Democratic National Committee rejects Fox News for debates

[TeamPooka]

Democratic National Committee rejects Fox News for debates, citing New Yorker article

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/democratic-national-committee-rejects-fox-news-for-debates-citing-new-yorker-article/2019/03/06/a0bdf55c-402e-11e9-922c-64d6b7840b82_story.html?utm_term=.ee9b2c860ff8

The Democratic National Committee has decided to exclude Fox News Channel from televising any of its candidate debates during the 2019-2020 cycle as a result of published revelations detailing the cable network’s close ties to the Trump administration.

In a statement Wednesday, DNC Chairman Tom Perez cited a story in the New Yorker magazine this week that detailed how Fox has promoted President Trump’s agenda. The article, entitled “The Making of the Fox News White House,” suggested that the news network had become a propaganda vehicle for Trump.

“I believe that a key pathway to victory is to continue to expand our electorate and reach all voters,” said Perez in his statement to The Washington Post. “That is why I have made it a priority to talk to a broad array of potential media partners, including Fox News. Recent reporting in the New Yorker on the inappropriate relationship between President Trump, his administration and Fox News has led me to conclude that the network is not in a position to host a fair and neutral debate for our candidates. Therefore, Fox News will not serve as a media partner for the 2020 Democratic primary debates.”

Winning the exclusive rights to televise the 12 candidate debates is considered a prestigious prize in the television business. The debates typically draw large audiences — the first Republican debate in August 2015 attracted a record 24 million viewers — and are a vehicle for promoting the networks’ news programs.

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[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

Excellent news

Fox also gave the vileMAGAcretin questions in advance

[TheBlackAdder]

28. Watch the GOP says they will only go on FOX News or RT for debates.

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I don't think it provides a benefit to debate Trump.

He is a pathological liar, and you cannot debate someone who makes up unchecked lies at the spur of the moment.

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[leftynyc]

2. Good

Nothing but a waste of time using those slugs for anything.

[DownriverDem]

37. I just saw where

trump said if Fox is shut out, he will not be in debates on any of the other channels. What do you folks think?

[leftynyc]

38. I couldn't care less

He'll look like a fucking coward. Democrats have excellent reasons not to agree to go on state run tv.

[INdemo]

42. Hopefull he will be watching the debates from cell Block "C"

[scheming daemons]

3. Good! Don't f*** around with them anymore. They aren't a legitimate news outfit.

[OMGWTF]

13. At Obama's last Correspondent's Dinner they were just listed as "Fox" w/o the "News" part

[Wounded Bear]

4. It's not really "news" about Fox...

Hell, remember under Dubya? They traced direct links from the white house to Fox News HQ in New York. They were exchanging calls and faxes (remember those? ) every day. Then Fox would broadcast to all their local affiliates to get their stories aligned.

They've been Repub shills for decades.

[TeamPooka]

20. yup

[KY_EnviroGuy]

31. And Heritage Foundation.

I suspect Heritage was the main boiler room for it all, and may still be today. They operate using an invisible web, with unknown master players involved.

As you said, I recall some of them confessing to the daily policy and soundbite emails......

[RockaFowler]

5. Excellent news!

[brandnewday2009]

6. Good on you, DNC!

[Historic NY]

7. Don't even let them in the building.

[gratuitous]

8. Truly a no-brainer of a decision

But I'm still gratified that the Committee made the right decision.

[TryLogic]

39. Yes

[manor321]

9. Fantastic! Yes! Yes! Yes!

[0rganism]

10. hell, it's about time.

[DFW]

11. About time

There is NO legitimate reason, and I mean NONE, to let a propaganda organization for the Republican Party have ANYTHING to do with any debate in which our candidates are involved.

I see no reason to not give the true reason, publicly and unambiguously.

[TryLogic]

40. I agree !!!

[SunSeeker]

12. Good. nt

[CatWoman]

14. From the Facebook thread discussing this

Ashley Nicole

Faux News did Nazi this coming.

[cp]

15. Good decision!

[Honeycombe8]

16. Our Democratic leaders have found new gumption!

They have in the past been soooo conciliatory, so agreeable, attempting to be fair at all costs. I'm so glad to see that they have been awakened by the Trump monster, and are playing hardball.

It is the right thing to do not to partner w/a Trump mouthpiece for our debates.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

25. 'bout damned time, too

Reach across the aisle only to punch the lying, cheating, fascist bastards in the mouth.

[dalton99a]

17. Fuck Trump TV.

[JDC]

18. Over at Fox News, there is no mention of the debate questions leak

Only that they have deep ties w Trump. They reference the article, but don't state what was in the article.

*as the reasoning behind it.

[dlk]

19. What, No Propaganda Outlets Allowed for the Debates?

Imagine that!

[NNadir]

21. I don't know why it took so long to reject Pravda for the far...

...right.

I had a doctor who played that propaganda in his waiting room. I couldn't believe the lies they told. (I'd actually never seen it before then.)

Rather than endure it, I switched doctors.

[TrishaJ]

22. YES - make FOX irrelevant

and disregard them as a legitimate "news" organization committed to honest and open debate.

[Fritz Walter]

23. Fux Noise can still have exclusive rights to the RepubliCON debates

Oh. Wait.
If that party doesn’t let anybody primary against Individual-1, there won’t be any debates.

Too bad. So sad. Sucks to be them!

[BigmanPigman]

24. Fux gave the fucking moron the questions and answers ahead of time!

His staff came up with the joke/response to Megan Kelly's question about saying rude things about women and his classy come back was, "Only Rosie O'Donnell". Isn't he hysterical...

[awesomerwb1]

26. Good.

[stonecutter357]

27. fox is not a legitimate news source .

[Blue Owl]

29. Go play in traffic, FOX news

n/t

[TeamPooka]

30. hahahahahahahaha

[KY_EnviroGuy]

32. Good new - thanks, I needed some!

If he agrees to any debate at all, I'll bet tRump will insist on controlling the questions and dialog, so it's probably best he's not invited.

Considering the hundreds of lies he's told, any debate with him will ultimately just turn into a pissing match.

... .....

[KY_EnviroGuy]

33. Everyone check out this bullshit.

This dogma in the snip below is exactly why Fox should not be given any credibility:

Democrats bar Fox News from 2020 debates over 'inappropriate' Trump ties
DNC chairman says New Yorker exposé on Trump ties to Fox News cast doubt on network’s ability to hold ‘fair and neutral’ debates

Read it here: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/mar/06/democrats-bar-fox-news-from-2020-debates-after-reported-trump-ties

(snip)

Bill Sammon, the senior vice-president at Fox News, said in a statement he hoped the DNC would re-evaluate the decision, while pointing out that any debate would be hosted by some of the network’s more well respected anchors. “We hope the DNC will reconsider its decision to bar Chris Wallace, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, all of whom embody journalistic integrity and professionalism, from moderating a Democratic presidential debate,” Sammon said.

“They’re the best debate team in the business and they offer candidates an important opportunity to make their case to the largest TV news audience in America, which includes many persuadable voters.”

Baier tweeted: “That’s really a shame. When it comes to fairness – our news product speaks for itself. We will continue to cover this 2020 race fairly & will continue to invite Democrats – Republicans & Independents on to talk about key issues & substance with our very large viewing audience.”

My gawd these people do all live in a sick bubble........ ...... ...... .....

[Scarsdale]

34. No doubt Hannity

would get all the questions in advance, so he can tell tRump how to answer. He already stated that he is "not a journalist" so WHAT is he? A mole, a traitor? We all know he is a boot licker for tRump.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

35. I suspect they are hired entirely based on appearance, just as with actors.

Physical appearance and vocal effect, that is. I don't watch Faux at all, but all the snips I've seen suggest they want to attract a certain segment of the population. Hannity, for example, connects with the bubbas with his good ole boy look and gruff presentation.

I won't even go into the process they use to select female hosts because we know where that would go. I will say if I had pre-teen boys here as kids, they would not be allowed to watch. I did once read they have special couches made to better project the women's......shall we say, "qualities" on those sets with three or four hosts on a couch.

I have also scanned through the biographies of some of them and their education and work history leaves much to be desired, just like with Limbaugh. So, they seem to select people that can best physically project their right-wing dogma without believing or questioning what they say. Simply put, a propaganda outlet.

And, as you said, there's no doubt they and tRump's people would orchestrate and rehearse any debate controlled by their network.

[TeamPooka]

43. In my experience

In my experience most news anchors on TV are failed actors

[Demsrule86]

36. They need to exclued CNN also...since they have a Republican in charge of election coverage.

[Firestorm49]

41. Fricking GOOD!

[littlemissmartypants]

44. Right On!!!!!

[BobTheSubgenius]

45. It's not like this is a new phenomenon.

During W's term, Fox was often just an echo chamber for WH talking points. They were sometimes so blatantly just a C&P of the WH website that Fox's version would have the same typos.

As a business model, it was genius. As independent dissemination of news and truth, it didn't rise to the level of garbage.

[TeamPooka]

46. The new phenomenon is that Democrats aren't pretending Fox News is normal anymore.