Posted by
Tzimisce on Monday, March 12, 2007 2:13:28 PM
Friday March 9, 2007 the Democratic party officially backed out of a televised debate to be presented by Fox News Channel in Nevada next Aug. Though there are many conflicting stories, the biggest theory is that the Left wing blogosphere demanded the pull out because Fox news is "too right wing".
That's really stupid of them. You'd think that the hardcore left would be celebrating its chance to bring another point of view to the mind numbed masses. There one chance to bring the kind of "balance" to a network they hate and libs throw it out. One could argue that Fox might be setting these people up to make them look bad, but wouldn't that just serve as more evidence of how rotten Fox News is?
Fox is probably the most watched of all the cable news channels. What kind of dirty tricks could Fox pull? Attempting something sneaky in the middle of the Democratic debate would be like trying to rob a bank on live television. Everybody would see what Fox was doing and call them on it. But let's assume the network did try something stupid, wouldn't it be great to expose Fox what you think it is?
That aside, if Dems and Libs really believe their ideas are solid they wouldn't mind talking about them anywhere. Dennis Kucinich has already said this much:
“I’m prepared to discuss the war, health care, trade, or any other issue anytime, anywhere, with any audience, answering any question from any media. And any candidate who won’t shouldn’t be President of the United States.”
-Kucinich's blog
And he's right. If you really believe in something then there are no "tough" questions. Thus it would be impossible for Fox to set them up.
But let's assume for a second that Dems went on Fox and the absolute worst possible thing happened. Don't you think that all the candidates would team up to defend themselves? They might be competing for the Democrat Presidential nomination, but there is no way they're all going to sit there and watch their entire side get trashed without doing anything. They'll circle the wagons for each other.
I think the Democrat pullout of the Fox debate sucks on a couple of levels. Firstly because I'm from Nevada and it's kind of a swipe at us (a little state.) Secondly because I watch Fox and was kind of looking forward to the debate.
If I was Roger Ailes, I'd sue for breach of contract.