Debbie Wasserman Schultz Gives Fox News Analyst A Harsh Lesson On Opinion vs. Fact

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) grilled a Fox News authorized analyst for sharing “pure conjecture” throughout a listening to for the Home’s new Weaponization of the Federal Authorities committee.

Jonathan Turley, a GOP-called witnesses, spoke Thursday in regards to the “Twitter Recordsdata,” or inner details about the platform that CEO Elon Musk offered to journalists — however Wasserman Schultz wasn’t shopping for that he had any “distinctive data” in regards to the social media big.

“Do you may have any formal relationship with the corporate?” she requested.

“No, I simply have an account,” replied Turley, an lawyer and George Washington College regulation professor who has offered varied confusing takes on Fox News over the previous yr. He later added that his data of Twitter didn’t transcend the Twitter Recordsdata and what he’s learn within the media.

“So basically your responses to the questions right here as we speak have been your personal opinion and pure conjecture,” Wasserman Schultz stated.

“You stated that you just don’t have any particular or distinctive data of Twitter, however you spoke as if you happen to did. … And so that is solely simply your opinion, would you say, as a Twitter account consumer?”

“No, I come to provide authorized evaluation primarily based on details which are within the public area,” responded Turley.

“‘Authorized evaluation’ is one other phrase for ‘opinion,’” Wasserman Schultz shot again.

Watch the change beneath.

Turley tried to defend himself throughout Fox Information host Sean Hannity’s program Friday, however Twitter customers have been fast to roast the authorized analyst.