The CNN host said Wednesday that Fox News will publish questions for President-elect Donald Trump ahead of the town hall, and that former staffers at his network have never previously relayed questions from debates or town halls. Without mentioning it, he criticized Fox News for allegedly “violating journalistic ethics.” To former Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
The network cited Alex Eisenstadt's new book, “Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return,” which says someone who works for Fox News handed Trump questions before a town hall in January. During a Fox News interview, CNN host Kate Bolduan revealed that former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile leaked debate and town hall questions to the Clinton campaign when she was a network contributor. was not mentioned.
“Last January, someone within Fox News sent me a new book claiming that Donald Trump and his team were pre-questioned at a Fox News town hall in Iowa. Let me be clear: Interviewing and passing questions before town hall is a serious violation of journalistic ethics,” Boldan said.
Citing the book, CNN media correspondent Hadas Gold said that a senior aide received the questions for the town hall via text message and spoke in front of a town hall moderated by FOX News' Martha McCallum and Brett. He reported that he had time to do an “answer workshop.” Buyer.
Fox News told the Daily Caller News Foundation that it has not yet received evidence to support Insenstadt's claims, but that it will investigate and take the matter seriously. The network also said that if there was a breach, it was not committed by McCollum, Baier or top editorial levels.
“Although we have no evidence that this is happening and Alex Eisenstadt conveniently refuses to release images for fact-checking, we take these matters very seriously. “We are fully aware of the situation and will investigate any breaches within our network that we learn of,” FOX News said. said in a statement.
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During interviews, organizers declined to mention that former contributor Donna Brazile provided debate and town hall questions for the Clinton campaign during the 2016 campaign. An email hacked from then-Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's account meant that Brazile would be asked the then-Democratic candidate during a March 13 town hall co-hosted by CNN and TV One. It was revealed that he had provided questions to the Clinton campaign. Brazil also shared questions from a debate hosted by CNN a week ago.
A March 5, 2016 email Brazile said she shared questions that were scheduled to be asked at a March 6 debate in Flint, Michigan, with Podesta and public relations director Jennifer Palmieri. separate email On the March 12 show, Brazil said he took town hall questions from TV One host Roland Martin, who co-hosted the March 13 town hall with CNN host Jake Tapper. The situation was broadcast.
Brazil resigned from CNN in October 2016 following the email leak. The network said it was “totally disgusted” by the former poster's actions and accepted her resignation. Former CNN chief Jeff Zucker said in a November 2016 statement that Brazil's leaking of questions from debates and town halls was “unethical” and “disgusting.” (Related: Hillary campaign accuses Donna Brazile of spreading “false Russian-fueled propaganda”)
Zucker previously told network employees, “I have no tolerance for her actions or any of that type of behavior.”
Following her resignation, Brazil I wrote In a Time magazine article published on March 17, 2017, she said she was “working behind the scenes to make it all happen.” [the] The Democratic candidate looks good. “It was a mistake” to leak the question to the Clinton campaign, she wrote. [she] I'll never forget it. ”
“I worked behind the scenes to add more town hall events and debates to the mainstream calendar, and to make sure those events had diverse moderators and were important for underrepresented communities. We helped ensure that important topics were addressed,” Brazil wrote. “My job is to make all Democratic candidates look good, and I worked closely with both campaigns to make that happen. But sending those emails was a mistake I will forever regret.” did.”
Ahead of the 2024 election, Trump campaign national press secretary Caroline Leavitt assured the Trump campaign that CNN had not leaked any questions to President Joe Biden ahead of the June 27 debate. said.
CNN did not immediately respond to DCNF's request for comment.
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