FOX gets Foxed.

[Enigma]

It's high time someone stood up to the "fair & balanced" hackery propaganda channel, and gave them what they deserve. Nothing.

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will not participate in a Democratic debate co-hosted by Fox News Channel this fall, campaign aides indicated Monday.
The decision by the two Democratic presidential candidates follows an announcement last week by John Edwards, another White House contender, that he would forgo the Fox event.
The Sept. 23 debate, set for Detroit, is co-sponsored by the cable news network and by the Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute.
...Obama and Clinton aides said they intended to participate in six debates sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee. The DNC's list did not include the Fox News-CBC Institute debate, a concession to liberal and black activists who say Fox has slighted blacks and is biased in favor of conservatives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18035439/

Also must tip the hat to Mr. Obama for showing some backbone and dismissing a CBC event due to the lack of integrity of it's co-sponser. Admirable move for a man in his position....

[Tchocky]

Liberals can't argue their positions, so they're running away!

(I wonder how obvious one has to be here sometimes)

Good show Clinton/Obama!

[Sailor Steve]

"Democrats have been under pressure from liberal activists to avoid Fox-hosted debates. Last month, the Nevada Democratic Party canceled a debate that Fox was to co-sponsor in August."

Criticisms of Fox aside, I don't see why their debate would be any worse than any others, or why "liberal activists" would bring pressure on candidates to avoid it.

That said, I despise televised "debates" in general; I would rather see candidates actually debate the issues than answer newspeoples' loaded questions.

[Enigma]

That said, I despise televised "debates" in general; I would rather see candidates actually debate the issues than answer newspeoples' loaded questions.

Agreed!

I would actually prefer that the Dems go into FOX's house, and call them out on live TV. Stare the lion in the face, so to speak. Show some back bone and some convicitons.
However, I think this is a good thing too. It sends the right message. There was no real pressure on the campaigns to do this, and I find that to be a positive sign. FOX has been getting away with their PR campaign for the right for waaaaay too long, despite all the charges abound that the media is a liberal one. It's high time someone called them on their BS, and the fact that Edwards led the charge, and they did so in a dignified manner is encouraging. At the very least it makes FOX look like what they are, and not what they portray themselves to be...

[August]

I wonder how many people here will decry the republicans refusing to debate on CBS for the same reasons?

[Enigma]

I would.

CBS/Fox = apples/oranges. CBS isnt guilty of being the mouthpiece for the democratic party. FOX goes as far as adjusting its storyboard headlines to fit with the rights agenda or cause. it's dispicable.

The republicans refused to take part in Moveon.org's debates last time around. In that case, I agreed with their decision completely. Calling out Moveon was one thing. Calling out a major TV netwrok is quite another...