Monday, January 24, 2022

Happy Hour!

Pirro is co hosting The Five.

Fox Karen ends her longtime weekend show to join the circus of The Five. The far-right agitator signs off her longtime show Justice with Jeanine Pirro.

Eleven years ago, "Justice with Judge Jeanine" began, hosted by a former prosecutor, judge and D.A. sitting not in a courtroom with armed deputies, but instead in a studio armed with teleprompters, monitors and a dedicated staff and crew. The mission was a familiar one: finding truth and justice — the jury bigger, though. In fact, a national one, thus bringing you truth, justice and the American way. Each and every week, we watched events unfold in America together through the lens of this studio. When we started this journey, we were all a bit younger, but not as wise as we are now. We were certainly more optimistic. 

I thank you for fighting for me, and you know who you are. So as we reach the end of this journey, don't think you're getting rid of me just yet. I'll be going to the number one show on all of cable news this Monday, "The Five," right here on Fox, so you'll be able to see me five days a week. I will continue to fight for all of you, to make my views known, to make my arguments clear and to fight for the America that we all know and love. I'll be sitting there looking out for you, as always, and hopefully you'll be right there looking back at me.

She joins The Five along with rotating Fox "liberals" Harold Ford, Jr., Jessica Tarlov and Karen Rivera.

The other hosts who also have weekday shows include Karen Perino, Karen Watters and Karen Gutfeld.

Karen Pirro, the drunk former New York state prosecutor turned far-right agitator is a sycophant for Washed Up 45 and his goons. In 2018, Pirro and "Softball" Hannity got yelled at when they appeared on stage with Washed Up 45 in Missouri. They violated their "journalistic" credibility by appearing on stage.

But of course, Fox doesn't have a standard. They could have gotten rid of her years ago, but since she pulls in ratings, they keep her on. Same with that annoying agitator, "Softball" Hannity.

The FEC did not find Fox in violation of having them on stage.

The original complaint, filed in March 2019 by Florida lawyer Michael Edelman, argued that when Fox "Softball" Hannity and Pirro appeared alongside the former president at a November 2018 rally in support of white nationalist Karen Hawley, they were acting as "agents" for Fox and thus making an illegal corporate in-kind contribution to the Missouri's Republican's campaign.

Ahead of the rally, :Softball" Hannity had declared that he would "not be on stage campaigning with the President" but would instead be interviewing Washed Up 45 before the rally and covering the event for his show.

But then Washed Up 45 called him up to the podium anyway, prompting Hannity to tell the former president that he "had no idea you were going to invite me up here."

In a February 2020 legal analysis, the commission's legal counsel accepted Fox's argument, noting that all publicly-available information indicating that Hannity and Pirro did appear in their personal capacities. 

"Neither Hannity nor Pirro mentioned Fox News in their comments, Fox News did not cover or broadcast their comments, and it disavowed their appearances the very next day," read the analysis.

The commission chose not to address Fox's second argument, that Hannity and Pirro were acting as journalists. "It is unnecessary to resolve Fox News's argument that the media exemption applies," read the analysis.

Ultimately, the commission voted 5 -1 in December to dismiss the complaint. Only Republican Commissioner Karen Trainor voted against the dismissal, though he did not provide an explanation for his vote.

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