Article snippet: In a televised Fox News Channel town hall event Sunday, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg defended his decision to appear on the network, days after Senator Elizabeth Warren spurned Fox as a ‘‘hate-for-profit racket.’’ During an hourlong conversation with moderator Chris Wallace, Buttigieg tried to distinguish between Fox News’ reporters and its opinion hosts. The latter, he said, were ‘‘not always there in good faith.’’ Specifically, he called out Tucker Carlson, for saying immigrants made the United States ‘‘dirtier,’’ as well as Laura Ingraham, who once compared detention centers for migrant children to summer camps. ‘‘There is a reason why anybody has to swallow hard and think twice before participating in this media ecosystem,’’ Buttigieg said. Still, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., said he thinks that many people who tune into the network are doing so in good faith and that he wants to be willing to meet voters wherever they are. ‘‘There are a lot of Americans who my party can’t blame if they are ignoring our message, because they will never hear it if we don’t go on (Fox) and talk about it,’’ Buttigieg said Sunday. Buttigieg also took several opportunities to criticize President Trump, who earlier in the evening had tweeted his displeasure that his preferred news network was ‘‘wasting airtime on Mayor Pete.’’ When Wallace asked whether Trump should be impeached, Buttigieg said there was no question that Trump’s behavior was ‘‘beyond the pale... Link to the full article to read more
In Fox News town hall, Pete Buttigieg calls out Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham - The Boston Globe
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