Fox News has a Christine O’Donnell problem

[babylonsister]

Fox News has a Christine O’Donnell problem
September 20, 2010 8:25 am ET by Eric Boehlert


Chris Wallace took one for the team.

At the outset of Fox News Sunday, the host noted that Christine O’Donnell had abruptly cancelled her planned appearance. “This is not the program we were planning to bring you,” said Wallace, as he explained to viewers that the controversial Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Delaware had backed out of her promise to appear on Fox News Sunday.

Wallace expressed no judgments about O’Donnell’s last-minute maneuver and generally played down the somewhat jarring turn of events.

But let’s be honest, news that O’Donnell had bailed on Fox News Sunday represented a humiliating setback not just for Wallace, who lost out on a rare chance to generate ratings for his perennial last-place Sunday program, but also for the whole Fox News team which is essentially sponsoring O’Donnell’s candidacy.

Yes, O’Donnell also gave Bob Schieffer’s Face the Nation the slip over the weekend. And yes, O’Donnell’s campaign floated the implausible excuse that the candidate could not do the Sunday morning shows in Washington, D.C. because she had to be back in Delaware for a Sunday afternoon event. (Has O’Donnell never ridden Amtrak?) But it was O’Donnell’s decision to stiff Fox News that caused the most commotion, and likely the most headaches inside the cable network.

Why? Because now Fox News has to explain to viewers why O’Donnell is ready to serve in the U.S. Senate even though she’s not ready to appear on Fox News Sunday.

Awkward.

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http://mediamatters.org/blog/201009200004

[gratuitous]

1. O'Donnell stiffed Fox?

I thought she was very much against that sort of thing.

[flamingdem]

2. ha ha ha I just hope she is able to stay in the race!

The right might disappear her

[brooklynite]

3. I recall FNS sticking a "24" clock, on the screen every week...

...to point out how long it had been since President Obama refused to show up. Wonder if they'll do the same thing here.

[Supersedeas]

9. don't expect consistence or integrity from FOX News producers

[napi21]

4. Having to be in Del. Sun PM is a blatant LIE! The Sun shows are all recorded

on Friday! I guess dumbass Chrissy didn't think people knew that!

[Divine Discontent]

5. perennially last-place? you'd think he was 1st in ratings the way he's discussed so much

and I think Faux Noise is gonna realize this week (if their slow brains haven't already) that she's going to get under 40% regardless of what they do...

She's an embarrassment.

[Blue Owl]

6. I thought she was advised to speak through Fox News

By her good buddy The Quitter.

[sad sally]

8. Her buddy knows her protege is as about ready for prime time

as she (The Quitter) was back in 2008.

[immoderate]

10. Palin was a governor. O'Donnell's an anti-masturbation activist.

What else has she done? :shrug:

--imm

[monmouth]

7. Too much is coming out bad about her, concentration from the FEC

is going to find her a thief. I think she'll drop out by the end of the month...

[LynneSin]

12. The woman is delusional. She will not drop out on her own accords

And I doubt Castle will replace her.

[immoderate]

11. Does she really want to be elected?

She's a pundit, a spokesmodel. Candidacy is a road to Palinish celebrity, and it works if you lose. This is like "The Mouse That Roared." If she wins, she has to work! She'll lose money and speaking engagements.

--imm

[badgerpup]

13. Think they'll stick a "D" after her name?

They do have a habit of doing that to "R" folk who've blotted their copybooks in some manner or other...:evilgrin: