The anchor recently called COVID-19 news coverage a ‘scam’ to ’impeach the president’ in a controversial segment
Trish Regan has been let go by Fox Business. Getty Images
March 27, 2020 By Nicole Lyn Pesce
Trish Regan is out.
Fox Business announced on Friday that it has “parted ways” with the “Trish Regan Primetime” host. This comes just weeks after she stirred up controversy with a March 9 segment in which she accused Democrats and the “liberal media” of using the coronavirus to “destroy the president.”
“Fox Business has parted ways with Trish Regan — we thank her for her contributions to the network over the years and wish her continued success in her future endeavors,” the network said in a statement, as reported by Variety. (The network’s parent company Fox Corp. FOXA, -9.85% shares common ownership with News Corp NWSA, -6.87%, the parent of MarketWatch publisher Dow Jones.) “We will continue our reduced live primetime schedule for the foreseeable future in an effort to allocate staff resources to continuous breaking news coverage on the Coronavirus crisis,” the statement added.
Regan, in a prepared statement, said, “I have enjoyed my time at Fox and now intend to focus on my family during these troubled times. I am grateful to my incredible team at Fox Business and for the many opportunities the network has provided me. I’m looking forward to this next chapter in my career.”
Her show went on hiatus last week, which the network said was in response to shifting resources to meet “the demands of the evolving pandemic crisis coverage.”
Read more:Trish Regan’s show on Fox Business put on hiatus following controversial coronavirus remarks
But Regan had infuriated many viewers just the week before with a segment that featured a graphic reading “Coronavirus Impeachment Scam” on the screen, where she went as far as to say that Democrats were blaming Trump for the virus.
“We’ve reached a tipping point,” she said at the time. “The chorus of hate being leveled at the president is nearing a crescendo as Democrats blame him and only him for a virus that originated halfway around the world. This is yet another attempt to impeach the president.”
There are now 585,040 diagnosed cases of COVID-19 globally, and at least 26,819 people have died from the viral disease. About 129,000 people have recovered.
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March 27, 2020 By Bob Brigham
President Donald Trump took time out from responding to the COVID-19 public health and economic crises to defend a fired Fox Business personality.
On Friday, The Daily Beast published a story titled, “Fox Business Fires Trish Regan After Coronavirus ‘Impeachment Scam’ Rant.”
“Fox Business Network announced on Friday that it has officially “parted ways” with anchor Trish Regan following her controversial rant against what she called the ‘coronavirus impeachment scam’ earlier this month,” The Beast reported.
“We’ve reached a tipping point. The chorus of hate being leveled at the president is nearing a crescendo as Democrats blame him and only him for a virus that originated halfway around the world. This is yet another attempt to impeach the president,” Regan argued on March 9th.
Trump, however, had no problem with Regan’s conspiracy theory, retweeting two people on Twitter who defended the ousted Fox personality, including one pointing out that Regan’s antics were not unlike what Sean Hannity does on a regular basis.
Can't say enough wonderful things about @trish_regan – one of the few conservatives in cable television. She's a great patriot and great friend.
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) March 27, 2020
How is that any different than what Hannity has said?
Neither said anything wrong. They did not call Coronavirus a Hoax or Scam, they were referring to the Democrats’ politicization and weaponization of his response to the outbreak.
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— ALX
(@alx) March 28, 2020
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