Voss: Fox News and CNN intentionally act as professional instigators
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Former FBI negotiator Chris Voss tells Codie Sanchez that mainstream media outlets deliberately foment anger between citizens.
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“And the people with the megaphones are professional instigators. They want us at each other's throats. And I think if we're just aware that their intent is to instigate, whether they be with Fox news or whether they be with CNN, Their intent is to instigate.”
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