Fox News A-OK With Host Watters’ Urging ‘Deadly’ ‘Kill Shot’ Against Dr. Fauci

While decent people are horrified by Fox host Jesse Watters calling on conservatives to ambush Dr. Anthony Fauci with a “deadly” “kill shot,” Fox News is painting Watters as the victim.

As Ellen previously posted, Watters urged attendees at a right-wing Turning Point USA conference to stalk and ambush Dr. Fauci over the debunked claim that he funded research spawning the coronavirus pandemic. Watters’ obviously pre-preared remarks were filled with murder talk.

WATTERS: He’s been able to dodge and weave on ABC and NBC. No one’s ever hit him in the face like this. … So then he's in trouble. Now you’re going for the kill shot. The kill shot with an ambush – deadly, because he doesn’t see it coming.

This is when you say, “Dr. Fauci, you funded risky research at a sloppy Chinese lab, the same lab that sprung this pandemic on the world. You know why people don’t trust you, don’t you?” Boom!!! He is dead! He is dead! He's done!

You do that in 30 seconds – that’s all you need! 30 seconds! Now you get that footage to us, you get it to Fox, you get it to Human Events, you get it to Breitbart, you get it to Daily Caller, you get it to The Turning Point Pipeline.

Imagine, Tucker Carlson teases out of the A Block: “Coming up: Brave college student confronts Lord Fauci at dinner!”

Fox released a statement yesterday that seems to offer no concern for Fauci’s safety. That is not a huge surprise given that the network has attacked Fauci more than 400 times in 2021 alone, including Fox Nation host Lara Logan likening him to Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele. But while Fox seems to have sidelined Logan, the network could not be more supportive of poor, misunderstood Watters.

Mediaite has the Fox statement:

“Based on watching the full clip and reading the entire transcript, it’s more than clear that Jesse Watters was using a metaphor for asking hard-hitting questions to Dr. Fauci about gain-of-function research and his words have been twisted completely out of context,” Fox News said, in its statement.

You can watch Watters’ December 20, 2021 remarks below, via Media Matters.

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commented 2021-12-24 10:28:21 -0500 · Flag

Fox stalker Watters sure helped Dominion in the lawsuit against Fox… not as Tucker … but as another example of its actual malice.
Using Fox rules other can report the court case….
“Dominion murders Fox in billion dollar court case…”
“Fox ambushed by facts in court”…

Etc….

commented 2021-12-23 09:08:57 -0500 · Flag

Watters should be careful of what he says. Words, actions and deeds have that, what goes around comes around, tendency.

commented 2021-12-23 05:30:57 -0500 · Flag

I agree with Ellen: this crew is playing “Let’s you and him/her fight”, where the third party is wanting blood without being personally involved in spilling it.

commented 2021-12-22 23:33:18 -0500 · Flag

Aria, I have to think this crew WANTS to see people killed.

scooter, Given that Watters got his start working for O’Reilly, he must know all too well the power of “Tiller the baby killer.” Also, see above.

commented 2021-12-22 19:06:13 -0500 · Flag

I status’d this on my Facebook, but if Fox News was in any way a responsible outlet, Watters would not only be fired, he’d be fined and blacklisted from getting another gig on that side of the camera. But the fairness doctrine’s dead, and the FCC can’t do their jobs, so we get to see yet again that one of their hosts getting someone killed won’t even slow them down.

commented 2021-12-22 17:13:40 -0500 · Flag

This incident will be Exhibit #1 when someone has the guts and wherewithal to make a case to deplatform Fox to the FCC or whoever. It is LUDICROUS that an officially licensed broadcaster can spread lies, hate and encouragement to violence while not at least claiming parody status.

commented 2021-12-22 12:14:10 -0500 · Flag

In all likelihood someone is going to attempt to kill Dr. Fauci and the blame will be able to be placed directly at FOX’s doorstep. Remember Bill O’Reilly and “Tiller the Baby Killer?” Will it make any difference to what FOX broadcasts, or how they behave? Not a chance. FOX has doubled down so many times, there is no low they won’t stoop to and defend. FOX is a cancer on America, and must be excised.