DOVER, Del. — During a meeting with 18 Delaware Tea Party leaders here on Wednesday, Newt Gingrich lambasted FOX News Channel, accusing the cable network of having been in the tank for Mitt Romney from the beginning of the Republican presidential fight. An employee himself of the news outlet as recently as last year, he also cited former colleagues for attacking him out of what he characterized as personal jealousy.
“I think FOX has been for Romney all the way through,” Gingrich said during the private meeting — to which RealClearPolitics was granted access — at Wesley College. “In our experience, Callista and I both believe CNN is less biased than FOX this year. We are more likely to get neutral coverage out of CNN than we are of FOX, and we’re more likely to get distortion out of FOX. That’s just a fact.”
Gingrich’s contract as a FOX News contributor was terminated last spring as he geared up for his White House run.
The former House speaker’s blunt remarks came in response to a question from one of the state Tea Party leaders about the manner in which his campaign has been treated by conservative media outlets.
Gingrich did not pull his punches in accusing Rupert Murdoch — the chairman and CEO of News Corp., FOX News’ parent company — of pushing for Romney behind the scenes.
Read More at Real Clear Politics. By Scott Conroy.
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Fox News is just as bad as all the media in the United States. There controled by the World Bankers Too. You have to watch news from other countries to get the truth….Media sucks here in the USA like are President a md the left. ……
Are you suggesting el jazera,you know the raghead station that Obuma likes or maybe a Castro or Chavez radio station.
Newt is a bitter old fart who is mad because he is losing.When he won SC you didn't hear the fat ass complain.Now him and his trophy wife were on Fox more then Romney,Santorum and Paul.When you were hired by Fox you took the money and ran like you did with Fanny and Freddie.
I would not vote for Newt but he is right Fox news has been for Mitt all along you dont here them talking at all about Ron Paul or newt all I have heard from them is how Mitt will win that is the one they want in the White House I use to like Fox news but they are crooks just like the other stations after they got rid of Beck and the Judge that did it for me I will vote for who I want not for who fox new thinks I should Ron Paul is the one I will vote for and if you are smart dont listen to Fox News and vote for who you want