The feud between the cable channel and the GOP frontrunner is taking an unexpected, utterly trolling turn
Itay Hod | January 26, 2016 @ 12:46 PM
Last Updated: January 26, 2016 @ 3:16 PM
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Fox News has responded to Donald Trump’s most recent social foray, and boy is it a doozy.
Fox News just released a statement to TheWrap, following our report that the GOP frontrunner is polling his social media followers on whether or not he should show up at the upcoming Fox News GOP debate on Thursday.
We actually had to do a double take when we first read Fox’s response:
“We learned from a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president,” Fox News said in the statement, adding this gem: “A nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings.”
Representatives for Trump have not yet responded to TheWrap’s request for comment, but we’ll happily let you know if and when they do.
It’s impossible to say just how real this fight between Fox News and Trump is, but one thing is clear: it’ll do wonders for Thursday night’s ratings.
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."
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The New Yorker took aim not at Trump, but the media, calling on TV news outlets to hold Trump more accountable for his statements.
The New Yorker
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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