Global Courant 2023-05-01 10:43:51
MSNBCs Mehdi Hassan said the chairman Joe Bidenit’s bursting Fox news went well on Saturday night Dinner of the Association of White House Correspondents.
But he said on Sunday night’s show that there was one table at the event that didn’t quite see the humor: Fox News.
“It was an icy silence the entire time,” said Hasan, who sat a table away from Fox News figures such as CEO Susan Scott and expert Kellyanne Conwayand was able to view their reactions to Biden’s cracks.
to pray joked on Fox News paying $787 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle a libel lawsuit against the right network.
“It’s great that cable news networks are here tonight,” Biden said. “MSNBC owned by NBCUniversal, Fox News owned by Dominion Voting Systems.”
He added:
“Last year your favorite Fox News reporters were able to attend because they were fully vaccinated and boosted. This year, with that $787 million settlement, they’re here because they couldn’t say no to a free meal.
Hasan said Scott “got up and walked out after Biden’s comments,” and didn’t stay to watch the event’s host, comedian Roy Wood Jr., roast her network.
“Funny that,” he added:
Hasan also took on the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson — who parted ways with the network just days after the Dominion settlement — with a supercut showing his history of racism:
