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Ralph Peters Rips Fox News, Quits
Tuesday, 20 Mar 2018 09:28 PM
Veteran Fox News analyst, retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters is reportedly leaving the network — accusing it of fueling paranoia and serving as a "propaganda machine" for the Trump administration.
"In my view, Fox has degenerated from providing a legitimate and much-needed outlet for conservative voices to a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration," Peters wrote in a farewell note sent to his Fox colleagues Tuesday, The New York Times reported, saying it obtained a copy of the note.
"Four decades ago, I took an oath as a newly commissioned officer. I swore to 'support and defend the Constitution,' and that oath did not expire when I took off my uniform. Today, I feel that Fox News is assaulting our constitutional order and the rule of law, while fostering corrosive and unjustified paranoia among viewers," the note stated.
"Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association. Now, I am ashamed."
Peters wrote Fox News' prime-time anchors "dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller."
"I cannot be part of the same organization, even at a remove," he wrote.
Fox News responded it was "extremely proud" of its hosts "and all of our opinion programming," and "Ralph Peters is entitled to his opinion despite the fact that he's choosing to use it as a weapon in order to gain attention."
In an email interview with the Times, Peters said his letter had been "intended for internal consumption," adding: "I am not trying to grandstand. Fox was good to me for many years."
He told the Times he told Fox News on March 1 he did not plan to renew his contract, which expires near the end of this month, because "as a retired military officer, I simply could not continue with Fox in good conscience."
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Ralph Peters Rips Fox News, Quits
Tuesday, 20 Mar 2018 09:28 PM
Veteran Fox News analyst, retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters is reportedly leaving the network — accusing it of fueling paranoia and serving as a "propaganda machine" for the Trump administration.
"In my view, Fox has degenerated from providing a legitimate and much-needed outlet for conservative voices to a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration," Peters wrote in a farewell note sent to his Fox colleagues Tuesday, The New York Times reported, saying it obtained a copy of the note.
"Four decades ago, I took an oath as a newly commissioned officer. I swore to 'support and defend the Constitution,' and that oath did not expire when I took off my uniform. Today, I feel that Fox News is assaulting our constitutional order and the rule of law, while fostering corrosive and unjustified paranoia among viewers," the note stated.
"Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association. Now, I am ashamed."
Peters wrote Fox News' prime-time anchors "dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller."
"I cannot be part of the same organization, even at a remove," he wrote.
Fox News responded it was "extremely proud" of its hosts "and all of our opinion programming," and "Ralph Peters is entitled to his opinion despite the fact that he's choosing to use it as a weapon in order to gain attention."
In an email interview with the Times, Peters said his letter had been "intended for internal consumption," adding: "I am not trying to grandstand. Fox was good to me for many years."
He told the Times he told Fox News on March 1 he did not plan to renew his contract, which expires near the end of this month, because "as a retired military officer, I simply could not continue with Fox in good conscience."
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