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: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 11 2019, @04:46PM (12 children)
How many people were assaulted for wearing their "I'm with her" clothing? How many kids were kicked out of school events for their Hillary 2016 shirts? How many Democrats had their restaurant dinners interrupted with assaults or refusal of service?
This is not the same.
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 11 2019, @04:55PM (1 child)
Democrats have become the modern day book burning lynch mob party. They use the media and digital platforms to achieve these ends rather than rope and fire, but its the same end.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday March 11 2019, @05:52PM
Indeed. Brownshirts in all but fashion choice.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 5, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Monday March 11 2019, @05:08PM (5 children)
Heather Heyer
(Score: 0, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 11 2019, @05:40PM (3 children)
James Thomas Hodgkinson
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday March 11 2019, @10:50PM (1 child)
D: Jane X
R2: But whadabout Bob Y?!?!
Nope, that's not how logical argumentation works.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 12 2019, @01:26AM
Well, the moderation of the two comments seems to bear out the media bias via users of media. Some actual nazi killed heather heyer, +5 touche. Some politically motivated leftist shot up a bunch of republicans with an SKS: +1 touche, -1 overrated. The Covington kids weren't actual nazis but the media sure tried to make them out to be that. The media bias against the GOP seems to be working.
(Score: 2) by Nobuddy on Tuesday March 12 2019, @02:00PM
Cesar Sayoc
I bet you run out of names LOOOOOONG before I do.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 11 2019, @06:41PM
Fuck that stupid bitch and your lies. The driver of that car was running from attackers that were not being policed. She got what she deserved anyways.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 11 2019, @06:54PM (3 children)
Well all the Planned Parenthood workers, medical professionals, homosexuals, and others that are routinely harassed by conservatives. The list is a bit long so pardon me for not naming names.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 11 2019, @07:47PM (2 children)
Nice deflect. Wake me when they are harassed for displaying Democratic party affiliations.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday March 11 2019, @10:53PM (1 child)
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 12 2019, @04:51AM
Those "bombs" (inert props) were sent via the infamous post office in Broward where the voter fraud was performed.
Notice that nobody got hurt. The "bombs" didn't even fail; they succeeded. The whole point was to accuse the right of sending bombs, but that never happened. We call this a "false flag operation".