Nevada Dems Nix Fox Debate

[Whoa_Nelly]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0307/3069.html

By: Ryan Grim
March 9, 2007 06:44 PM EST

The Nevada State Democratic Party is pulling out of a controversial presidential debate scheduled for Aug. 14 in Reno and co-hosted by Fox News, according to Democratic insiders.

The debate was being hosted by Fox News Channel and Fox News Radio, the Nevada State Democratic Party and the Western Majority Project.

A Fox spokeswoman didn’t immediately return a call for comment.

more at link

:bounce:

First learned about it from this email I jsut got:


From:
Robert Greenwald <[e-mail]>

To:
xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx
Subject:
Victory! Fox News Nevada debate is cancelled.
Date:
March 9, 2007 3:32:45 PM PST

Dear activists, colleagues and friends,
We have a terrific victory to enjoy today. The Fox News sponsored Democratic presidential debate in Nevada has been cancelled. Activists all over the country came together -- from the netroots to grassroots to MoveOn to bloggers to the film we at Brave New Films created -- in a stunning and powerful rejection of the myth that Fox is a news station.

<snip>
Enjoy this important step in making very clear we will not accept propaganda as news any more.

Robert Greenwald
and the Brave New Films team

[EST]

1. WOW!

Excellent news! Power to the people!

[primavera]

2. Hear, hear!

Jeez, after so many years of nothing but bad news, I can scarcely even believe good news is real when I see it, but this certainly does qualify!

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. Good news indeed!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[gratuitous]

4. What's the point? This is the point

When we fight, we win. And marginalizing Fox and refusing to treat with their brand of yellow journalism is a good stand to take. Don't reward Fox for their lousy reporting.

[onehandle]

5. Is this the beginning of the Great Fox News Unraveling?

If nobody in the party cooperated with Fox News in any way, what would be the result?

Think about it.

[Ethelk2044]

24. Fox

It means they would have to start being Objective in their News coverage.

[sarcasmo]

6. More of this needs to be done in order to prove what these Idiots do is not

Journalism.

[Zenlitened]

7. "...powerful rejection of the myth that Fox is a news station..." Ba-da-bing!

:rofl:

Next step... a Snopes entry!

Or maybe Adam and Jamie would like to put it to the test...

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. Mythbusters!

:rofl:

[Erika]

9. Faux Noise is only a GOP propaganda machine

Finally, the dems said enough is enough. Faux will die.

[lovuian]

10. Freakin Awesome

:applause:

[rman]

11. Now how is the Dem message going to reach FOX viewers?

[SemperEadem]

54. here's the thing about fux

Fux has no intention of letting the Dems' message reach their viewers--that's the point. The Dems could be on there holding cue cards of what they're going to say and showing it to the cameras and the fux filter of "anything Democrat is anathama to us" would still twist it and it would come out the exact opposite of what was said. It's what the efforts of MoveOn, BNF, DU and others have made that caused the Nevada Democrats to cancel fux on this.

Fux isn't owed a gotdamn thing by the Democrats. As far as I'm concerned, no Dems should even bother wasting their valuable time granting interviews with fux until they change their ownership, their management and their editorial staff.

[rodeodance]

12. Reuters: Democrats cancel Fox News debate

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070310/pl_nm/campaign_debate_dc;_ylt=AoNLIUsfq7th3gKjXGy9eb_MWM0F

Democrats cancel Fox News debate

By Dan Whitcomb Fri Mar 9, 11:33 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nevada Democratic Party officials said on Friday they were canceling a presidential debate co-sponsored by Fox News, following a joke chairman Roger Ailes made about Democratic candidate Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record).

In a letter sent to Fox, Nevada State Democratic Party Chairman Tom Collins and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) said Ailes "went too far" with comments made the night before.

The letter makes no reference to a crusade by the liberal activist group MoveOn.org to boycott Fox, which it calls a "right-wing mouthpiece." Democratic presidential candidate
John Edwards dropped out of the debate on Thursday, citing in part Fox's participation.

The letter also does not specify which comments by Ailes lead to the decision, but a Democratic source told Reuters it was a joke Ailes made about Obama and
President Bush during a speech on Thursday night.

"We cannot, as good Democrats, put our party in a position to defend such comments," Collins and Reid said in the letter. "We take no pleasure in this, but it the only course of action."

[Erika]

13. Yes..at last we stand up and say enough to Faux Noise

Ne democrat should ever appear on Faux again.

[EST]

14. The transparent ideology of even the piece's authors

is an insult.

"The letter makes no reference to a crusade by the liberal activist group MoveOn.org to boycott Fox, which it calls a "right-wing mouthpiece." Democratic presidential candidate
John Edwards dropped out of the debate on Thursday, citing in part Fox's participation."

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

The letter also makes no mention of the thousands and thousands of letters, emails, and phone calls we did, it makes no mention of the Clenis, publiclown pedophilia or millions of other things, either, so what's the big deal?

The perfidy of even the "non-aligned" reportage is infuriating.

[Erika]

15. Did you see how calm Hannity was tonight?

Faux will cease to exist if they don't change.

[keopeli]

16. Sadly, no, they won't cease to exist. They will no longer be the No 1 cable news channel.

I can't wait! But, my family will ALWAYS watch Fox. They just like it. They like the people. That won't change.

Peace.

[Ethelk2044]

25. Ratings

He has already been stated their ratings have gone down. If they keep this up they ratings will continue to slide.

[EST]

22. I would have no idea as to Hannity's mental state.

For the first time in many moons, I tuned in to POX noise, the day of the Libby decision, catching Novak in his demented construction concerning said decision.

[aaronbees]

29. Exactly...

Reuters hit piece. Terrible journalism.

[xchrom]

17. kick and recommend -- if the conservative media wants to use you --

use the conservative media.

stop being a standing target -- good for the dems.

[Ethelk2044]

23. This is Great News!

[xchrom]

18. kick and recommend -- if the conservative media wants to use you --

use the conservative media.

stop being a standing target -- good for the dems.

[bluerum]

19. Good. No point in aiding Faux in their effort legitimize themselves. eom

[The Count]

20. Free at last!

Now let's see someone else organizing a debate - The league of women's voters?

[wicket]

21. I love it!

:rofl: :rofl:

[JerseygirlCT]

26. Long past time. Fox has ignored Democrats -- except as

their targets -- for so many years.

Don't play with them, they don't play nicely. Seems simple enough!

[Snellius]

27. How FOX is reporting this: 'Lunatic Fringe' in Charge

'Lunatic Fringe' in Charge

Newspaper says the state's Democratic Party caves to the 'socialist, Web-addicted wing' in canceling FOX News Debate

The party had originally agreed to allow FOX News Channel to co-sponsor the debate between Democratic presidential candidates in Reno in August, but backed out of the deal Friday afternoon, citing comments made by FOX News president Roger Ailes as the reason for the decision.

The Journal's editorial, however, blames the "socialist, Web-addicted wing of the Democratic Party" for sabotaging the debate, saying they were "apopleptic" over the thought of having to watch FOX News Channel in order to see their candidates.

The editorial goes on to argue that if the Republican party decided to pick and choose coverage based on political leanings as the Democrats are doing, they would have rejected PBS, CBS, NBC, ABC, National Public Radio and The Associated Press decades ago.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258181,00.html

[truthisfreedom]

28. FOX News reduced to reporting on itself...

It'll happen, people, if we can keep the pressure on.

[Snellius]

30. Note that FOX doesn't report what Ailes said

They decide then they report

[rebel with a cause]

31. Democrats Cancel Fox News Debate Over (Obama) Joke

By Dan Whitcomb
Reuters
LOS ANGELES (March 10) - Nevada Democratic Party officials said Friday they were canceling a presidential debate co-sponsored by the Fox News Channel, following a joke chairman Roger Ailes made about Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

In a letter sent to Fox News, Nevada State Democratic Party Chairman Tom Collins and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Ailes "went too far" with comments made the night before.

The letter makes no reference to a crusade by the liberal activist group MoveOn.org to boycott Fox, which it calls a "right-wing mouthpiece." Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards dropped out of the debate Thursday, citing in part Fox's participation.

<snip

"It's true that Barack Obama is on the move," Ailes said during the speech. "I don't know if it's true that President Bush called Musharraf and said 'Why can't we catch this guy?"'

http://news.aol.com/elections/president/story/_a/democrats-cancel-fox-news-debate-over/20070310144409990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

The joke in question is suppose to be aimed at bush but plays on the similarity between Obama and Osama's names.

[Windy]

32. YEAH!!!!! Good news!!!!

Has the news of the cancellation made it onto Faux yet?

[rebel with a cause]

34. Yes they know and are not happy.

[Warren Stupidity]

33. If it is only about Ailes bullshit remark

how come Edwards pulled out before Ailes used the Osama-Obama dodge? The 'joke' was just the icing on the cake.

Edwards has lead the charge here and good for him. Democrats should boycott faux newz.

[BeyondGeography]

35. I give Edwards credit on this one

but Obama hasn't exactly been playing footsie with Fox either.

[tblue]

36. Every last Dem should boycott Fux. Let's make it clear there is only one side represented there.

[City Lights]

39. Yup. Fox Noise is not a legitimate news organization and should

not be taken seriously. Agreeing to appear on their network only adds credence to their "fair and balanced" slogan.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

42. Someone needs to clue Charlie "FAUX News Dem" Rangel in

if he spent more time doing his job and less talking to Hannity, maybe he'd be worth respecting

[rebel with a cause]

37. yes, Edwards pulled out and the other candidates,

everyone other than Richardson, had never said they would go to it.

Besides, Barack has frozen out faux news for the last few months, so I doubt he would have gone to it.

[rebel with a cause]

38. You can relax

Edwards is mentioned in the article.

[calimary]

40. I just have one other thing to say about this particular article.

roger, you get the face you deserve.

[DemBones DemBones]

41. Well, as it happens, the

post above yours has an Eleanor Roosevelt avatar. Eleanor was a good person who deserved a better face. Genetics is a major factor in appearance.

But I agree that Roger deserves to look as ugly as his soul is, which means he should look much worse.

[calimary]

43. Eleanor Roosevelt deserved to have a face like Gwyneth Paltrow.

Sometimes that saying doesn't hold. But in ailes's case, it does. And I'd agree, he actually deserves to look a lot more hideous than he does, because that's what's in his "heart."

[rebel with a cause]

44. Eleanor had a beautiful soul

and was a much better person than her husband. FDR was a bit of a jerk at times, but Eleanor was a woman of the people and worked to make life better for them. Yes, she deserved to have the face as beautiful as her soul.

[DemBones DemBones]

52. Yes, she did. I agree that some people

become ugly on the outside because of what's inside, it was just so striking to see Eleanor's face above your post that I had to comment. In today's world, I'm sure Eleanor would be mocked unmercilessly by the likes of Chris Matthews and Maureen Dowd, solely because of her appearance. It's really sad.

[calimary]

53. Oh, rest assured she'd be mocked by worse than that.

Try EVERY LAST ONE (and I WISH they were the LAST ONES) of the assholes on hate radio and hate TV. EVERYONE on Pox Noise, limbaugh, glenn blecch, the laura ingrahams and michael weinersavages and all the rest of those worthless pieces of shit. You know, the same ones who either said or repeated or happily and smugly chortled at the putdown of a teenage Chelsea Clinton as "the White House dog."

Those people should ALL burn in Hell.

[Heidi]

49. Kick.

:kick:

[NoodleyAppendage]

50. CNN: Dems CANCEL DEBATE over Fox chief's Obama joke

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- A Nevada Democratic presidential debate that was to have been co-hosted by Fox News Network was canceled by organizers, in part because of a joke by Fox Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes about presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama.

Democrats canceled the debate Friday. They said a comment by Ailes during a Thursday night speech to a group of radio and television news directors indicated the network was biased against their party.

"It's true that Barack Obama is on the move," Ailes said, deliberately confusing the Illinois senator's name with that of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. "I don't know if it's true President Bush called Musharraf and said, 'Why can't we catch this guy?' "

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/10/debate.canceled/index.html

----------------------

Finally! The first of many steps in making Faux irrelevant. No Dems should ever appear on that cesspool of a news channel.

J

[PDittie]

45. Not quite LBN

but good news no matter how many times we hear it.

[Hieronymus]

46. Good

[maggiegault]

47. 3000 People Lost Their Lives On 9/11

Many of them opted to jump to their deaths, rather than burn to death.

This is the kind of stuff * enablers find funny.

[truthisfreedom]

48. faux noise is a neocon arm of the thug party. They aren't journalists... they are terrorists.

They need to be rounded up.

[HuffleClaw]

51. wow, that sounds awfully calculated

very coulteresque if you ask me. NOW they can say the SHUNNING of FOX was due to a 'verbal gaffe' INSTEAD of fox's open bias.