Fox News Has Already Identified the ‘Mole’ Spilling Info to the Website ‘Gawker’
- Posted on April 11, 2012 at 1:55pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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On Tuesday, the website Gawker made headlines when it claimed it had a “mole” inside Fox News that was going to start feeding the site seedy details about the news juggernaut by way of a regular column. Just one day later, Fox has said it has identified the mole and is seeking legal action.
That was quick.
A Fox spokesperson told the media insider site Mediaite that “We found the person and we’re exploring legal options at this time.”
However, the “mole” tells Gawker if that’s the case, it’s news to the mole:
So Fox’s PR team has been telling people that they have “found” me and are presently “exploring legal options.” If Fox has smoked me out, it’s news to me. I’m still here. Back to work.
The spokesperson responded to Mediaite: “We know who it is.”
As Mediaite points out, the spokesperson never initially claimed Fox had confronted the person, just that it know who the mole was.
That could mean the insider dispatches are coming to an end. But it’s not like the first one was a bombshell anyway. The mole’s first column leaked behind-the-scenes footage of Mitt Romney talking with Sean Hannity before an interview. The scandalous topics? Romney‘s horses and Hannity’s decision to change ties during a break.
This is a breaking story. Updates will be added.
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Comments (157)
sjohn70037
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:22pmWhat exactly is this mole going to expose? The fact that FOX has jumped to conclusions along with black America and already condemned Zimmerman? That FOX has done everything in it’s power to promote RINO Mitt Romney over truly conservative candidates?
FOXNEWS is not what it once was. It is now no different than any other elite media outlet. No? Listen to Bill O’Reilly refer to obama and pelosi as “Left leaning” or his support of unions. What happened to Judge Napolitano? Too conservative? Too much truth? You bet your a$$.
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 10:44pmFox News as been blatantly anti-Romney since 2007. Namely Carl Cameron, who finds a way to spin everything to make Romney sound bad. It was much worse last cycle, but it is still absurd to infer that they are pushing Romney in any way.
You goofy Paul supporters will never get anywhere if you don’t operate in the realm of reality.
Report Post »milez5
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 12:38amfox news never jumped to any conclusions regarding Zimmerman. They are the only ones who gave Zimmerman the slightest benefit of the doubt. As for Mitt Romney being a RINO grow up, he is the most conservative man who can be elected. For better or worse this is not the 50′s anymore.
Report Post »ellietoo
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 1:53amI do think Fox has bowed to the liberals but I don’t think they are really sure who they are for. They have just helped the Republican party destroy it’s self. They participated in the whole process and took as much delight in it as the other networks.
Report Post »GhostOfLiberty
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 2:52am@Freedom, Ron Paul is THE only viable candidate. Tell me, what corporate funding does he have? How come the media doesn’t attack him to prove he is not viable? Oh, that’s right. There is nothing in his record that can be used against him. And don’t even make the Israel argument. He wants to cut all funding, and since the muslim brotherhood currently gets way more money than Israel does, that would be the most beneficial thing for Israel. Let Israel do what it needs to do for its own survival. Yes, it is time for us to get out of Israel’s way and let them kick some islamo-terror monkey a$$.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:21pmIs it Soros-funded Sally Kohn?
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/44042
Report Post »FlowerBell
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:29pmSally Kohn is a disgruntled, bitter lesbian who spends the majority of her life taking her confused feelings out on everyone else.
Report Post »Neils60
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:30pmDoubtful, at best, as the mole claims to have been with the FNC for quite a while. Kohn’s tenure has been brief, and her contract wasn’t consummated until this past January.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:49pmMy guess is that its Shamu Green
Report Post »Ann
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:23pmLike Obama, when this woman is on Fox, I mute the channel. She is so far left and extreme thatI can’t believe she is on Fox. Love Fox, truly can’t stand this shrill.
Report Post »phoenix110
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 6:46pmUgh … YUCK! Never heard of her before, but finding out she is a woman and then looking at her picture…wow. She looks like an adolescent boy, not a woman. We have confirmation she is a she?
Report Post »gsp9993
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:03pmProbably Geraldo or the very stupid Alysyn Camorata.
Report Post »LameLiberals
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:44pmgsp9993
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:03pm
Probably Geraldo or the very stupid Alysyn Camorata.
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She is AWFUL!!! Someone else noticed she is dumb as dirt. And, Rivera is a racist liberal. His Zimmerman show last Saturday was hatchet job.
Report Post »RayOne
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:15pmWhy not investigate the Supreme Court Wiki Connection. Info on the DownLow is a front page topic.
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:06pmMaybe the black guy they hired after he was fired ( can’t think of his name) maybe Shep.. maybe the lib on the Five…. hmmm…. it has to be someone they trust ( or trusted)
Report Post »Where are the moles on the other side? Are they afraid they will end up in a dumpster?
PlowMan
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:24pm“the black guy” is Juan Williams. I don’t agree with his view points but I would not accuse him of being a mole, he is a pretty stand up guy. As for your lib on the Five, (Bob Beckel) he’s messed up on his views, but he is a cut above the rest too and I can’t imagine him putting his reputation in jeopardy like that either. We’re probably talking somebody off camera here. Someone who is a writer or something.
Report Post »pothos42
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:25pmActually, Mark Lamont Hill was the guy that Fox fired/rehired. Juan was never fired by Fox, but rather NPR.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:00pmLamont Hill .. that would be a good guess .. . he is a leftist tool.
Report Post »lassiegirldawn
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:57pmFox is bought and paid for, look at what happened to Glenn and the Judge, got cut for telling the truth. All that is left are a s s kissers.
Report Post »Tonto Lebowski
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:26pmFreedom Watch got shut down because the Judge was taking Orielly’s audience. I never watched Orielly when the Judge was on the air, because the Judge rulzzz!!!
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:16pmAgreed. Fox sucks anymore. They are getting way too left for me. I only watch Fox and Friends when I get ready for work.
Report Post »conservativemom99
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:56pmSean Hannity changes ties during breaks?????
Report Post »Micah.Stone
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:38pmI’m certain who the leftist mole is – it’s bill “ted baxter” oreilly !!!
Proof: With each passing day, bill “ted baxter” oreilly becomes more of a “You Lie!” hussein apologist and shameless suck-up who is massively arrogant, pompous, boorish, rude and nasty. Like hussein, “baxter” is nothing more than a self-absorbed, empty-suit hAHrvAHrd elitist who thinks he knows it all – and that is why he constantly buts-in and prevents his “guests” from even completing a sentence.
I don’t understand why anyone watches “ted baxter” oreilly when they can see his role model, the ORIGINAL TED BAXTER, on reruns of Mary Tyler Moore’s show.
Report Post »WashingtonIsMyHero
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:46pmBill is late to the party occassionally but he usually gets it eventually. However, he did say Obamacare would Never Pass.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:49pmdont think for a minute that there is not a white house level plan to silence or do away with Fox. Communist/marxist governments do not allow a different opinion than theirs. They control the media. Right now, everything but fox is controlled by the libs.
Report Post »bassist237
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:49pmDid you ever see him get rick rolled? Hilarious!
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:52pmObama could rape a ten year old boy on video tape, and CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, would all defend him, and blame the boy.
Report Post »debig
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:17pmMicah.stone……..Seriously, that is the B E S T description of O‘Reilly I’ve seen to date. Thank you for stating exactly what I think of this big mouth. I don’t understand how he even gets ratings worthy of a report. He is so self indulgent and ignorant. Why did/does Glenn even give him the time of Day? Hard to understand. Thank you Micah.
Report Post »911Patriot
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:47pmI could not agree more with your post. He‘s been talking out of both sides of his mouth just like obama but of course he’s watchin’ out for the “folks!” UGH!
Report Post »Zeb
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:54pmI concur he’s a Curr and ignorant beast with absolutely no cool, not pithy at all.
Report Post »unwine99
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:33pmWho cares
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:37pmSay what you want about FOX…but this story is important. The left has brought it upon itself to attempt to silence the only strong voice of dissent against Obama and the left in the media. FOX has been killing the competition in the ratings and the left is livid. This is an important story with ramifications far deeper than just network competition. .
Report Post »Hobo Boondocks
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:29pmSometimes these moles become Cancerous and then you really have a problem on your hands or face as it were. So it’s best sometime to remove them. They have a tendency to make you look bad if they are in the wrong spot, such as on the side of your nose. People start describing you based on what the mole makes your appearance out to be. I’m glad Fox got rid of it and hope they will keep vigilant about any others that may be hiding somewhere, not so easily discernable, perhaps on one of the buttocks.
Report Post »sammiec
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:27pmSorry Fx has to go overboard on the “fair and Balanced” If I have to listen let alone see Sally (the looks like a guy wannabe ) I get sick. The latest one is Jesse Jackson’s daughter after hearing her yesterday I find her to be very “Racial” in her tone and comments. And I don’t give a care that her religious brothers have degrees from Northwestern etc. So they got profiled big deal. My white 65yr old husband got yelled at last week for wearing a Hoodie. If she‘s related to Jesse she’s influenced by him and all the others like him. Sharpton and Wright and Faracahn. They needed to actually work and earn a paycheck for the last years instead of living like kings on black peoples tithes.
Report Post »Obama has set back race relations several generations. How’s that working for you!
TheLeftMadeMeRight
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:05pmScrew fair and balanced, I wish Fox would line up Winey Juan Williams, Lard Rear Beckel, that sissy Colmes, and Gerrrr-all-doe and throw pies at them or something equally entertaining, but degrading…
Report Post »LameLiberals
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:46pmSally (the looks like a guy wannabe ) I get sick.
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Fox hired that Shamu liberal woman who is WORSE than Sally. And they just hired Jesse Jackson’s lawyer daughter who is all over Fox shows now. Fox hired CNN’s Zimmerman and that big foreheaded liberal from CNN also. Fox hired so many liberals from CNN – it might as well BE CNN.
Report Post »Noonien_Soong
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:23pmMy money is on Jay-moo Green.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:58pmShe’s one I refuse to listen to. Since I like most of the others, I mute her so I don’t have to listen to her usual hate filled, one sided rhetoric. When her mouth stops moving, I un-mute the sound.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:42pmBluebonnet, you are in full bloom and gorgeous in Texas at the moment. I hope you live here and can take a roadtrip to see your namesake.
Report Post »Truthmonster
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:11pmDuh Alan Combs, the freakish liberal!
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:15pmI HATE THAT IDIOT. He is such a GIRL when he whines…
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:40pmHe is a TOAD
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:14pm“Family Guy” pegged Alan Combs as Droopy Dog, and that was just right on the nose. Cracks me up each time I see it.
Report Post »John_The_Beloved
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:08pmHe lives in fantasy world too
Report Post »XdemXrepub
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:43pmColmes looks like an animated cadaver
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:09pmDoes FOX already have a replacement for “the Mole” lined up?:
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“Posted at 07:15 AM ET, 04/06/2012
FOX hires Jesse Jackson’s daughter, Santita Jackson
By Fahima Haque
Morning news program “FOX & Friends” just got a new, unexpected friend. The popular show welcomes civil rights activist Jesse Jackson’s daughter, Santita Jackson.”
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EqualJustice
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:17pmWHY would they ever hire HER? I listened to her on the Hannity show and she is a card carrying Black Panter member. SHE WOULD NOT EVEN denounce the hate rhetoric over the Martin case!
Report Post »celestialfire
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:44amSounds like their getting ready to pull and E.D. Hill on Gretchen.
Report Post »Mapache
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:56pmFoxnews found the mole much faster than the NBC investigation into the doctoring of the George Zimmerman 911 call.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:15pm…or CNN about “Fing cold”…
Report Post »Comeandtakeit
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:52pmI wasted time reading the “Gawker hot news” from the mole. What a whiny little nobody wrote that! The first column is pirated footage of Romney and Hannity before they go on the air. They are acting like perfectly normal people- truly NOTHING to see here, although the “mole” tries to gin up some elitism out of a regular conversation about horses.
The elitist “spin” of the article is then belied by Romney commenting on the relatively inexpensive hotel they are staying in so his campaign has more for the business of campaigning. Gee, wouldn’t it be nice if somebody ran the government that way?
The next column whines about the bathrooms at Fox and despite trying to gin the elitism in the first column, inadvertantly makes him or herself look ridiculous by saying O’Reilly uses the same one as everyone else. Sounds very elitist wannabe. Dumb and dumber for the first two columns. Yawn.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:04pmI just wasted the same time reading that the disgruntled employee revealed nothing but a clever way to get hired at any of the foxnews haters of america. pretty lame non story to get the liberals frothing at the mouth which really doesnt take much for the rabid dog pack they are.
Report Post »the_system_disconnect
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:50pmProsecute the crap out of ‘em, Fox.
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:34pmNow, who would have thought Fox News had a mole? They probably have a lot of them, since they are part owned by the Islamists, and they let Hamas-linked Muslim Brotherhood-linked CAIR spout their sugar-coated propaganda!
Beck was right to leave Fox News and start GBTV where he is not held hostage to anyone!
If you haven’t already subscribed to GBTV sign up free for 14 days on http://www.glennbeck.com and check it out! You won’t be disappointed!
Tonight. An address by Beck from the Oval Office!
Report Post »whereareyourbrains
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:38pmyou meant MSNBC and CNN didn’t you?
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:32pmRule number one of successfully exploiting a mole: Announce to the world that you, in fact, have a mole inside the target organization. Liberals are too stupid to even be dishonest properly.
Report Post »txblaze
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:59pmYeah. That didn’t make sense to me either. Why would you tell the world you had a mole inside an organization so that there could be an investigation to remove that mole, and there goes your insider informaion. I guess they are just that stupid.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:28pmIt’s Megan Kelly…She’s really a fem-bot with machine gun jugglies!
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 12:52amWho ever said it was anyone that you see on the air? They would only know about their own show. All the people on this thread seem to think that a tv station works like a homemade sex tape, the people that you see on the tape set up a camera and then get in front of it to do their thing.
Report Post »jmcclena
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:23pmSeems they have the wrong man: http://gawker.com/5901100/i-am-the-fox-mole-and-im-still-here
Hope they never catch him and he continues to expose that sham of a “news” organization.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:34pmby sham you mean fair and balanced with liberal and conservative commentators? that is much more than any mainstream news organization can claim, fox is the only one that allows open debate with both sides on the payroll. sorry they don’t solely subscribe to your liberal propoganda. liberal networks don’t allow debate because in the end, communist socialist liberal progressive ideas fail. every single time. go back to media matters where you can not be challenged sine that is truly the liberal mindset as just proven by your statements. get a clue
Report Post »TzuSun
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:41pmI could have written that post from anywhere and I’ve never been near FOX News. The fact that they don‘t realize they’ve been caught yet…evidence that they’re a supporter of the left.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:15pmWhy even HAVE a mole if FOX is as irrelevant as this administration likes to say? HAHAHHAHAHA They can’t get a REAL SCOOP of their own, so they go to FOX to STEAL material? Still won’t get them an audience. hahhahaha This will be fun if it’s an OBAMA lackey who can be identified. Hey, maybe they will actually LEARN something about TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY from Hannity. ;)
Report Post »MrMark
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:48pm*SIGH*
Just because they‘ve announced that they know who the mole is it doesn’t mean they’ve let the axe fall yet. They could know exactly who it is and be prepping their legal plan before taking action. A smart move, actually.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:52pmI am so sick of the bullying and the under-handed arrogance of the Left . They are the New Mafia, the National Socialists, the the New Communists all rolled into one intolerant, arrogant, evil package.
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:22pmWOW, Fox News does better spin control than Obama.
Report Post »mymissusisanutter
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:21pmWhat is Fox News so afraid of? Seriously, makes them seem a bit guilty of not being honest in their journalism.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:29pmI never trusted that Gutfeld in his shortie robe.
Report Post »Brad Wesselmann
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:35pmIt’s a nobody…just looking for attention and getting it. I don’t care much for that type of behavior, but then again if Fox News was as on-the-level as they try to portray with “we report, you decide” they wouldn’t have any worries about a mole would they?
Another reason why we all need God in our lives to keep us honest…the pride of man always shows it’s ugly head and without anything/anyone to answer to, our fall is sure to follow.
Report Post »Anse
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:36pmuh, you think?
Report Post »rosecityken
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:03pmThey dont want a mole in their organization so they are guilty of something?!? Wow! what a dumb comment …even for the regular trolls on this thread that was incredibly un intelligent.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:48pmApparently you haven‘t haven’t been watching the Murdoch witch hunt in London. The Labour Party and the Left Media is out to shut down conservative news media. They have been trying to smear Fox News with the Murdoch connection for a year. The International Left / Our Lefties are out to shut down Fox and to ban gun ownership in America. That is the game plan. Fox had better be aware ! They are in the gun sights of the Left.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:06pmmole is the perfect word for a progressive…
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:34pmit truly is.
Report Post »thehuntedwitch
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:19pmI find your comment to be completely demeaning towards moles and other burrowing rodents.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:06pmIt’s Shepard Smith or Geraldo Rooveria.
Report Post »Alan Combover is too dense.
Maybe Sally Korn or JooMoo Green?
delinski
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:35pmI vote Shepherd Smith, he is just as dense as Combs and definitely has a liberal streak. I hope they get rid of him either way. When he is on I think I am looking at community college television.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:42pm@Delinski,
I agree…….I don’t like Shemp either.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:33pmNo, I think the mole is a new hire. Probably some low level, off screen wonk.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:44pmGONZO, I agree with you, but it wouldn’t bother me to see Shemp go anyway. His voice and attitudes make me think of nails on a chalkboard, much like Wasserman-Schultz.
Report Post »Boss J
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:03pmI wonder if “Gawker” is planning on hiring this broad for the rest of her life, because I doubt anyone else is going to hire a known liar.
Report Post »Henrys_Ghost
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:11pmWhatta ya mean? MSNBC would scoop her up in a New York minute
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