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Concha backs Times reporting on Alaska's two-Sullivan controversy

The Fox News contributor praises the newspaper's investigation but questions why it felt obliged to defend publishing it.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 410,607 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (27,505).

Joe Concha: We have our October surprise

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0:18Casone reads the Times' statement that it had an ethical obligation to publish what it verified.
0:58Concha calls the report an "October surprise" and argues that partisan expectations shape readers' responses.
1:56Concha praises the investigation's sourcing but criticizes the newspaper's defensive follow-up.
3:10Concha argues that journalists should report without favoring a party, drawing comparisons with past media controversies.

Joe Concha has praise for The New York Times and a criticism that follows directly from it: the newspaper should not need to apologize for reporting an uncomfortable election story.

In a Fox & Friends First segment posted by Fox News Clips, Cheryl Casone reads the Times' explanation of its decision to publish an investigation into Alaska's Senate race. At the center of the controversy are two candidates named Dan Sullivan, whose separate entries appear in a ballot graphic during the discussion.

Concha calls the report an "October surprise." He credits its sourcing, pointing to texts, documents and multiple sources, while arguing that the newspaper's defensive follow-up looks weak. "They have nothing to apologize for," he says.

His broader argument concerns confirmation bias: readers wanting news that favors their preferred party rather than reporting that challenges it. Concha says journalism should "report without fear or favor to party." The segment is commentary on the investigation and the response to it, rather than a new investigation of the ballot controversy.

The upload drew about 250,000 views within ten hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full first day for regular videos. Its central distinction is Concha's willingness to commend the Times' reporting while taking issue with its explanation for doing the work.

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