Nevada Democrats pull out of Foxnews Sponsored Debate
 

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Cliffs Notes: Foxnews was set to sponsor a presidential debate amongst the democratic candidates in Nevada. Candidates pulled out of debate to boycott foxnews in response to derogatory comments by the CEO of Foxnews about Barack Obama.

I think most people on this board, even the conservative ones, generally agree that Foxnews is biased in favor of conservatives. But, as a democrat, I don't like this decision to boycott a news organization by political leaders because they don't agree with its viewpoint. I think this sets a bad precedent, and hurts the independence of the Press (a news show might think twice about disparaging a political party now for fear of losing ratings and business along with the ability to host a debate such as this).

Thoughts?

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Cliffs Notes: Foxnews was set to sponsor a presidential debate amongst the democratic candidates in Nevada. Candidates pulled out of debate to boycott foxnews in response to derogatory comments by the CEO of Foxnews about Barack Obama.

I think most people on this board, even the conservative ones, generally agree that Foxnews is biased in favor of conservatives. But, as a democrat, I don't like this decision to boycott a news organization by political leaders because they don't agree with its viewpoint. I think this sets a bad precedent, and hurts the independence of the Press (a news show might think twice about disparaging a political party now for fear of losing ratings and business along with the ability to host a debate such as this).

Thoughts?

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Maybe I am easily persuaded, but I essentially agree with everything that kos has posted on the subject. Fox News is a de facto propaganda machine for the Republican party, and as such, should not be treated as a news outlet by the Democratic party.

By the way, I don't begrudge Fox News for what they do, I just think people genuinely believe that they are "fair and balanced" are ignorant.

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Boycotting the debate is short sighted. I am sure there are plenty of independants, anti war Republicans, pro-life Democrats, gun owning libertarians, and other swing voters in Nevada who watch Fox News. Why not try and convince these people of the virtues of the Democratic Party's agenda.

Are the Democrats simply writing those voters off? Good luck winning the general election in Nevada, Ohio, Arizona, Colorado, etc. with that attitude.

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All one has to do is look at the previous Fox News hosted debates. The candidates got hammered with smear questions and then were smeared by Fox newscasters afterwards who twisted everything they said and made them all look horrible.

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It didn't take long for this thread to get hijacked into yet another "bash Fox News" thread, did it?

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It didn't take long for this thread to get hijacked into yet another "bash Fox News" thread, did it?

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Well at least one poster is bashing fox news as it pertains to previous debates held by fox news that appeared to be poorly run.

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It didn't take long for this thread to get hijacked into yet another "bash Fox News" thread, did it?

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The whole point of the story is that Nevada Democrats believe the biased coverage of Fox News is enough reason to disavow it as a legitmate news organiaztion.

The breaking point, BTW, was Fox head Roger Ailes comparing Barack Obama to Osama Bin Laden in a speech the other night - if that's what the head of the network is doing, then how much more transparent is the hypocrisy within the network itself? - How about letting Ann Coulter back on the air and allowing her to CYA on her slurious remarks about John Edwards a few nights prior? She actually bailed on CNN and went to the one place she wouldn't be challenged in any meaningful way - Faux news.

In true partisan response, Fox News called the decision one made by radical fringe out-of-state interest groups - they neglected to mention most legitmate Democratic Candidates like Edwards and Obama have already blacklisted the network for it's repeated slurs and falsehoods.

A legitimate news group would have probably just said they were disappointed and moved on, but Fox News turns rejection into it's own personal attack -

they get everything that's coming to them and more when it comes to bad press - Faux News is the correct spelling, and I think it's a wise decision to boycott it and stick with MSM news media - You wouldn't see a debate between Christian Republicans on MTV, or Libertarians debating on a network run by Socialists, and I think it's unwise for Democrats to allow their debates to be covered by an organization that gets it's talking points from the Republican National Committee and it's head owner allows his bias to come thru in such transparent and cheap humor.

the only guy with less credibility then Fox News is the White House Press Secretary, and he used to work for THEM too - LOL - screw em.

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CNN is so similar to Fox News that I fail to see how people can't tell the difference. It probably has something to do with the effective propaganda campaigns run by both networks.

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If that was true i suppose then you might have a point. Seeing as how its not your post makes no sense.