A Fox News Channel interview ended abruptly Monday when a guest accused the network of hyping the Sept. 11 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and "operating as a wing of the Republican Party."

Thomas Ricks, a former newspaper reporter and author of "The Generals," was interviewed by anchor Jon Scott about GOP criticism of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice's comments about the Benghazi attacks. Ricks said he thought the story of attacks in Benghazi and the four Americans killed in the American consulate were "hyped, by this network especially," and described the events as "what was essentially a small firefight" in Libya.

Scott asked Ricks would he call it "hype" when four Americans were killed, including the first U.S. ambassador in more than 30 years. However, Ricks veered the topic toward Iraq, saying no one paid much attention when security contractors died there.

"How many security contractors died in Iraq, do you know?" Rick asked. Scott answered, "I don't" and then Ricks stated, "No, nobody does, because nobody cared."

"I think that the emphasis on Benghazi has been extremely political, partly because Fox was operating as a wing of the Republican Party," Ricks said.

Scott then thanked Ricks and turned to his co-anchor, who introduced a commercial.

Scott later said in an email one reason why he chose to speak the way he did on the Fox show: "The hero of my new book is George Marshall, the Army chief of staff during World War II. He got his position by speaking truth to power, and I try to follow that example."

The Youtube video of Scott and Ricks interview had many users of the social media site voice their opinion on the matter. One user said Fox News is "poisoning America" while another user claimed that Ricks had an agenda coming onto the show. At time of publication, the Youtube clip had 594 "Likes" and seven "Dislikes."

Four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, were killed in the Sept. 11 attack in Libya, which has since been called a terrorist attack, according to Yahoo.

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