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Fox Host Howard Kurtz on Colleague Naming Alleged Whistleblower: ‘I Don’t Think That Should Have Happened’

WELL, IT DID

“We have no independent reporting that this is the guy,” Kurtz said. “Even if we did have independent reporting, I don’t see why the media should be baited into naming somebody.”

A day after Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway named the alleged whistleblower on the cable channel, MediaBuzz host Howard Kurtz mildly rebuked his colleague, saying Hemingway shouldn’t have publicly identified the person right-wing media outlets claim is the whistleblower at the center of the impeachment inquiry.

During a Monday afternoon appearance...

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