Watch Media Matters' Julie Millican on the CBC highlight how Trump's impeachment defense is “100 percent coming from the right wing media”
Millican: “It's almost indistinguishable at this point what is coming from Fox, and what is originating with the White House”
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Citation From the January 29, 2020, edition of CBC's The National:
SUSAN ORMISTON: Day one of the trial, with 11 million Americans tuned in, Fox News at times muted the debate to recite a list of the president's accomplishments.
JULIE MILLICAN: You know, the Trump defense is 100 percent coming from the right wing media. It's almost indistinguishable at this point what is coming from Fox, and what is originating with the White House.
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ORMISTON: Researchers at Media Matters, a liberal monitoring group, say their data shows a direct pipeline between Trump's legal team and conservative commentary.
His core lawyers Alan Dershowitz, Sekulow, Bondi and Robert Wray, they specifically have been on Fox 365 times just last year.
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ORMISTON: Millican says Trump praises One America News to keep Fox in line.
MILLICAN: If Fox is not willing to play ball on something, One America will step in and do it.