re: Why isn’t Fox Talking About Giuliani Claim About Underage Girl

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Fox likes to verify rumors before reporting news items so they can present it as "unverified". i.e., "we have verified that this supposed breaking news item is unverifiable.

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Exactly - source the story in another part of the company so that the losses are mitigated when Biden sues later.

This is quite an evolution from the Karl Rove strategy in 1994 Bush v Ann Richards election. Karl had people flyer all the churches in Texas the Sun before election day that Ann Richards had personally had abortions. She was polled to win, but lost two days later. Many people cited the rumor as the reason they changed their vote. The rumor was later proved a lie of course, but Bush won and denied everything.

Years later during an interview - Karl wouldn't deny that he orchestrated the entire thing. His response was that winning is the only thing that matters.

Here we go again