Fox News Ignores Arrest Of Former FBI Informant

Mediaite reports:

After months of touting the claims of a former FBI informant who now stands accused of lying to the Bureau, Fox News’ primetime lineup completely ignored this news after it broke on Thursday. Chairman James Comer (R-KY) notched more than 200 appearances on Fox News where he incessantly teased damning information against the Bidens. That information crucially included Alexander Smirnov’s claims.

On Friday’s All In on MSNBC, Chris Hayes aired a rapid-fire monologue of Fox hosts and guests, promoting said allegations. “Trusted,” Hayes sarcastically echoed. “So trusted. So reliable. Highly credible. In fact, in just one year, Sean Hannity promoted the bogus claims of that so-called trusted informant no less than 85 times on his show. Twenty-eight of those segments were Hannity monologues.”

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For months, the right-wing media promoted claims from an “informant” to make their case against the Bidens. But after the informant was arrested for lying to the FBI, the Fox News primetime hosts were oddly silent. pic.twitter.com/nlSGLzgE3t

— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) February 17, 2024