Fox sponsored Democratic presidential debate in Nevada has been cancelled

[Beaverhausen]

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.

For those of you who have helped spread the word by spreading our Fox Atacks: Obama video far and wide. Thanks for amazing work. If you missed it, check it out here:


We want to continue the work of calling attention to the distortions, lies and propaganda that is Fox News. Please help support our continuing efforts:

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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

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[Pale Blue Dot]

1. k&r - Great news.

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. WOOHOO!!!!

:thumbsdown: to FAUX NEWS! I hope the candidates NEVER go on that network. Make a statement.

[Gregorian]

3. We did it.

They read our letters.

It's not news. It's noise. It's not even entertainment. It's propaganda.

[enid602]

4. FOX

I guess even FOX thought that a debate with only one participant (Liberman) isn't much of a debate.

[Lex]

5. w00t

fox noise sucks

[Recursion]

6. Out-%&#*ing-standing job guys!!!

Serious kudos.

[progressoid]

7. Hahahahahaha aaahahahahahahahahah aahahahahahahah!

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Now this is good news, fair and balanced.

[Burried News]

9. The cowardly Fox slips away. nt

[Lex]

10. kick

:kick:

[fooj]

11. What if you sponsored a debate and NOBODY SHOWED?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

FAUX SPEWS!

:rofl:

[Dudley_DUright]

12. More from Robert Greenwald at HuffPost

Fox is Not News

A passionate and intense collaboration between the netroots, and media activists, and MoveOn, and the video we created at Brave New Films, has led to the wise decision by the Nevada Democratic Party to cancel the Fox-sponsored debate.

more...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-greenwald/fox-is-not-news_b_43068.html

[Beaverhausen]

16. Greenwald is so great

maybe Keith will have him on his show again - next week - to talk about this.

[robinlynne]

13. ne ne ne ne ne!

[Cha]

21. Ha Ha!

:D

[AnnInLa]

14. Think Fox'll start trashing Dems now?

[Dudley_DUright]

17. Start?

Did they stop recently?

[ourvoicescount]

31. I had the same reaction there... Way to go!

[caledesi]

44. Now! Surely you jest. They have been trashing Dems since I

can remember. Obama said he would not appear on Faux. Do you blame him? They has trashed him big time...that he went to a madrasa (sp>; middle name Hussein; smoking (oh the horror); the big ear comment by Maureen Dowd in her column.

[Bonobo]

15. Congratulations! That is a big step towards reclaiming this country! K&R!

K&R!

[NotGivingUp]

18. Ha! Fox was outfoxed on this one! Cool!

[annabanana]

19. Well whad'ya know!

Faux's rep as a Repug House Organ is now firmly established. If it weren't, the cancellation would NOT have happened.

Congrats to all!

[Cha]

20. Edwards was the first to bow out

and I got back from work today and they were all gone! YAY!

I mean that would have been so 2004.

[Straight Shooter]

22. A pox on Fox!

Kiss our ever-lovin' donkey butts :P

[joefree1]

23. I bet Murdoch can't believe this

We on to ya Rupert.

[NDP]

24. Donate to John Edwards. He actually did something about it.

Richardson said he would attend, then at the last minute today he said he wouldn't, probably after he had began hearing that it wouldn't take place.

[gratefultobelib]

41. I just made a donation. Thanks for the suggestion!

[rebel with a cause]

55. Sorry, my money goes to Obama

He froze them out some time ago. Didn't need to begin now.

[Raine]

25. GOOD

and from now on Democrats should refuse to participate in anything they have, participating only helps to legitimize them.

[Justice Is Comin]

26. Hey fox,

you got mooned!! tch tch tch tch tch

[mile18blister]

27. Awesome!

Faux is nothing but the propaganda arm of the Repugs. Not only should they be discredited as any sort of news organization, but why would the Dems want to trust them with a debate? Remember how they identified Foley and other criminals as Dems, and the Obama/Osama mixup? Who knows what damage they might do with "typos", "technical glitches", and other "mistakes"? Nor do we need their unfair and unbalanced commentary, rumors, lies, and drivel.

[wryter2000]

42. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[Jacklyn75]

28. Awesome! K & R!!!

[Cobalt Violet]

29. Now that's Fair.

:kick:

[The River]

30. Imagine The Opportunity for Faux Noise Producers

to collect off mic comments, private conversations and film embarrassing,
unflattering and or awkward moments for use in General Election propaganda?
I wouldn't put it past them to bug/sabotage their own event to collect this kinda
of footage for future use.

[Colobo]

32. Excellent! And kudos to John Edwards!

[Spiffarino]

33. Big K&R to those who helped expose Fox !

You spread the word. You called. You wrote. You emailed your Democratic reps and party officials.

Good on ya!

This is what we've been waiting for: Acknowledgment from mainstream Democrats that Fox is nothing more than the propaganda arm of the Neocon Death Machine.

IMHO, the person who gets the biggest :thumbsup: is John Edwards. He was the first major candidate who had the guts to say no. He showed enormous leadership and made a big, bold mark in standing up to Fox and its Flying Monkey Right masters.

It's a great day to be a Democrat. :D

[NobleCynic]

34. I don't know what our party was thinking

But it looks like the flak finally got through to them. ... yeah Nevada Democrats are kind of .... well ... the party structure here doesn't always think things through properly.

But really, it's getting better. I swear. You should have seen it early. Really, we are far less embarassing than we used to be.

We're no longer the Mississippi of the West.

[Erika]

35. Faux is dying.

The Dems just need to stay away.

[Beetwasher]

52. Yup, The Old Media Is Being Exposed And Superceded And Will Either Change

Or be bypassed. There's no stopping progress.

[Bobbie Jo]

36. Nicely done. n/t

[Vidar]

Happy cancellations to FOX.

[Vidar]

37. Happy cancellations to FOX.

[rodeodance]

40. another large DU thread here on the topic:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3154330

[grace0418]

38. Ailes: " Any candidate for high office of either party who believes he can blacklist..."

...any news organization is making a terrible mistake."

No worries Roger, we're not blacklisting a news organization. We're blacklisting Faux News. There's a big difference.

[ClintonTyree]

39. Yeah, the Democrats are being SO UNFAIR to FOX.....

:wtf: Cry me a freaking river, Roger. :cry: FOX's "news" network is finally being recognized for what it is: a giant megaphone for the Bush administration and the GOP. Do you REALLY want to talk about "unfair" Roger? Kiss my rosy-red ass, you pompous boot licker.

I'm glad to see the Democratic leadership finally LISTENED to what it's rank and file members were saying. It's long past due.

[rebel with a cause]

56. Was he talking to Obama,

who has froze them out for some time, or to Edwards who spoke out against the debate. Perhaps to them both. Who knows.

[grace0418]

57. I think it was just a general threat to anyone not willing to let Faux New

call the shots and frame the debate. I hope more candidates tell them to fuck off.

[WillyT]

43. Yeah Baby !!! - K & R !!!

:rofl::kick::rofl:

[bobbie]

45. Great news to wake up to!

Thanks for posting it.

[stonebone]

46. kick

[rodeodance]

47. Edwards: Fox "Corporate moutpiece of Republicans" "We'll deal with Fox News on OUR TERMS"

Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject Edwards: Fox "Corporate moutpiece of Republicans" "We'll deal with Fox News on OUR TERMS"

Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x380696#380696
380696,

Edwards: Fox "Corporate moutpiece of Republicans" "We'll deal with Fox News on OUR TERMS"
Posted by Proud2BAmurkin on Fri Mar-09-07 08:26 PM

http://blog.johnedwards.com/story/2007/3/9/20352/75748

Now it's time for Democrats to stand together and send a clear message to Roger Ailes, Fox News and all the rest of them: bias isn't balance, but turning tables is fair.

The truth is, Fox News can "report" whatever they want. And when it works for us, we'll deal with them on our terms. But this campaign is about responsibility and accountability, and we need to send the message to Fox that if they want to be the corporate mouthpiece of the Republican Party more than they want to be an impartial news outlet, they shouldn't expect Democrats to play along.

[happydreams]

48. K&R!! Great work. Anytime Fox's power is crimped is cause for

celebration.

:thumbsup:

[rodeodance]

49. The Delegitimizing Of Fox News Is The Biggest Story Of The Year

Forum Name General Discussion: Politics
Topic subject The Delegitimizing Of Fox News Is The Biggest Story Of The Year
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3154330#3154330
3154330,

The Delegitimizing Of Fox News Is The Biggest Story Of The Year
Posted by ruggerson on Fri Mar-09-07 10:49 PM

John Edwards and the Nevada Democratic Party have started in motion a process that may completely delegitimize Fox as a "news" outlet.

We have all known for years that Fox is nothing more than a propoganda arm of the Republican National Committee. The problem has been that Democrats have lent them credibility, and let them feign neutrality, by appearing on their shows and dealing with them as if they really were a responsible, non partisan, mainstream journalistic network.

If what John Edwards has started becomes a hurricane: if Democrats actually begin to stand their ground, and only deal with legitimate news services, the results will be catastrophic not only for Fox, but for Matt Drudge, Rush Limbaugh and the entire rightwing echo chamber. If Fox "News" is deprived of the ability to lay claim to any journalistic credibility, the far rightwing loses its most effective electronic font of propoganda.

And Roger Ailes is running very scared by these developments. It is his worst nightmare. That people finally begin to stand up and say, "You are not a news organization, sir. You are merely destructive, hyper-partisan propoganda."

Ailes today, in full damage control:


"Recently pressure groups are forcing candidates to conclude that the best strategy for journalists is divide and conquer, to only appear on those networks and venues that give them favorable coverage.

There's a long tradition of news organizations, national and local, sometimes together, sponsoring presidential and other candidate debates. The organizations and the panelists have been the objects of a lot of advice and even pressure as to how these debates should be conducted and what questions should be asked. This pressure has been successfully resisted, but it's being tried again this year with the added wrinkle that candidates are being asked to boycott debates because certain groups wants to approve the sponsoring organizations.

This pressure must be resisted as it has been in the past. Any candidate for high office of either party who believes he can blacklist any news organization is making a terrible mistake about journalists. And any candidate of either party who cannot answer direct, simple, even tough questions from any journalist runs a real risk of losing the voters.

The public knows if a journalist's question is unfair. They also know if a candidate is impeding freedom of speech and free press. If you are afraid of journalists, how will you face the real dangers in the world?"

[rodeodance]

50. Richardson Bows out of Fox News Debate in Nevada and Update:

Forum Name Latest Breaking News
Topic subject Richardson Bows out of Fox News Debate in Nevada and Update
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2761434#2761434
2761434,

Richardson Bows out of Fox News Debate in Nevada and Update
Posted by benny05 on Fri Mar-09-07 04:21 PM

Breaking on Kos:

"Bill Richardson just called to say that he will not be doing the Fox News debate in Nevada.

Richardson had been the sole Democrat to confirm his appearance at the debate, which is on life support at this point.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/3/9/164244/3404

Excellent. While Richardson is not my first choice candidate, I applaud him for joining John Edwards not to participate in the Faux debate.

Another breaking item: Nevada Dem Party Drops Debate

From the Politico:

"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.

Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards said Wednesday he would not participate in the debate, citing Fox's conservative ties as a factor. His deputy campaign manager, Jonathan Prince, sent an e-mail to the liberal website DailyKos, which was posted on the site."

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

Woot!!!

:kick:

[Beetwasher]

51. Welcome To The 21st Century You Propaganda Peddling Filthy Maggots

The people have spoken and we WILL be a force to be reckoned with.

[malaise]

53. Dems must turn down interviews on Fox as well

Shut them down. Let them talk to themselves.

[PhilipShore]

54. Join the American revolution, turn off the TV

[rebel with a cause]

58. Actually , just posted an article that says the debate was canceled due to

a joke fox news channel's chairman Roger Ailes made about Barack Obama on Thursday night. Fox contends that the joke was aimed at bush but it played on the fact that Obama's name is similar to Osama's.

"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?"'

Also from the article. "Nevada State Democratic Party Chairman Tom Collins and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Ailes "went too far" with comments made the night before." and also "We cannot, as good Democrats, put our party in a position to defend such comments,"

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

[upi402]

59. why do they hate the troops?

:silly:
threat level ORANGE!!!!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

60. Awright!! KICKIN THIS!!

Too late to rec it :(

:hi: :hug: