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This week two more Democratic White House hopefuls dropped out of the Sept. 23 Democratic debate to be co-hosted by Fox News Channel and the Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute.
Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Gov. Bill Richardson, D-NM, are the latest to boycott the event, to be held in Detroit, because of the perceived bias of Fox News Channel.
Says Dodd spokeswoman Christy Setzer: "Given the current lineup of candidates, we feel we cannot have a full debate on the real differences in this race that the American people deserve."
Former Sen. John Edwards, D-NC, was the first to announce he wouldn't attend. Edwards deputy campaign manager Jonathan Prince proclaimed that "there's just no reason for Democrats to give Fox a platform to advance the right-wing agenda while pretending they're objective."
This week two more Democratic White House hopefuls dropped out of the Sept. 23 Democratic debate to be co-hosted by Fox News Channel and the Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute.
Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Gov. Bill Richardson, D-NM, are the latest to boycott the event, to be held in Detroit, because of the perceived bias of Fox News Channel.
Says Dodd spokeswoman Christy Setzer: "Given the current lineup of candidates, we feel we cannot have a full debate on the real differences in this race that the American people deserve."
Former Sen. John Edwards, D-NC, was the first to announce he wouldn't attend. Edwards deputy campaign manager Jonathan Prince proclaimed that "there's just no reason for Democrats to give Fox a platform to advance the right-wing agenda while pretending they're objective."
Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Gov. Bill Richardson, D-NM, are the latest to boycott the event, to be held in Detroit, because of the perceived bias of Fox News Channel.
Says Dodd spokeswoman Christy Setzer: "Given the current lineup of candidates, we feel we cannot have a full debate on the real differences in this race that the American people deserve."
Former Sen. John Edwards, D-NC, was the first to announce he wouldn't attend. Edwards deputy campaign manager Jonathan Prince proclaimed that "there's just no reason for Democrats to give Fox a platform to advance the right-wing agenda while pretending they're objective."
I don't see it as them boycotting Fox news, rather boycotting a media event which they do not control. If there was a chance they could play a part in the questions asked or the context of the questions, they'd bite in a nanosecond. What a shame there is such fear of truth and responsibility.
I think going on FOX cheapens your cause.
You would lose a certain amount of credibility dignifying
what has been proven to have an agenda.
Its would be like going on Springer to argue your parental rights
or something like that. It just lessens any seriousness or urgency
of the stuff that needs to be discussed.
They can get away with this for now, sense this is just the primary. But this is actually a huge mistake on the part of democrats. The Factor, for example, is the nations leading cable news program and they have a huge audience that includes many, many moderates. And no one will win the 2008 presidential election without the support of the moderates. Everyone knows democrats watch CNN in huge numbers, and republicans watch Fox in the same way. But the moderates watch both hoping to get information from both sides of the political spectrum. The democrats that choose not to go on Fox are actually choosing not to get their message out to millions and millions of potential supporters. Many of them moderate republicans who are just about fed up with the way things are going in Washington right now.
There are sufficient outlets to get out messages without using Fox. If anything noteworthy is said by any candidate about any subject, Fox will need to broadcast it too. I'm not concerned with moderates needing to be influenced by Fox, I don't see this as critical to the election. When candidates are selected, the process will include Fox only as part of a larger distribution network. Fox can air what it chooses, but hurts their own credibility further if obviously selective.
They can get away with this for now, sense this is just the primary. But this is actually a huge mistake on the part of democrats. The Factor, for example, is the nations leading cable news program and they have a huge audience that includes many, many moderates. And no one will win the 2008 presidential election without the support of the moderates. Everyone knows democrats watch CNN in huge numbers, and republicans watch Fox in the same way. But the moderates watch both hoping to get information from both sides of the political spectrum. The democrats that choose not to go on Fox are actually choosing not to get their message out to millions and millions of potential supporters. Many of them moderate republicans who are just about fed up with the way things are going in Washington right now.
Shhhhhhhhhhh....don't tell them the secret for the GOP to win again You know its another Bush conspiracy, right after he ropes the moon and sells all his oil, he's gonna sell Fox to the Dems so they can control another network..come on Hawk, you promised you wouldn't tell.......
What a joke this is, how are any of these yahoos gonna handle a hostile foreign country if they are afraid of big bad fox news,??
It isn't fear, but an unwillingness to dignify the network by appearing on it.
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