CNN anchor Jake Tapper urged Fox News to report that there is no “credible evidence” of widespread voter fraud as President Trump and his allies claim the contest was rigged.
He made the request to his competitor and the Murdoch family on Friday, noting, “I don’t normally talk about any competing network,” after Democratic nominee Joe Biden took the lead over Trump in Pennsylvania, putting him on the doorstep of victory in the election.
“The Murdochs, and the people at Fox [News], have an obligation to put their country above their profits,” he said. “It is very important that people make it very clear that this election, there is no credible evidence that we have seen of widespread fraud, by all accounts Joe Biden is on the precipice of becoming the next president fair and square, and people who have the privilege of sitting in seats like we’re sitting in right now, have the obligation to convey that to their viewers so that there is a peaceful transfer of power and so that there isn’t violence.”
Tapper also mentioned that two armed men were arrested in Philadelphia near the city’s convention center, where officials are counting ballots, calling this “a matter of life and death.”
A majority of Fox News’s election coverage has been anchored by Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier, two of the network’s journalists. The network’s opinion stars — Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham — have questioned the integrity of the election.
“Tonight every American should be angry, outraged and worried and concerned about what happened in the election and the lead up to the election,” Hannity declared Wednesday night. Ingraham claimed there were “unverifiable dumps of votes,” according to CNN. Carlson, the same night, claimed that the election was “seized” from the people.
Trump and his allies have taken legal action related to vote-counting in several battleground states and have called for a recount in Wisconsin, which Biden is projected to win by a narrow margin.
