Fox News is a network that has staked a claim to being “fair and balanced” along with having a proudly conservative point of view. To assure the network its credibility, unlike fake news networks like CNN and MSNBC, Fox News has always welcomed liberals on its programs to present the opposing perspective.
These reporters have run the gamut from widely respected, open-minded and highly insightful commentators like former Jimmy Carter staffer to hack journalists such as failed National Public Radio reporter Juan Williams. However, Fox News may have finally gone too far with its most recent hire.
According to reports, Fox News has just hired Ezekiel Emanuel to be a contributor. Emanuel is infamous for being, together with Jonathan Gruber, the architect of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. He will serve as a healthcare and policy analyst on Fox News.
Emanuel has appeared on Fox News before, and Tucker Carlson has made quick work of him. Said Tucker about Emanuel’s pet project, “Obamacare is the biggest piece of social reorganization passed in [his] lifetime, and yet it has never, as far as I know, received majority support. Shouldn’t you get buy-in from the public before reorganizing their health care?”
Replied Emanuel on that program, “Wait, did you ask me a question? Let me answer the question, please. A little respect. The only provision that scores under 50 percent is the mandate, and people haven’t understood that if you want no pre-existing disease, condition, exclusion, you have to have a mandate. Those are inexplicably linked. The public, of course, would like their cake and eat it too, but you cannot have both of those.” Do you think Fox News made a mistake in hiring him?