San Fran Supervisor Who Told Off Fox Reporter Speaks Out: They’re a ‘Propaganda Machine’

Bill O’Reilly has been in such an uproar over the death of Kate Steinle that he’s sent a few Fox reporters down to San Francisco to confront city supervisors over sanctuary city policies. During one such report last night, supervisor Scott Wiener told off the Fox reporter, saying, “Fox News is not real news, and you’re not a reporter. I talk to real news only.”

Fox News, of course, has been ripping into Wiener over that comment, but he’s sticking by them in a new interview with ThinkProgress.

Wiener said he didn’t want to answer the reporter’s questions because they weren’t trying to cover the issue with any sort of fairness. He believes that they are “tak[ing] advantage of Kate Steinle‘s death “to bash immigrants.”

And apparently, he’s gotten a lot of feedback from constituents because, Wiener said, “there is such a deep seated frustration with Fox News and the fringe it represents.”

He considers them nothing but a “propaganda machine.”

You can watch Wiener’s confrontation below, via Fox News:

[h/t Raw Story]
[image via screengrab]

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