Fox News Party: All Republican contenders for 2012, except for one, are Fox News contributors

[ck4829]

With Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee all making moves indicating they may run for president, their common employer is facing a question that hasn’t been asked before: How does a news organization cover White House hopefuls when so many are on the payroll?

The answer is a complicated one for Fox News.

As Fox’s popularity grows among conservatives, the presence of four potentially serious Republican candidates as paid contributors is beginning to frustrate competitors of the network, figures within its own news division and rivals of what some GOP insiders have begun calling “the Fox candidates.”

With the exception of Mitt Romney, Fox now has deals with every major potential Republican presidential candidate not currently in elected office.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/42745

[KaryninMiami]

1. OK so now what? Will the Fox viewers actually finally GET IT?

Doubtful but at least it's made it to Yahoo news- not just Huffpost and the blogworld. But until this makes it to CNN and nightly news, I don't think most of the Fox folks really get it or really care- or even comprehend the absurdity and outrage of a media outlet that is clearly embedded in these campaigns. Sad but true.

[blondeatlast]

2. the reverse is also true, of course. FOX is no doubt contributing

to the contenders as well; see http://thresq.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/09/fox-news-sues-democratic-senate-candidate-.html

[Scurrilous]

3. K & R

:thumbsup:

[tanyev]

4. American Pravda

[mikeSchmuckabee]

5. I feel sorry for whomever has to clean up

after that circle jerk. But I bet newt doesn't share his cookie with any of them.