Watch Rep. Adam Schiff Take A Dig At Fox’s Fake News

Fox anchor Bret Baier’s attempt to trip up Democrat Adam Schiff with James Comey’s testimony didn’t quite go according to plan.

Schiff, the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Comittee visited Fox’s Special Report yesterday to discuss Comey’s testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence earlier that day.

At about 5:07 into the interview, Baier laid his trap:

BAIER: He [Comey] says there have been many, many stories based on classified information, purportedly, lots of stuff, but especially about Russia that are just dead wrong.

Congressman, you’ve cited a lot of stories with anonymous sourcing. The former FBI director’s saying a lot of that is dead wrong. What do you think of that?

But Schiff, despite his soft-spoken demeanor, punched back with a silk glove and a mischievous smile.

SCHIFF: You know, certainly some of the stories are wrong. Indeed, as you know, some of the stories on Fox about the British being participants in surveillance of President Trump were wrong. That doesn’t excuse the president’s conduct here. We do need to get to the bottom of what allegations that are aired in public in these stories are true and what are not true. But yes, certainly, there has been press reporting that has been erroneous at times. There’s been press reporting that has been all too accurate.

You know that Schiff’s punch landed because Baier replied, “Fox News division, by the way, never backed up that British report.”

That was true but Fox’s Andrew Napolitano repeatedly made that allegation on both the Fox News Channel and on FoxNews.com. After Napolitano's claim caused an international incident, he was reportedly removed the airwaves indefinitely. But after about nine days, “indefinitely” ended. Napolitano was back on the air and standing by his claim that British spies helped President Obama spy on Donald Trump.

Nothing warms my NewsHounds heart like a Democrat calling out Fox News on the air.

I was already a huge fan of Schiff and all the House Intelligence Democrats. Perhaps you’ll see why below, from the June 8, 2017 Special Report.

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commented 2017-06-10 20:32:39 -0400 · Flag

John McKee— From my reading of his personality, I disagree. (You do get I was advancing a fantasy in that comment, not making a prediction, right?) He will never admit to having lost. He will go down fighting, flailing increasingly irrationally. I doubt he’ll be impeached, either. I think he will simply lose in 2020.

But political predictions in an insane environment like this are a mug’s game, frankly. I mostly just wait to see what happens next.

commented 2017-06-10 19:37:23 -0400 · Flag

Jane, oh ye of almost invariably aligned thought processes with moi myself, I beg to differ on this one. Trump will resign long before he faces impeachment. Ill health? Having declared victory over Gulf Crisis he personally kicked off? Disillusionment over lack of loyalty/integrity from his underlings? Who knows – but he won’t stick round for the big show.

With him and his cronies all doing a disappearing act from the White House, the rest of the drama will be played out in the criminal courts. The penitentiary is calling…

commented 2017-06-10 02:14:50 -0400 · Flag

Fox being Fox, it took Schiff’s criticisms of how Comey handled the release of info about Trump and replayed it as part of its Mission Destroy Comey.

commented 2017-06-10 02:13:20 -0400 · Flag

I will stop whatever I am doing when Schiff or one of the other House Intelligence Dems comes on TV.

Whenever someone tells me the House Intelligence Committee is hopeless, I respond by saying I have faith these Democrats will figure out a way.

I believe one reason Nunes went so berserk is because Adam Schiff completely outsmarted him in that March hearing.

I love, love, love these guys.

commented 2017-06-10 01:11:49 -0400 · Flag

Schiff is a pistol. I fantasize about the Dems. taking over the House in 2018, initiating impeachment proceedings, and Schiff being one of the impeachment managers. He’s absolutely deadly when he’s laying out a case.

commented 2017-06-09 19:06:31 -0400 · Flag

The more I see and hear of this fella, the more impressed I am. Would make a good vice pres at least.

Not sure how much real point there is on Dems making a good impression on Fox – being as the channel is consumed primarily by the chronically wrong-headed and by those like us who are only there to giggle and point – but perhaps a special service should be set up to prepare liberals for the lions’ den they are to walk into.

commented 2017-06-09 14:31:35 -0400 · Flag

Wow! What an alternate universe #ComeyDay has turned Fox News into today. Nearly zero intersection with the msm and reality. 🤥

commented 2017-06-09 14:19:25 -0400 · Flag

Kudos to Congressman Schiff. But as long as partisan hacks like Speaker Eddie Munster Jr, Teabagging Trey Gowdy and Devil Nunes are “investigating” the Orange Orangutan in the Oval Office, we won’t get anywhere. Vote Democrat in 2018 and 2020!

commented 2017-06-09 12:52:14 -0400 · Flag

Glad you posted that. Too bad he didn’t mention Fox News’ Rudy October surprise. No way out for Bret.

“Fox & Friends” learned from Bret’s mistake so 100% of their face time was devoted to Republicans. The bulk of the show was turning Comey into a bogeyman.

commented 2017-06-09 10:37:57 -0400 · Flag

That will be Congressman Schiff’s last appearance on Fox.

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