Donald Trump Campaign Manager, Accuser Cancel on Fox News
Corey Lewandowski was set to appear on same night as former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, who alleges he assaulted her after a speech earlier this month
After booking Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and the former Breitbart reporter he’s accused of assaulting, Fox News tells TheWrap both have canceled their appearances on the network.
“Corey Lewandowski was booked exclusively for tonight’s show and the campaign subsequently canceled his appearance,” executive producer of “The O’Reilly Factor” Amy Sohnen said in statement on Tuesday.
A Fox News spokesperson told TheWrap that Michelle Fields has also canceled her scheduled appearance.
Lewandowski, who was charged with misdemeanor battery charges Tuesday for allegedly yanking Fields’ arm at a Trump speech earlier this month, was supposed to be interviewed by Bill O’Reilly at 8 p.m. ET, while Fields was scheduled to sit down with Megyn Kelly at 9 p.m. along with Brietbart former editor-at-large Ben Shapiro, who is planning to make an appearance.
Trump will be interviewed by Sean Hannity at 10 p.m.
9 Media Outlets Fed Up With Donald Trump for Proposed Muslim Ban (Photos)
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New York Daily News' Dec. 9 cover featured a cartoon Trump beheading the Statue of Liberty.
The cover's caption read, “When Trump came for the Mexicans, I did not speak out as I was not a Mexican. When Trump came for the Muslims, I did not speak out as I was not a Muslim. Then he came for me …”
Following Trump's declaration to ban Muslim immigrants from entering the United States, CNN's Chris Cuomo got heated during an interview and called the plan "stupid."
CNN
The Detroit Free Press denounced Trump's plan on Dec. 9, with a front-page editorial blasting the GOP candidate's "vile bigotry."
Detroit Free Press
After Trump repeatedly interrupted the hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Joe Scarborough cut the interview short and demanded the show go to commercial.
The New York Times ran an analysis of all of Trump's speeches, interviews and press conferences, calling his speech patterns "ominous."
New York Times
Several news outlets have blasted Trump's anti-Muslim immigration plan as bigoted, but the Philadelphia Daily News went as far as to compare him to Hitler on the front page.
Philadelphia Daily News
NBC News' foreign correspondent Richard Engel warned on Twitter and on air that Trump's anti-Muslim statements could have troublesome effect on U.S. relations abroad.
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The Huffington Post took a swipe at Trump's plan for a "full shutdown" of Muslim immigration, declaring the plan "fascist."
The Huffington Post
The New Yorker took aim not at Trump, but the media, calling on TV news outlets to hold Trump more accountable for his statements.
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Following the GOP candidate’s call for a ”complete shutdown“ of Muslim immigration, the media has begun to push back — click through to see how