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Fox News and HuffPost at ‘War’! Fight breaks out at WHCD afterparty between Fox News and Huffington Post reporters

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h2><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;470909&semi;"><strong>&&num;8216&semi;&&num;8230&semi; Why on earth did grown-ups think it was gentlemanly to settle scores with a public duel while  in tuxes&quest;&&num;8217&semi; Anyway this bunch of wusses could not even sweat up 2 minute&&num;8217&semi;s equivalent of grunt in the gym&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>According to the Washington Post&comma; a scuffle ensued at a White House Correspondents’ Association dinner after-party&comma; held at the U&period;S&period; Institute of Peace building in Foggy Bottom&comma; Sunday&period; The scuffle broke out between Fox News correspondent Jesse Watters and Ryan Grim&comma; the Huffington Post’s Washington bureau chief&period; The fight — unusual among a tuxedo-clad crowd more used to venting their differences with Twitter snarks — briefly caused ripples in the party&comma; where political staffers and journalists were grooving to tunes spun by DJ Biz Markie and noshing on mini servings of chili cheese fries&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Here’s how it went down&comma; per several witness&colon; Grim and Watters were among a group located in a heated tent just outside the main party area&period; The two apparently don’t have a personal relationship&comma; but Grim realized who Watters was and recalled a beef he had with the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;O’Reilly Factor” correspondent that dated back to 2009&comma; when Watters&comma; known as an &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ambush journalist&comma;” had engineered an on-camera confrontation of writer Amanda Terkel&comma; now a HuffPo colleague of Grim&period; Terkel’s account of the incident was headlined &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I Was Followed&comma; Harassed&comma; And Ambushed By Bill O’Reilly’s Producer&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Grim decided to give Watters a taste of his own medicine&comma; whipping out his camera phone and filming him&period; Watters didn’t take well to this&comma; eventually snatching the phone away from Grim and putting it in his pocket&period; Grim set out to retrieve it&comma; and a scuffle ensued&period; No cinematic sparring or broken beer bottles&comma; witnesses said&comma; but the two flailed around a bit&comma; upending a table and bumping into several people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"interstitial-link"><strong><i> <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-21432" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;gettyimages-5267534101462114094&period;jpg" alt&equals;"gettyimages-5267534101462114094" width&equals;"606" height&equals;"433" &sol;><&sol;i><span class&equals;"cell"><br &sol;>&NewLine;After the main event&comma; celebrities and politicians descended on the Bloomberg &amp&semi; Vanity Fair cocktail reception and MSNBC after-party&period;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"f02E5h2mTpFLJp" class&equals;"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal pb-1 pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-page-newsletter-inLine">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"inline-newsletter" class&equals;"newsletter-inline-unit container ">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"signup-module row">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"f02E5h2mTpFLJp" class&equals;"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal pb-1 pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-page-newsletter-inLine"> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Punches were definitely thrown&comma;” said one witness&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Before any damage was done&comma; several bystanders&comma; including Sean Spicer&comma; communications director at the Republican National Committee&comma; separated the two&period; Spicer said he didn’t see the lead-up to the fight and said he was merely attempting to stay true to the party venue&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Just trying to keep the peace&comma;” he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Asked for comment&comma; a Fox spokeswoman said the most Washington thing ever&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Jesse will address the issue tomorrow night on The O’Reilly Factor&period;” Meanwhile&comma; Grim was unrepentant&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ambush guy can’t take getting ambushed&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Maybe he should think about his life choices&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"inline-content inline-gallery-embedded">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"pb-container">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"fA0cSO1qgAmx7p" class&equals;"pb-feature-ssi-single pb-3 pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-gallery-gallery">&NewLine;<h5 id&equals;"gallery&lowbar;5428" class&equals;"wp-volt-gal wp-volt-gal-p-end-circular wp-volt-gal-promo-stub wp-volt-gal-on-promo-slide wp-volt-gal-embed-promo wp-volt-gal-embed-promo-hide"><br class&equals;"wp-volt-gal-main" &sol;><em><strong>Lets us know what you think of this article&period; 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