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The set of the Fox News show “The Five” has again delved into chaos after the panel began discussing the business dealings of Hunter Biden and the involvement, if any, of his dad President Joe Biden.
It happened on Wednesday when liberal co-host Jessica Tarlov took issue with what her conservative hosts were saying about testimony from former Hunter Biden business partner Devin Archer.
“So the testimony, and he wasn’t under oath, but he still wasn’t allowed to lie to them, was terrible for the Republicans,” she said. “He was asked if someone concluded from the 1023 form, that you all think is so important, that Joe Biden was bribed. ‘Would you disagree with that? Yeah, I would.’ Devin Archer said that.”
Jesse Watters and Jeanine Pirro said that Archer would not know about the specific incident, but that only fueled Tarlov’s fire.
“Then Devin Archer is it either the crux of the puzzle that shows that this is a mob family or he doesn’t matter.”
The panel then started talking about the Ukrainian prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, who was removed from his job as he was investigating Burisma, the company that paid Hunter Biden to sit on its board.
Tarlov inexplicably claimed that Joe Biden, who bragged about getting the man fired, did not have anything to do with him being removed.
Mediaite reported.
TARLOV: Viktor Shokin was not good for Burisma, as I’ve been telling you, as has been widely reported.
GUTFELD: Why?
TARLOV: Because he wasn’t investigating corruption.
WATTERS: Yes he was! He was seizing their cars!
PIRRO: Then what was he doing? What was Shokin doing?
TARLOV: I’m so glad that you’re back.
[…]
TARLOV: There’s a new oversight menu memo that’s out today, which, again, does not explain what services were provided.
WATTERS: Exactly!
PIRRO: He doesn’t have any services!
TARLOV: Then what did they do?
WATTERS: Exactly! We’re asking the same question!
TARLOV: There’s no proof!
[…]
WATTERS: It’s our rich guys trying to get the prosecutor away from a company that we want to do business with!
“I think we should move on,” co-host Greg Gutfeld said. “I think we solved one of the world’s most pressing problems by yelling. You know, it’s an underrated art. Just yell. That’s all you got to do.”
In July it was reported that Fox News ended the month of June at the top of the primetime and total day ratings as the network dealt with a slew of changes and departures from longtime hosts. While FOX has experienced a dip in the ratings with many programs, “The Five” continues to dominate as it remains the most popular show on the network.
“The news network wrested the top spot in primetime from last week’s winner, ESPN, with an average of 1.4 million viewers from June 26 to July 2, according to Nielsen figures supplied by Fox News. MSNBC, which topped the primetime chart during the week of June 5, finished second with 1.1 million viewers, followed by ESPN with 1 million viewers,” MSN reported.
“HGTV was fourth for the week with 785,000 viewers, followed by INSP with 768,000 viewers. USA Network pulled into sixth place with 661,000 viewers, followed by History (645,000 viewers), Hallmark Channel and TLC (tied with 622,000), and CNN (571,000). The cable news networks topped the total day chart, led by Fox News’s 25th straight consecutive win with 1 million viewers, followed by MSNBC (784,000 viewers) and CNN (457,000). HGTV (432,000 viewers) and ESPN (427,000) rounded out the top five most watched networks in the category,” the outlet added.
The hit show “The Five” continues to crush all cable news programs in the ratings.
“The Five” was the most-watched program in cable news during the second quarter of 2023, averaging a whopping 2.8 million total viewers to finish as the most-watched show for the seventh-straight quarter. The popular program is now the first non-primetime program to finish No. 1 among cable news for seven consecutive quarters in history.
