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by Warner Todd Huston, Western Journalism

…Trump only wants to hear from one person

Donald Trump is taking his grudge against Fox News to another level after refusing to take a call from Fox host Sean Hannity.

A Trump spokesman now claims there is only one person at Fox News who Trump wants to hear from.

In the days before the next GOP debate, frontrunner urged Fox News to remove Megyn Kelly from the panel of moderators for the Thursday debate.

“Based on Megyn Kelly’s conflict of interest and bias,” Trump tweeted, “she should not be allowed to be a moderator of the next debate.”

Fox News, though, didn’t bow to Trump’s demands and confirmed Kelly would be there regardless.

Since Fox News made its firm reply, insiders say Sean Hannity tried to call Trump to act as a mediator between the candidate and the network. But apparently, according to The Blaze, Trump refused to deal with Hannity.

Trump then went farther than simply refusing to talk to Hannity. He also said he won’t speak to Fox News chief Roger Ailes on the matter. The insider said Trump only wants to hear from one person at Fox News: Rupert Murdoch.

Trump source says Trump isn't taking Ailes calls. Hannity just tried calling trump as an emissary. Trump only wants to deal with Murdoch now

— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) January 27, 2016

Per Trump source: Trump's position now is he is chairman of his company and he will only deal with Murdoch at a chairman-to-chairman level

— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) January 27, 2016

When all was said and done, Trump informed his supporters Tuesday evening he was not going to appear at the debate.

In response, Fox News released a sarcastic reply to “The Donald’s” announcement that he was going to skip the debate saying Trump “can’t dictate the moderators or the questions.”

Kelly had her own reply to the real estate mogul’s stunt. On her show she pointed out that Trump won’t be able to “control the media” now or if he becomes president.

“What’s interesting is here is Trump is not used to not controlling things as the chief executive of a large organization. But the truth is, he doesn’t get to control the media, and while he’s made his position clear about me after that first debate, Roger Ailes made his position clear, too,” she said.

http://investmentwatchblog.com/report-hannity-called-trump-after-debate-announcement-and-heres-what-happened/