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Hosts on the conservative cable news channel have repeatedly scolded Paul this week for flashing his temper.

Megyn Kelly grilled Paul about his interactions with the press, asking him if he gets "overly emotional." On the afternoon talk show "Outnumbered," the panelists were uniform in agreement that Paul needed to control his temper. The panelists on the channel's highly rated evening roundtable, "The Five," echoed those sentiments.

The message from the cable news channel's personalities was clear: If Paul wants to win in 2016, he better shape up.

The controversy began on Wednesday morning, when Paul grew curt with "Today" show anchor Savannah Guthrie. After Guthrie pressed him on shifts in his positions over the years, Paul accused her of editorializing. Later that day, Paul was abrasive when Associated Press reporter Philip Elliot asked him about apparent contradictions in his positions on abortion legislation.

The incidents prompted the media to recall when Paul shushed CNBC anchor Kelly Evans earlier this year.

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By Wednesday evening, Paul was telling CNN's Wolf Blitzer, "I think I've been universally short tempered and testy with both male and female reporters. I'll own up to that."

In her interview with Paul on Wednesday, Kelly, who hosts a primetime show on Fox News, defended Evans and Guthrie for their line of questioning and admonished Paul.

"Those women were not yelling at you," Kelly told Paul.

On Thursday's edition of "Outnumbered," the news channel's afternoon talk show featuring four female hosts and one male host, Andrea Tantaros, a former Republican strategist, contended that Paul's interactions could be construed as sexist.

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Rand Paul gets scolded by Fox News hosts