Tom Ricks calls Fox News for 'hyped' and 'extremely political' Benghazi coverage

SEOOKE.com: Fox News typically does a better job of screening its guests to ensure that they toe the company line of bashing President Barack Obama regardless of the situation and regardless of the truth.

Seems author Tom Ricks slipped past the screeners at the Fox News network and Rick said just whatever came to his mind. So on Monday, Fox News guest Tom Ricks called out the network on its coverage of Benghazi.

In addition to being a respected author, Rick is also a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. On the Fox News televised broadcast. Tom Ricks was asked by Happening Now’s host Jon Scott about how Sen. John McCain appears to be backing off of his criticism of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, who made some much-criticized statements about Benghazi in a series of Sept. 16 interviews.

Tom Ricks calls out Fox News for its 'hyped' and 'extremely political' Benghazi coverageTom Ricks calls out Fox News for its 'hyped' and 'extremely political' Benghazi coverage

“I think that Benghazi generally was hyped, by this network especially. Then John Scott tried futilely to push back on the accusation that Fox News "hyped" the attack. Tom Ricks snapped back at Jon Scott, “How many security contractors died in Iraq? Ricks replied.

“I don’t,” Scott said.

“No, nobody does, because nobody cared. We know that several hundred died, but there was never an official count done of security contractors dead in Iraq. So when I say this focus on what was essentially a small fire-fight, I think, number one, I’ve covered a lot of fire-fights, it is impossible to figure out what happens in them sometimes,” said Tom Ricks who then slammed Fox News again for their Benghazi coverage. "Alright, Tom Ricks. Thanks very much for joining us today," Scott said.

“You’re welcome,” Ricks replied.

But Fox News should not have been surprised according to Tom Ricks, who said he gave Fox News advance warning of what he would say, that he thought the network had "hyped" the Benghazi story and “it should have been no surprise when I said it.” Tom Ricks told Politico that “my feeling was that they asked my opinion and I gave it.”

Tom Ricks told Politico in an e-mail. Fox News can certainly benefit some by the wisdom of General George Marshall, instead of running a broadcast puppet show where the guests says just what the powers that be at Fox want them to say. Just read their Fox lips and enjoy the puppet show.

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John is the author of an award-winning book, the 2010 Winner of the USA National Best Book award for African American studies, published by The Elevator Group Mr. and Mrs. Grassroots: How Barack Obama, Two Bookstore Owners, and 300 Volunteers did it. Also available an eBook on Amazon. John is also a member of the Society of Midland Authors and is a book reviewer of political books for the New York Journal of Books[examiner]