{"id":61013,"date":"2018-03-21T04:46:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T04:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=61013"},"modified":"2018-03-21T04:46:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T04:46:36","slug":"fox-news-analyst-quits-calling-network-a-propaganda-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/fox-news-analyst-quits-calling-network-a-propaganda-machine.html","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Analyst Quits Calling Network a Propaganda Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News Analyst Quits Calling Network a Propaganda Machine<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

A longtime analyst for Fox News is leaving the network, saying that he could not \u201cin good conscience\u201d remain with an organization that, he argued, \u201cis now wittingly harming our system of government for profit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a searing farewell note sent to colleagues on Tuesday, Ralph Peters, a Fox News strategic analyst and a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, castigated the network for its coverage of President Trump and the rhetoric of its prime-time hosts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn 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,\u201d Colonel Peters wrote in his message, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOver my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association,\u201d he added. \u201cNow I am ashamed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Without citing them by name, Colonel Peters, 65, wrote that Fox News\u2019s prime-time anchors \u201cdismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the F.B.I., 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot be part of the same organization, even at a remove,\u201d he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fox News responded on Tuesday by saying it was \u201cextremely proud of our top-rated prime-time hosts and all of our opinion programming.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRalph Peters is entitled to his opinion despite the fact that he\u2019s choosing to use it as a weapon in order to gain attention,\u201d the network said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Colonel Peters, who appeared regularly on Fox News and the Fox Business Network \u2014 including as recently as Monday morning \u2014 spent more than two decades in the Army, eventually specializing in Russian intelligence. He began appearing as a television commentator in the late 1990s, and signed an exclusive contract with Fox in 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n

Typically hawkish in his views, Colonel Peters supported the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and was a strong proponent of confronting President Vladimir Putin of Russia. He was a fervent critic of former President Barack Obama, deriding his foreign policy as weak, and was briefly suspended by the network in 2015 after using a vulgarity to describe Mr. Obama during an appearance on Fox Business.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an email interview on Tuesday, Colonel Peters wrote that his letter had been \u201cintended for internal consumption,\u201d adding: \u201cI am not trying to grandstand. Fox was good to me for many years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He said he informed Fox News on March 1 that he did not plan to renew his contract, which expires toward the end of this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a retired military officer,\u201d he said, \u201cI simply could not continue with Fox in good conscience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019s commentary shows, like \u201cHannity\u201d and \u201cFox & Friends,\u201d have become stalwart defenders of Mr. Trump and his administration, often criticizing Mr. Mueller, the special counsel, and law enforcement agencies that have been investigating possible ties between the president\u2019s associates and Russian interference into the 2016 election.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fox News remains the No. 1 cable news network despite recent changes in its prime-time lineup. Since 2017, the conservative pundits Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham have replaced Megyn Kelly, who left for NBC News, and Bill O\u2019Reilly, who was fired after a harassment scandal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Colonel Peters\u2019s message to his colleagues, which was first reported by BuzzFeed News, included the caveat that not every Fox News host is \u201ca propaganda mouthpiece \u2014 some have shown courage.\u201d Colonel Peters also described his respect for colleagues at the Fox Business Network and reporters at Fox News, whom he called \u201ctalented professionals in a poisoned environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

An author of historical fiction and spy thrillers who writes a regular column in The New York Post, Colonel Peters gained notice in recent weeks after he called for an assault weapons ban in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-:-https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/03\/20\/business\/media\/fox-news-analyst-ralph-peters.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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