Friday, January 04, 2008

"We report, you decide..."

...if Fox News should ever be taken seriously again as some kind of "fair and balanced" network:

First:
"And we present broad views. We don't eliminate it. Bias has to do with the elimination of points of view, not presenting a point of view."
-- Roger Ailes, Chairman, Fox News, 2003
Second:
Fox News Channel has listed almost every presidential candidate as appearing in the Republican forum it is holding two nights before the New Hampshire caucus. But they have not listed Ron Paul. Fox hasn't been forthcoming with an explanation. But according to CNN, Fox's justification is that they are inviting only candidates polling in double-digits.
Finally:
Not only did Paul pull down 10% in yesterday's Iowa caucus (that would be 'double digits' for the math challenged at Fox News...), but placed six percentage points ahead of the former New York mayor who once demanded he retract his remarks at an early debate.
Paul refused to shut up then. So I guess Fox figures they have to shut him down now. That former mayor is invited to the forum. Paul is not. Fair and balanced? You decide...

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