CNN’s Stelter: ‘Hurts All of Us’ When Fox News Trashes the Impeachment Hearings

‘It hurts all of us because it makes it impossible to have a debate about the facts, the substance that’s at stake’

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CABRERA: "But are the facts breaking through and they’re just spinning them? Or are they disregarding the facts altogether?"
STELTER: "I think they’re operating in an alternative universe where the damaging information that comes out during these hearings is discarded and blamed on rogue elements or things like that or what they say is the deep state. It is this echo chamber that is getting stronger and stronger that I think these fox personalities are inside. Ultimately, it hurts all of us because it makes it impossible to have a debate about the facts, the substance that’s at stake. They’re ignoring the constitutional issues at play, but this has been very effective. I have to say, hannity’s ratings were very high this week. Not as high as the hearings overall. I think most people did hear something about the testimony, whether they soaked it up through their social media feeds, et cetera. But hannity is 1,000% behind President Trump. So are these other players in the right-wing media universe. They’re showing no signs of being concerned so far."

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