Fox Business baselessly attacks Senate candidate John Fetterman’s use of closed captioning: “Is somebody typing in his answers?”
Maria Bartiromo: “I mean, how is he going to make decisions about Pennsylvania and fight for the Pennsylvanian people if, in fact, he needs to have a device alongside him?”
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Citation From the October 13, 2022, edition of Fox Business’ Mornings with Maria Bartiromo
MARIA BARTIROMO (HOST): I’ve got to get your reaction to this. There’s Fetterman, in an interview, reading the questions that she’s saying. Is somebody typing in his answers? What was that all about?
MEHMET OZ (REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE): It’s called closed captioning, as you know. It’s actually what he has requested in the only debate he’s granted me, which will be in two weeks, so it’s getting towards the end here. But finally, I’m going to be able to talk to him.
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BARTIROMO: Well, it’s also very questionable to understand the need for this computer to be with him. I mean, how is he going to make decisions about Pennsylvania and fight for the Pennsylvanian people if, in fact, he needs to have a device alongside him? So, is this just all the time he needs that device, or is it just during an interview? I don't understand.
OZ: No one knows. We’ve not been actually exposed to this before. It’s the first in-person interview. Here we are, you know, less than a month before the election, and I’ve been asking John Fetterman to answer questions on the campaign trail. Initially, he wasn’t even on the campaign trail for the first couple months. But answer questions from voters, answer questions from reporters while you’re actually campaigning. That's what we normally do in a democracy. And the concern, of course, is that if you don’t ever leave your home and answer questions, we don’t know the answers to the questions you’re asking.
But, I don't think there’s closed captioning on the floor of the Senate, and maybe he doesn’t need closed captioning when he’s actually moving around. But maybe he does. Again, a lot of question marks, and voters deserve better.