Anyone who knows my knows my opinion of major media outlets. It hovers between roly poly tail and snake belly. I’m no fan of Fox News, either, despite its efforts to cast itself against the “mainstream” media.
Whatever.
This afternoon, though, Mark Hiner on Shepard Smith’s breaking news team went well above what is expected engaging three Twitter users in a lengthy convo. It started with this:
This would be fine if we weren’t constantly engaged in war all around world. Hard on soldiers/families. https://t.co/aiiXpx6QCK
— Alan Cross (@AlanLCross) July 7, 2015
This thread followed:
@AlanLCross @martyduren Some reduction was needed a few years ago as we were bloated from the Surges. Now it’s getting a little too lean.
— Mike Chitwood (@Mike_Chitwood) July 7, 2015
@Mike_Chitwood @AlanLCross I didn’t know we were still in sequestration.
— Marty Duren (@martyduren) July 7, 2015
@martyduren @AlanLCross Well…depends on who defines the term. Some who don’t know any different think any reduction is sequestration.
— Mike Chitwood (@Mike_Chitwood) July 7, 2015
@martyduren @AlanLCross @FoxNews @ShepNewsTeam Could be, if so, we do need to be back in budget too. Everywhere should be open to cuts.
— Mike Chitwood (@Mike_Chitwood) July 7, 2015
Then, quite unexpectedly, Mark Hiner from Shepard Smith’s news team joined in:
@martyduren @Mike_Chitwood @AlanLCross @ShepNewsTeam Sequestration requires cutting army to 450k troops within 2 years
— mark hiner (@Marknewsdeck) July 7, 2015
@martyduren @Mike_Chitwood @AlanLCross @ShepNewsTeam (It’s currently 490k active troops)
— mark hiner (@Marknewsdeck) July 7, 2015
Usually, this is where these kinds of exchanges end. It’s a quick acknowledgement to the little people. A bit later however, this:
@Mike_Chitwood @AlanLCross @martyduren @ShepNewsTeam Ok – From our Brainroom: the Pentagon IS disproportionately hit by sequestration.. cont
— mark hiner (@Marknewsdeck) July 7, 2015
@Mike_Chitwood @AlanLCross @martyduren @ShepNewsTeam …about 50% of all cuts come from defense, 50% from all rest of fed govt agencies-cont
— mark hiner (@Marknewsdeck) July 7, 2015
@Mike_Chitwood @AlanLCross @martyduren @ShepNewsTeam Fed govt has cut 10’s of thousands of jobs in past 4 yrs, but most cuts are to defense
— mark hiner (@Marknewsdeck) July 7, 2015
@Mike_Chitwood @martyduren @AlanLCross @ShepNewsTeam Primarily bc defense is biggest and has most $ to cut, and bc Iraq/Afghan wars r over
— mark hiner (@Marknewsdeck) July 7, 2015
So, let the record reflect July 7, 2015 is the day I complimented Fox News. Mark did a great job (we all tweeted him our thanks). Give him a bonus, Shep!
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