When Fox News was interviewing Trump aide Kellyanne Conway, the news outlet decided to run a banner that read “A Coup In America?’ For those of you who haven’t busted out your dictionaries in awhile don’t you worry about it, I got you. The Webster’s definition of the word coup is a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government: If you were to use it in a sentence, it would be “he was overthrown in an army coup” the synonyms:
Twitter is dropping knowledge.
.@KellyannePolls: "The fix was in against @realDonaldTrump from the beginning, and they were pro-Hillary… They can't possibly be seen as objective or transparent or even-handed or fair." @WattersWorld pic.twitter.com/WIB3aS4KhC
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 17, 2017
The more the White House interferes politically with this investigation, the more they prove why a Special Counsel was necessary in the first place. https://t.co/HUMOZkdt4m
— Brandt (@UrbanAchievr) December 17, 2017
Cable news banners don’t just appear out of thin air. Producers brainstorm, fact-check, proof-read them. Hosts are sometimes involved too. Yes, mistakes slip through occasionally. But this doesn’t look like a mistake… pic.twitter.com/nZkbRyKxUE
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 17, 2017
Use of the word "coup" by @FoxNews after Russia has deliberately worked to destabilize US democracy is extremely irresponsible and should be roundly condemned.
— Ron Nehring (@RonNehring) December 17, 2017
.@KellyannePolls: "The fix was in against @realDonaldTrump from the beginning, and they were pro-Hillary… They can't possibly be seen as objective or transparent or even-handed or fair." @WattersWorld pic.twitter.com/5u0mdmcrXL
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 17, 2017
The best preparation for an actual coup (against the judiciary) is to claim that there has already been a coup (against the people).
The scary is ratcheting up. https://t.co/RWFvx8PnJ1
— Yascha Mounk (@Yascha_Mounk) December 17, 2017
Fox News throwing the c-word around with the kind of carelessness I've only ever seen in the Middle East pic.twitter.com/LnTCXhJLLg
— Sulome Anderson (@SulomeAnderson) December 17, 2017
Fox News is seemingly suggesting the Mueller investigation, which began in May (seven months ago), is a coup.
This is the definition of a coup or coups d'etat: “a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.” https://t.co/2x7kygbTZ7
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) December 17, 2017
I see we’re up to step 5: claiming a coup is threatening the president. pic.twitter.com/QDH1jCNKx2
— Matt Bevan ? (@MatthewBevan) December 17, 2017
Check yo’ self before you wreck yo’ self, Fox News…if we can even call you a “news” source anymore.