Fox's narrative of the “crime crisis” imploded during the debate and the network is furious

The trio returned to the topic later in the show.

“One of my favorite parts of the debate, and where I suddenly realized that the bias was clearly evident at one point, was the conversation about crime,” Jones complained. “And then David chimes in and says, 'Well, actually the FBI says crime is going down.'”

“OK, well, we know those numbers aren't quite right,” he continued, repeating Trump's false claim from the debate. Jones then urged Muir to focus more on crime anecdotes on his show, saying, “David, you have a news show every day. You may not cover it, but you have local partners in major cities around the country. You cover crime in Chicago and Philadelphia. Why don't you pick up the phone, call them and see what's going on locally?”

“I think, Lawrence, the key word here was 'violent,' and David said, 'Violent crime is down,'” Earhardt replied. “We know that crime has gone up in these cities, we know that under this administration, thousands, millions of illegal immigrants have come across our border, many of them gang members. We know that more of them have murdered more little girls or young women than at any time in my lifetime.” (Earhardt lived in the 1990s, when violent crime and murder peaked and reached dramatically higher levels than today.)

“Violent crime may be going down,” she continued, “but overall we're all a little more afraid of crime than we used to be.”

“Ask anyone on the streets of Philadelphia, outside of where this debate took place, if they think crime is going down,” Kilmeade added. “In New York City, if you walk the streets here, I don't care what the bar chart or pie chart says, it's not going down.”