NYTimes: In Taking On Fox, Democrats See Reward in the Risk

[Kadie]

In Taking On Fox, Democrats See Reward in the Risk



By LORNE MANLY
Published: October 1, 2006

THE Fox News Channel doesn’t officially turn 10 until this week, but the Democrats have already begun doing their best to spoil the celebrations.

The party crashing began last Sunday, when former President Bill Clinton transformed an interview with Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday” into a finger-pointing tirade against what he called a “conservative hit job.” Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, quickly released a statement applauding Mr. Clinton for standing up to what he described as a right-wing, bullying propaganda machine.

In separate appearances on Fox News over the next two days, Lanny J. Davis, a former special counsel to Mr. Clinton, and Barbara Boxer, the Democratic senator from California, mocked the news channel’s trademarked motto of being “fair and balanced.”

And on Wednesday Paul Begala and James Carville, Democratic commentators for CNN, engaged in more than five minutes of high-decibel debate on Fox with Bill O’Reilly about Mr. Clinton’s appearance, daring Mr. O’Reilly to “come out of the closet” and admit Fox News is a “right-leaning, anti-Clinton network.”

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“The Republicans are using Fox News to gin up their base, and now — for the first time — the Democrats are doing it, too,” said Steve McMahon, a Democratic strategist with McMahon, Squier & Associates who handled Mr. Dean’s presidential campaign.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/weekinreview/01manley.html?_r=1&oref=login

[cally]

1. kick

[Gabi Hayes]

2. who's fair and balanced?

NYT says "finger-pointing tirade"

doesn't it make you want to SPIT?

[applegrove]

3. Thanks for posting this. n/t