Fox News host Howard Kurtz confronted California’s Republican gubernatorial hopeful Larry Elder about the latter’s criticism of the media, suggesting that the GOP prospect is “good sport” as the main challenger to Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat.

Elder, a conservative talk radio host, has routinely argued that the media is attacking him and masking his candidacy unfairly. The Republican contender has mentioned that the push is notably versus him because he’s a Black conservative.

Through a Sunday job interview on the Fox News application Media Buzz, Kurtz questioned Elder around his evaluation of the media’s protection.

“Aren’t some of the items you’ve got reported above the yrs on the radio—where you might be paid to be provocative, irrespective of whether it’s opposing the bare minimum wage, or calling world-wide warming a crock—fair recreation for the press now that you want to run the point out of California?” Kurtz questioned the Republican candidate.

Elder responded by insisting that he hardly ever explained international warming is a “crock.”

“I have explained world wide warming alarmism is a crock. But, Howard, I’ve been campaigning now for 5 months. I have been a politician now for five weeks. No 1 has questioned me about any of people factors. They requested about the rise in criminal offense. They asked me about the