Fox News host Howard Kurtz issued a series of fact-checks before cutting to commercial breaks on Sunday on Media Buzz as the network aired his wide-ranging interview with former President Donald Trump.
Throughout the lengthy discussion in which Trump spoke at length about everything from claims of migrants eating pets in Ohio to blaming Rep. Nancy Pelosi for the Jan. 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, Kurtz at times challenged Trump.
After the first segment of the interview in which Trump hit CBS’s 60 Minutes for what he alleged had selectively edited him to make him appear less flattering over the years. He also hit the program over a recent interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, which he said was edited to protect her.
During the first ad break amid the interview, Kurtz told Fox News viewers, “60 Minutes showed a promo clip of Vice President Harris giving one answer to a question on another show and broadcasting a different answer to the same question. Nancy Pelosi said she never received a National Guard offer from Trump on January 6, though he was involved in some National Guard discussions in earlier days.”
Later, Kurtz and Trump discussed Jan. 6 in greater detail. During one moment, Trump claimed a “small group” of people “went down to the Capitol” and were welcomed in by police. He added the day was one of “beauty” and “love.”
Kurtz pushed back, commenting the day was “very violent” and that many police officers were assaulted. Trump said that his supporters were in Washington that day to peacefully protest a “stolen” election.
Before Fox News cut to an ad break, Kurtz told his viewers, “To clarify, police did not usher protesters into the Capitol. They were totally overrun, though in some cases, they may have beaten a tactical retreat. Donald Trump continues to argue, as you know, that the last election was rigged, though that’s never been proven in any of the lawsuits filed.”
After the interview concluded, Kurtz told network viewers:
After our interview, Donald Trump flew to Pennsylvania, Arnold Palmer’s hotel, where he discussed golfer’s – size of his manhood, dismissed Kamala Harris with a curse word, and asked the old Reagan question, “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” The vice president was in Atlanta, where she made the case for abortion rights, said Trump lacked compassion, and was joined by the family of a Georgia woman who died and didn’t receive proper medical care due to abortion restrictions.
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