Now that a liberal third party candidate could potentially help Hillary Clinton, journalists have discovered her. That’s the message Brent Bozell delivered as he appeared on the Fox Business Channel, Tuesday, to blast the networks for suddenly caring about Jill Stein and her selective recount.
Citing a new Media Research Center study, Bozell explained, “For the entirety of the 2016 campaign Jill Stein received 36 seconds coverage.... In four days, since announcing this ridiculous recount, 7 minutes and 26 seconds. Twelve times as much.”
What’s the reason for this sudden interest in the failed Green Party candidate? Bozell informed, “In the general election, any coverage given to [Stein], theoretically would have hurt Hillary Clinton. Now with this recount, any coverage given to her will help Hillary Clinton.”
The MRC President declared that the networks “absolutely censored [Stein] during the campaign.”
A transcript of the Varney and Co. segment is below:
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Varney and Co.
11/29/16
10:17
STUART VARNEY: Now, reports show the broadcast networks have given the Jill Stein vote recount effort 12 times more coverage than they gave her entire presidential campaign. Brent Bozell, Media Research Center president is with us. Why do you think this is, Brent?
BRENT BOZELL: Well, Let's go first to the presidential campaign. It is not an easy call on the part of networks how much coverage to give a third-party candidate, a distant one. Because on the one hand it is a distant third, or fourth place in the case of Jill Stein. On the other hand ,they will never get any kind of coverage or attention if they don't get some kind of media coverage. All that said, for the entirety of the 2016 campaign Jill Stein received 36 seconds coverage. Thirty six second! Think about that! And in four days, in four days, since announcing this ridiculous recount, 7 minutes and 26 seconds, 12 times as much. So, what is going on here, Stuart? In the general election, any coverage given to her, theoretically would have hurt Hillary Clinton. Now with this recount, any coverage given to her will help Hillary Clinton.
VARNEY: You think? You think it helps Hillary Clinton? I think she looks like an opportunist.
BOZELL: I’m sorry. She stands no chance, but, unless Jill Stein can overturn a million and some votes, this is obviously going nowhere. But theoretically, the longest of long shots, this might help Hillary Clinton. It is not going to happen. It’s not going to happen, but this favors her. Jill Stein's campaign in 2016 will have hurt Hillary Clinton and they absolutely censored her during the campaign.
VARNEY: I want you to explain to our viewers what Donald Trump is doing having dinner, again, tonight with Mitt Romney. Do you think Mr. Trump is trying to torture him? I heard that bandied around, what say you?
BOZELL: God only knows what Donald Trump thinks sometimes. Look, so far his appointments from a conservative standpoint have been just terrific. I’m really pleased to see it. Reince Priebus, Steve Bannon, Tom Price today and others. Senator Sessions, great selections. Mitt Romney not good. Mitt Romney is the personification of that which Donald Trump's supporters opposed in supporting Donald Trump, if that winded sentence made any sense. He not only opposed Donald Trump but he opposed him to the very end and did so in such dismissive disrespectful terms. You have to wonder how suddenly Mitt Romney will have any respect for this man. I don't see it and would not be a good choice especially Stuart, especially when there is a plethora of riches from which to choose whether it is Giuliani, Bolton, Petraeus. So many others.
