Why Kerry turning down softball Fox interview?

[George 2]

Sean Hannity this past week broadcast an ass-kissing one-on-one TV interview with Cheney, and will be broadcasting another with Bush this week. According to him and Colmes, Kerry and Edwards were offered the same deal with Alan Colmes, one-on-one without Hannity. Why wouldn't Kerry and Edwards do that? The program reaches well over a million people (could be close to two million by now).

[napi21]

1. Might be a million viewers, but they're all freepers.

I wouldn't do it either. Screw their ratings! K/E will do much better talking to the real people on their campaign stops.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

10. Believe it or not,

Not all Faux viewers are freepers. My mom is a Democrat and watches Faux "News". She is voting for Kerry , but for some reason still loves Faux. So maybe if Kerry went on with Colmes, he could reach a few swing voters who watch the channel.:shrug:

[sandnsea]

13. Probably

Because you know they're lying so it's easier to watch the known liars than the pretend non-liars from CNN and MSNBC. It's getting to be that way for me. I can get the gist of breaking news and not get mad because I expect them to lie through their teeth and everybody to know they're lying.

[JI7]

23. that's exactly how i feel

it seems common knowledge that fox is a right wing mouth piece. people openly joke about it.

cnn and msnbc is worse since it's seen as objective so their whoring has much more impact. i seriously hope they continue losing ratings to fox.

[pacalo]

15. Chances are the reason your Democratic mom watches Faux News

is because they have a lot of diversionary topics (Scott Peterson, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jackson, etc.) to make up for the lack of good news for the freepers. Perhaps your mom is a court-tv fan like my mom is. She's a Democrat, too, & a big fan of juicy scandals, & that's what attracts her to Faux News. Thank God she can differentiate bullshit when she hears it. :)

[flygal]

20. Yep, my mom also watches.....

She's a total dem, but when I call her in the morning she's got Fox and Friends on. She says it's like being a fly on the wall - she thinks it's funny. The woman is a saint - no way could I subject myself to that.

But, that being said - I still don't think Kerry should go on. It's like giving Faux credit for being an actual news program.

[AP]

2. Kerry is winning and he doesn't need to fuck it up by walking into a Fox

trap.

[ogradda]

3. they have a lot to do

why waste time in freepland? *'s hard core base is pretty much what watch's fox i dont think it would do much good.

[Skittles]

4. people need to stop treating FOX like it's legitimate

it is NOT.

[kokomo]

9. It's a riot that our "Johns" went on Jon Stewarts's fake news instead!

touché les Faux médias :kick:

[harpo]

5. more people should decline faux interviews

[Sparky McGruff]

6. It validates Fox News as a legitimate news organization?

They are a RNC created "news" channel, and they produce nothing but RNC propaganda 99% of the time. For them to go on Fox News, whether the terms of that interview are good or not, would validate them as a real news organization.

[Hello_Kitty]

16. That's what I think too. n/t

[JI7]

7. this is a joke , right ?

[DefenseLawyer]

8. An interview with Sideshow Colmes?

Better stick to granting interviews to actual journalists.

[MichaelHarris]

11. if you were an owner of a meat market would

you waste your time advertising on a vegaterian cooking show? Why would Kerry and Edwards waste their time on Fox?

[rockydem]

12. Who wants to be seen with a loser like Colmes?

[rockydem]

14. Who wants to be seen with a loser like Colmes?

[elperromagico]

17. A question so nice, you asked it twice.

;)

[RaleighNCDUer]

18. Even if Colmes tries to be on the side of light

Faux is the tool of the dartk. Most interviews wind up with footage that is not used -- the inadvertant faux pas, spilled water on the lap, calling the interviewer the wrong name, whatever, that the interviewer and interviewed agree to do a re-take on. Faux would have all the rough footage available to them, and you can be sure that anything that might embarrass the Johns would quickly see the light of day, even if not used in the interview itself.

[kaitykaity]

19. K/E to FAUX: Pack your bags. You get ZERO

access in my administration.

:evilgrin:

[secular_warrior]

21. Two reasons:

1. It's a GOP propaganda channel, not real news. Democrats should never appear on Faux. Don't lend them any legitimacy.

2. Too risky. GOP puppet Roger Ailes runs Faux, and who's to say they won't spring a "gotcha" October surprise type of question on Kerry courtesy of Karl Rove? Why take such a risk now ?

[mellowinman]

22. If it's an interview with Colmes, it would be a "softhead" interview

Colmes: So do you like ice cream?
Kerry: It's not just about ice cream, it's about US lives.
Colmes: But do you like ice cream?
Kerry: I have more important things on my mind than ice cream.
Colmes: I like ice cream.
Kerry: Will you shut up about the ice cream?
Colmes: Mommy says if I'm good, I can have some ice cream.
Kerry: Mommy needs to take you out back and beat some sense into you.
Colmes: Is Sean Hannity my mommy?
Kerry: Of course not. He's a loud irishman, and you're a softheaded toad.
Colmes: But he takes me out back and beats me...
Kerry: I said "beats some sense," not "beats with a fence."
Colmes: When do we get ice cream?

[the_outsider]

24. nothing to be gained from fox

Let * go there and screw up with "up in the air" remarks