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Bret Baier
Anchor of Special Report with Bret Baier since 2009 and Fox News' chief political anchor; previously Fox's Pentagon and White House correspondent.
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The receipts (3)
Correction / walk-back · served the right · +2.7 R · Oct 17, 2024
Acknowledges airing wrong Trump clip in Harris interview
After his Oct. 16 interview with Kamala Harris, Baier said he 'made a mistake' by airing a clip of Trump at a Fox town hall instead of Trump's 'enemy within' remark that Harris raised.
Source: ABC News (AP) →On-record statement · served the right · +1.5 R · 2020-11
Urged Fox to pull its Arizona call for Biden
According to reporting on Baker and Glasser's book 'The Divider', Baier emailed that Fox should withdraw its projection that Biden won Arizona. Exact email date not given in source.
Source: Wikipedia (citing The Guardian and Poynter, Sept. 2022) →Correction / walk-back · served the right · +1.9 R · Nov 2, 2016
Apologizes for 'likely indictment' report on Clinton Foundation
Six days before the 2016 election Baier reported, citing sources, that the Clinton Foundation probe would likely lead to an indictment; on Nov. 4 he apologized on air, calling the wording a mistake. No indictment followed.
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