{"id":185040,"date":"2016-01-27T19:09:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T19:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=185040"},"modified":"2016-01-27T19:09:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T19:09:58","slug":"fox-news-fires-back-at-trump-over-debate-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/fox-news-fires-back-at-trump-over-debate-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News fires back at Trump over debate boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fox News has fired back at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his refusal to participate in their debate on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
The network said in a statement that Mr Trump’s decision is “unprecedented” and rooted in his dislike for one of the debate hosts, Megyn Kelly.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump clashed with Ms Kelly at a Fox News debate last year and had demanded she be removed from Thursday’s panel.<\/p>\n
His decision to pull out has been mocked by his Republican rivals.<\/p>\n
The debate is the final one before the first real test of the election campaign, the Iowa caucus on Monday when voters in the state pick their presidential nominee.<\/p>\n
“Capitulating to politicians’ ultimatums about a debate moderator violates all journalistic standards, as do threats,” the Fox News network said in a statement.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fox News has fired back at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his refusal to participate in their debate on Thursday night. The network said in a statement that Mr Trump’s decision is “unprecedented” and rooted in his dislike for one of the debate hosts, Megyn Kelly. Mr Trump clashed with Ms Kelly at a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n