Isn’t it interesting that with all the left and usually biased mainstream media, it is always Fox that gets criticized? Want to know why? According to a poll I saw last week (not on Fox), Fox is the No. 1 most watched news channel, beating out No. 2 by almost a million viewers. The used-to-be “go to” channel CNN — which has turned into the Trash Trump channel among others — was ranked as No. 12. 

I saw a snippet last night of the Stormy Daniels interview with Anderson Cooper (she’s the porn star who alleges to having an affair years ago with President Trump). Cooper asked her if he (Trump) used protection. Has he reached a new low to get viewers? 

One reason viewers watch Fox is because most discussions have views from the left and right, Democrat and Republican, liberal and conservative. As nightly news host Bret Baier says, “We report, you decide. Fair, balanced and unafraid.” 

Fox also tells “the rest of the story,” to quote Paul Harvey. Do you remember the article a couple weeks ago from journalist Martin Dyckman, who says we should show respect and gratitude for British spy Christopher Steele for risking life and limb to get us the report which started the Russia investigation? In-depth investigations from some great reporters have shown that Steele did not want Trump to get elected, that this dossier has never been collaborated or verified, and that the Hillary Clinton’s Democratic campaign paid millions for this report in hopes of getting something to be used against Trump in the election. 

To make matters worse, this same dossier was presented to the FISA court as evidence to allow spying on an American citizen and to start the Russia probe. The now-fired Andrew McCabe, Deputy Director of the FBI, testified before the House Intelligence Committee that without this dossier, the FISA court would not have gotten the warrant. 

Oh, and did I mention that the fact that the Hillary campaign paid for this dossier was never revealed to the FISA court. 

As more and more is revealed, I think that the public who is acceptable to the truth will find out that the Obama administration was the most corrupt in our lifetime. I read “7 Steps to Becoming a Dictator” from last week’s opinion page, and seems to me Obama had them all. The political bias on the part of the Justice Department and the FBI during Obama’s term is frightening. Eric Holder is the only Attorney General in history to be held in contempt by Congress for not handing over requested documents which they were entitled to see. Wonder what he was hiding? It is sad that so many hard-working rank and file agents and employees have to see how a few bad apples can spoil things. 

McCabe has now been fired, not by President Trump as the left media will tell you, but by the recommendation of his own Office of Professional Responsibility of the FBI and the report of the Inspector General. Democrats are offering him a job for a few days so he won’t lose his million dollar-plus pension paid for by the hard-working taxpayers, most of us who cannot afford to retire at age 50, certainly not with that sizable pension. Sad when Democrats want to reward someone for wrongdoing.

Unfortunately, when it was revealed that the IRS was targeting conservative groups under Obama, Lane just took the 5th and retired into the sunset with a nice pension. Maybe, finally there is going to be some justice done for those who do something they shouldn’t do. 

Speaking of the IRS, I challenge anyone to Google “IRS refunds to illegal immigrants” and be dumbfounded by the billions of dollars that have been given to illegal immigrants because of Obama’s actions. So much went on in that administration that most of the public is unaware of. 

So (the new word that no one can begin a sentence without) there you have a conservative Republican point of view. 

Gretchen Branning 

Lake Junaluska