Fox Host Finds A Way To Link Benghazi To NFL Domestic Violence Debate

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It was only a matter of time before someone at Fox News managed to use the controversy surrounding the NFL and the way it handles domestic violence cases to bring up the beloved Benghazi scandal.

On Tuesday, “Fox and Friends” host Elisabeth Hasselbeck lamented that more people seem to care about the way the NFL handled Ray Rice’s domestic assault than care about the Benghazi attack.

Using current events to turn attention back to Benghazi is one of the network’s favorite pastimes. Conservatives often claim that the White House times its announcements and scandals to distract from the most important controversy at hand.

H/t Media Matters

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  1. Aaaaand here we go again… 1,099 and counting…

  2. Fox and Friends has around 1 million viewers…129 million voters in the last election…so who cares…

  3. “It was only a matter of time before someone at Fox News managed to use the controversy surrounding the NFL and the way it handles domestic violence cases to bring up the beloved Benghazi scandal.”

    Oh, Caitlan Macneal…you’re a stitch. How prescient of you.
    NFL = Benghazi-palooza…
    Of course it does, along with everything else in Wingnutlandia.

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