11/01/2024
Jonathan Capehart/Ruth Marcus are as liberal as you can get for starters. Therefore, why bother – they both have closed minds which makes it hard to try to put two and two together and end up with a fair story – rather than always ending up with a fairy story.
I applaud that Bezos was trying to have a conservative in house with Hewitt and the fact he tried to keep it level with no endorsement.
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Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt resigned from the Washington Post after feuding Friday with two of the newspaper’s liberal columnists during a live talk show — calling it “the most unfair election ad I’ve ever been a part of.”
Hewitt, a contributing columnist for the embattled Jeff Bezos-owned broadsheet, stormed off the set during the online show the “First Look” with liberal columnists Jonathan Capehart and Ruth Marcus that veered into whether former President Trump was “laying the groundwork” to contest Tuesday’s election if he lost.
Hewitt, who hosts a nationally syndicated radio show, then quit the paper, which has been roiled by owner Jeff Bezos’s decision to kill an endorsement for Vice President Kamala Harris.
He has written hundreds of columns for the paper since since 2017.
“I have in fact quit the Post but I was only writing a column for them every six weeks or so,” Hewitt told Fox News Digital.
The New York Post has sought comment from the Washington Post.
Friday’s blowup happened during a conservation about a lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign in Pennsylvania, where a judge agreed to a request to extend in-person voting in Bucks County.
Hugh Hewitt (top right) appeared on a Washington Post discussion about the election with Jonathan Capehart (left) and Ruth Marcus (bottom right). X/@BrentHBaker
Hewitt stormed off after an argument about a lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign in Pennsylvania. X/@BrentHBaker
Hewitt isn’t visible in the above frame after ripping out his headset and leaving the broadcast. X/@BrentHBaker
The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee successfully sought an extension of the deadline after several people who were on line for mail ballots were turned away after the 5 p.m. cutoff on Tuesday.
“Is it me or does it seem like Donald Trump is laying the groundwork for contesting the election,” Capehart asked Marcus.
“By claiming that cheating was taking place, but suing Bucks County [Pennsylvania] for alleged irregularities.”
Marcus replied that Trump has been “laying the ground work” to contest the election for months.
Hewitt accused Capehart and Marcus of not reporting “the whole story” about the lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania. X/@BrentHBaker
Hewitt then tried to get a word in, saying: “Jonathan, I’ve gotta speak up.”
“Let Ruth finish, Hugh,” Capehart, who is also an MSNBC host, shot back.
After Marcus was done, Hewitt said: “Well, I’ve just got to say, we’re news people, even though it’s the opinion section. It’s got to be reported.”
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Don’t appreciate being lectured about reporting when you many times
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“Bucks County was reversed by the court and instructed to open up extra days because they violated the law and told people to go home.”
Hewitt also mentioned the recent Supreme Court ruling that backed Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s move to purge 1,600 people from voter rolls.
Marcus said that Trump was “laying the ground work” to contest the election. X/@BrentHBaker
“We are news people, even though we have opinions, and we have to report the whole story if we bring up part of the story. So, yes, he’s upset about Bucks County, but he was right and he won in court. That’s the story,” Hewitt said.
After a brief pause, Capehart told Hewitt, “I don’t appreciate being lectured about reporting when, Hugh, many times you come here saying lots of things that aren’t based in fact.”
(Wrong, Mr. Hewitt is respected for true facts not fairy tales (tails).
The accusation infuriated Hewitt.
“I won’t come back, Jonathan, I’m done,” he said, ripping his earpiece out and standing up.
“I’m done. This is the most unfair election ad I’ve ever been a part of. You guys are working, that’s fine, I’m done.”
Capehart said he didn’t “appreciate being lecture about reporting” by Hewitt who has “come here saying lots of things that aren’t based in fact.” X/@BrentHBaker
Conservative media luminaries lauded the veteran radio host and pundit for standing up to Capehart’s badgering.
“BRAVO @hughhewitt! Factual, sober, brave and appropriately FED UP with these left-wing hacks posing as journalists,” beamed fellow conservative radio host Megyn Kelly.
The testy exchange comes amid upheaval at the Washington Post over Bezos’ decision not to allow the editorial board to print an endorsement for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
Bezos warned in an Oct. 28 op-ed that the paper’s staff had been “increasingly” willing to “talk only to a certain elite,” rather than the broader American public.
“More and more, we talk to ourselves,” Bezos wrote. “It wasn’t always this way — in the 1990s we achieved 80 percent household penetration in the D.C. metro area.”
The anger over Bezos’ decision led to resignations at the newspaper. It’s been reported that 250,000 readers have canceled their subscriptions in protest.
Bravo Mr. Hewitt. You tried to work with the left and it shows – they don’t want two sides to any story – only the left’s.
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