I did a double take when the headline flashed that the Democratic candidates' courageous stand against the propaganda network could be dangerous for both sides. That is absolutely wrong. There is only one side that should be scared, the ideologues at Fox News Channel. Many people that have been paying attention can easily see the bias in their reporting and the obvious slant in their news. Plenty of reports have shown that people who get their news solely from FNC are misinformed on the issues and tend to vote heavily for Republicans. The reaction to former President Clinton's confrontation last September with Fox Sunday-morning host Chris Wallace taught many Democrats there was political ground to be gained in fighting with Fox. The risk to this strategy is it could make the candidates look like, well, weenies. Weenies?? No, I'm sorry, a weenie is one that cowers from debating the facts, sending our troops into harms way because of deceptive propaganda and especially those that act as the President's cheerleaders (Fox primarily, others included as well). The author then for some reason shows that Fox does indeed have a bias, or at least that they do not conduct themselves with true journalistic integrity.
The idea that boycotting Fox is dangerous for Dems is ridiculous. First off the AP gets its 'evidence' from Ed Rollins, a GOP goon, and Ellis Henican, a Fox News and Newsday contributor that fills in for the left, yet is paid by Rupert Murdoch's ventures. The way the article puts the issue into context seems to come right out of the GOP playbook.
From the article:
A feud against Fox might not be the best long-term plan, either. People there have been known to hold a grudge.
To be fair, the AP does give both sides of the debate, but it is clear on how they view the issue. Instead of calling Democratic candidates weenies, they might want to look at those that stand on principals. Such as calling for a real fight against climate change, fixing the economy and helping all Americans live a better life than what we have had to endure under the Bush Administration
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