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| Dems really P.O.'d at Fox for not providing customary liberal bias |
| 2007-03-10 |
| Deputy Campaign Manager Jonathan Prince sent the following You may have heard by now that Sounds like a two year old to me. Fox has already started striking back at John for saying no. (There's a surprise - Fox attacking a Democrat.) Last night, Roger Ailes - the life-long Republican operative who is now Chairman of Fox News Channel - said that any candidate "who believes he can blacklist any news organization is making a terrible mistake" and "is impeding freedom of speech and free press." And John's The whole right-wing is getting in on the attack; the Drudge Report is blaring the headline: "War! Dems Pull Out of Fox News Debate." We're surrounded by all two of them! Are you getting upset now? Enough is enough. It's time to send a clear message to Fox News and their allies that their right-wing talking points and temper tantrums won't go unchallenged anymore - when it comes to what Democrats should do in the Democratic primary, we'll decide - no matter what they report: Hard to do things without the cover of darkness, eh? https://johnedwards.com/action/contribute/fox Har har! Get the masses worked up and get them to contribute! Fox News has already proven they have no intention of providing "fair and balanced" coverage of any Democrat in this election. Ah, so you want segregation in the news service? In recent weeks they have run blatant lies about Senator Obama's background. And Fox was only too happy to give Ann Coulter a platform to spew more hate a few days after her bigoted attack on Senator Edwards and the gay community. If you want to interpret things in such a shallow manner to get votes I guess go ahead if your constituents are short-sighted enough to fall for it. Now it's time for Democrats to stand together and send a clear message to Roger Ailes, Fox News and all the rest of them: bias isn't balance, but turning tables is fair. I'm biased this way, you're biased that. Which is more unbalanced? Whatever viewpoint is not yours, I assume. The truth is, Fox News can "report" whatever they want. And when it works for us, we'll deal with them on our terms. But this campaign is about responsibility and accountability, and we need to send the message to Fox that if they want to be the corporate mouthpiece of the Republican Party more than they want to be an impartial news outlet, they shouldn't expect Democrats to play along. So this so-called republican mouthpiece ought to be clamped shut? How democratic of you. Who's next? You can send that message by contributing today, and remind Fox News that in this election, Democrats won't take their spin lying down: I think I'm seeing a pattern here. https://johnedwards.com/action/contribute/fox Maybe they're madder now and stupid enough to contribute twice! Thank you for standing up for what we believe in. Yeah, you show 'em Jonathan Prin Deputy Campaign Manager Edward P.S. If the folks at Fox wonder why nobody thinks they play it straight, they should take a look at what Roger Ailes said about debates in 1988 when he was a top Republican spinmaster for then Vice President Bush: He told the Washington Post, "I don't know that we need to do more than one [debate]. There's no reason to think we'd need more than one." And he told the New York Times, "I don't think you learn anything about the issues" from debates. So please send Roger Ailes a message: Hypocrisy isn't fair and it isn't balanced; it's just hypocrisy - and we've had enough of it from you. In the words of the Great Ray Stevens: "And furthermore, in addition to, on top of that: [Razzberry sound]!" |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #10 Wait until the Dems watch the message in the "300"! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-03-10 21:35 |
| #9 How about the #3 guy in the UN, we NEVER hear from whoever that is. It would be a quick trip down the "Memory Hole". |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-03-10 18:09 |
| #8 I wouldn't wish Edwards on Iran, much less France. They've had enough misery with 12 years of Sh$$rack. Now Brussels and the EU, on the other hand... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-03-10 13:40 |
| #7 About a week and a half ago, The Hill had a story on how John Edwards would be in for some uncomfortable times in Nevada owing to the former Senator's support for a bill against collegiate sports betting. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2007-03-10 10:56 |
| #6 Humm he is afraid of a girl that calls him names and afraid of a nes channel that MIGHT call him out. Oh yes this guy would make a great President.....Of Phrance. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-03-10 10:29 |
| #5 Breck girl scared by Fox? Nutroots pressure? LOL...they're marginalizing themselves better than we ever could. Don't stop em |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-03-10 10:08 |
| #4 Last night, Roger Ailes - the life-long Republican operative who is now Chairman of Fox News Channel - said that any candidate "who believes he can blacklist any news organization is making a terrible mistake" and "is impeding freedom of speech and free press." So...proof of the falsity of a claim is to point out that the one making the claim has been a life-long member of the other party. |
| Posted by: WTF 2007-03-10 09:19 |
| #3 Let the Donks refuse to speak to anyone but their allies. It'll show their colors faster. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2007-03-10 09:16 |
| #2 Come on, people, stop using the "faggots" word. The word pussy is much funnier. |
| Posted by: badanov 2007-03-10 08:45 |
| #1 What do Edwards and Jonathan Prince have in common? They're both faggots (in the Ann Coulter sense of the term). Voting Democrat is clear proof of diminished responsibility and a lack of any capability for accurate judgment. |
| Posted by: mac 2007-03-10 01:35 |