Iranians not to sign onto the agreement in direct contravention of what our State Dept was doing at the time. And I note that Fox News cheerled Cotton’s childish behavior at the time. I wonder how they all would respond if a Democratic Senator were to do the same kind of thing?
