Fox Kicks Out Correspondent for Saying Fox is Mouth Piece for GOP

(Photo : Fox) Thomas Ricks (right) kicked off the air during Fox interview.

Fox News anchor Jon Scott abruptly ended an interview early with author Thomas Ricks after the former Pulitzer Prize winning reporter blatantly criticized and attacked the network's apparent Republican leanings. Ricks openly accused Fox of hyping up the killings of four Americans in Banghazi, Libya back in September, lambasting the network for losing its journalistic integrity by "operating as a wing of the Republican Party." After such heated remarks Scott quickly cut to a commercial break and kicked Ricks off the air early.

Fox initially invited the veteran newspaper reporter for an interview to discuss his new book, "The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today." Somehow the conversation with Scott shifted to the Republican Party's thoughts on the September attack of the American Embassy in Libya, and how the network condemned United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice's comments about the ordeal. Ricks told Scott that the four American killings that resulted (including the first U.S. ambassador murder in over 30 years) were "hyped, by this network especially." When Scott asked why Ricks would say that is when things really got heated.

Ricks insisted that the attack on the Libya Embassyw as "essentially a small firefight" - he goes on to explain, "I think that the emphasis on Benghazi has been extremely political, partly because Fox was operating as a wing of the Republican Party."

According to Ricks, the number of United States security contractors killed in Iraq is much larger than the four Americans killed in Banghazi, but people don't know about that because the GOP is only lamenting Benghazi for political reasons - especially aided by the head-honchos over at Fox News.

Promptly after Ricks made his accusatory comments, Scott offered a quick "Thanks" and then allowed his co-host to cut to an impromptu commercial break.
According to the network, Ricks ignored Scott's questions intentionally and have different "reasons" for appearing on the show other than to promote his new novel. Fox News executive Michael Clemente told the AP, "When Mr. Ricks ignored the anchor's question, it became clear that his goal was to bring attention to himself and his book.” 



BY Danica Bellini,Mstarz reporter