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aristarchus [soylentnews.org] writes:

Media Matters [mediamatters.org]:

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) spent part of his Friday morning on Fox & Friends, reeling off attacks on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), and congressional Democrats. But thanks to the typically placid questioning from the program’s co-hosts, he escaped without having to comment publicly on the issue currently roiling his caucus -- McCarthy’s ongoing support for Marjorie Taylor Greene, the QAnon conspiracy theorist who won the party’s nomination for a Georgia congressional seat on Tuesday.

Fox’s failure to press McCarthy about Greene reflects the network’s unwillingness to challenge QAnon, an all-encompassing extremist ideology which postulates that President Donald Trump is on the verge of uncovering a worldwide satanic pedophilia ring composed of Democratic leaders and celebrities. Fox and its cadre of right-wing stars could have tried to prevent QAnon’s rise -- and as an overwhelmingly powerful force in conservative politics, they may have been able to do it and have a responsibility to try. But instead, they have alternately ignored and flirted with QAnon, even as its supporters have multiplied and infested the Republican Party.

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