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Here in the U.S., the presidential election season, like Christmas, seems to start earlier and earlier each time.
In keeping with this, the Democratic National Committee is making waves by announcing that it will exclude Fox News, which has the largest viewership of the major cable news networks by a considerable margin, from debate coverage of DNC presidential candidates.
Thomas Lifson outlines a number of reasons this may not be a good move.
One is that from a historical and strategy perspective:
Presidential debates inevitably favor the challengers. Trump can push them in that direction by agreeing to debates only if Fox News is included. That forces them to either accept FNC or have no debates at all. If they accept, that makes FNC the debate worth watching. The rest are discredited as Democrat "safe spaces,"
And it appears he has pounced and done exactly that from his twitter account:
Democrats just blocked @FoxNews from holding a debate. Good, then I think I’ll do the same thing with the Fake News Networks and the Radical Left Democrats in the General Election debates!
Really all either party has to do is A) not be crazy and/or B) keep their idiot mouths shut to win.
Neither of these seems to be in the cards dealt to either side, so it should be a heck of a ride.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Revek on Monday March 11 2019, @01:56PM (5 children)
Its clear to anyone that fox news is just a GOP propaganda machine. They should make an effort to exclude all fake news sites. It shouldn't be a surprise that the GOP has embraced the 'fake news' label for their opposition. They know that what they represent are mostly lies to sucker poor and middle class voters to support them. Not that the democrats are not without fault. It would be a mistake though to think that fox news will do anything because its the right thing. The right thing for them is keeping ratings high and thats it. Lets not forget they are the network that went to court for the right to misrepresent the facts and won.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Monday March 11 2019, @03:16PM (4 children)
Counterpoint: Rachel Maddow. If she was Republican and male, she'd be Rush Limbaugh.
(Score: 3, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday March 11 2019, @03:30PM (1 child)
Nah, he's way fatter. Not as homely though.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 12 2019, @02:22AM
They both like to date the same types of woman though.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Monday March 11 2019, @05:37PM (1 child)
If she was Republican and male, she'd be Rush Limbaugh.
She would also need to be a massive liar.
Oh wait, you said 'Republican' so we're good.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Monday March 11 2019, @05:49PM
RussiaRussiaRussia is Maddow's communist in every closet schtick. She's a McCarthyite figure.