I'm confused. :mj03: Isn't FOX's coverage considered to be "fair and balanced"? :142smilie
Dems say no to fox debate
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"only appear on those networks and venues that give them favorable coverage."
Coming from the leader of Faux News...hmm...puts me in the mind of Tony Snow getting hired by the administration to be their mouthpiece, and then granting an exclusive interview to Faux News.
I guess it's only ok for Republicans and Faux News, right? Thanks, Roger, for your fair and balanced commentary...
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Coming from the leader of Faux News...hmm...puts me in the mind of Tony Snow getting hired by the administration to be their mouthpiece, and then granting an exclusive interview to Faux News.
I guess it's only ok for Republicans and Faux News, right? Thanks, Roger, for your fair and balanced commentary...
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One definite in all of this. Even the almighty FNC can't save the Chen... I mean Bush presidency from crashing and burning. I voted for Mr. Reagan, I voted for Bush 1. I even voted for this dude the first time around.(mistake) Until the Republicans return to what they are supposed to be all about: fiscal responsibility, they will not have my vote. As for the Dems; they were voted in to primarily to do one thing: get us out of the quagmire in Iraq. They need to quit being pussies and do just that. This is not a srategy for defeat. Our military already won. GET OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!!!!
How about this for fair and balanced--
CNN BARS CANDIDATE FROM DEBATE, CENSORSHIP CHARGED
Wed Mar 14 2007 16:41:53 ET
He spoke at the DNC winter meeting standing next to Howard Dean and was at the Nevada candidate's forum with Hillary Clinton, Edwards and the others and he's been invited to ABC's debates, but CNN has barred former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel from their New Hampshire debate, without giving a reason.
Gravel is to put out this press release tomorrow:
CNN AND LOCAL NEW HAMPSHIRE MEDIA IMPOSE CENSORSHIP AND TRASH FAIRNESS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
March 15, 2007 - Washington, D.C. ? CNN, the Manchester Union Leader and the Hearst-owned WMUR-TV have formally decided to exclude Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Mike Gravel from the debates they will be sponsoring in New Hampshire.
This decision calls into question media censorship and goes against a fundamental American belief in ?Fairness,? which is especially critical in the political process.
The Senator said, ?By denying me the same opportunity afforded to other presidential candidates to discuss in public debate the major issues that confront our nation, the sponsoring media outlets??CNN, The Manchester Union Leader and the Hearst-owned WMUR-TV??are exercising censorship, unbecoming in a free society. They are dictating whose political voice they will permit New Hampshire and American citizens to hear.?
?These media outlets are depriving the people the right to hear a voice they may very well want to hear, and in my case, a voice with some new and different ideas not expressed by other candidates??not ?politics as usual.? This amounts to denying the people the right to an informed choice from among all the declared and legitimate candidates, not just those deemed worthy by a few media organizations.?
The Senator continued, ?It is not CNN?s, the Manchester Union Leader?s or Hearst?s WMUR-TV?s place to decide whose voice should and should not be heard in a debate between legitimate and qualified presidential candidates for the nomination of their political parties. When my staff inquired as to why I was being barred from participating in the debate, they received the Orwellian response that my candidacy did not meet certain criteria??a criteria that the media organizations refused to divulge when asked.?
A poll of political scientists and speech specialists in Nevada rated Senator Gravel the third most effective presenter at the debate/forum sponsored by ABC, AFSCME, and the Nevada Democratic party in Carson City last month.
The Senator concluded, ?In short, this action is an insidious form of censorship that injures the American people and its political process, already compromised by the corrupting and excessive influence of money, while seriously eroding the concept of fairness so central to the American ethos and culture.
The actions of CNN, The Manchester Union Leader and Hearst?s WMUR-TV set a dangerous precedent and are more akin to totalitarian tyrannies than the world?s greatest democracy, particularly in a state with the motto: ?Live Free of Die.? We can only wonder what is behind such inappropriate intervention in our political process that does not let the people decide.?
Mike Gravel, a resident of Virginia, is a former two-term Senator from Alaska with a distinguished record that includes successfully ending the military draft with a five-month filibuster, releasing the Pentagon Papers risking both prosecution and jail, playing the leading role in making the Alaska pipeline a reality, and ending nuclear testing in Alaska. He is the driving force and author of the National Initiative for Democracy, a proposal to bring the ballot initiative lawmaking process??already proven in many states as an effective and necessary check on unresponsive representative government??to the Federal level.
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P.S. DJV Thought this might be of interest to you.
March 13, 2007
Fox Ties CBS for First Place
By James Hibberd
Fox has moved into a first-place tie with CBS for the season, and it likely will pass CBS to lead all networks within the next two days.
Fox and CBS have a 3.9 rating among adults 18 to 49, according to Nielsen, with Fox on the verge of rounding up to a 4.0 with the next two nights of "American Idol."
That will put Fox in the solo lead position at an early point in the season, a lead that network ratings analysts expect Fox to maintain through the end of May.
Though Fox typically rises from fourth place to first during the spring, this will be the first time in years that the presumptive season winner has taken the lead position this early. During the past three years, the 18-to-49 race has been decided by a mere tenth of a rating point. Last year, the race between ABC and Fox went down to the last few days of the season, then Fox pulled out a victory.
The last time the winning network took the season-to-date lead this early was in 2003-04, when NBC was still powered by hits like the final season of "Friends," "ER," the first season of "The Apprentice" and "Will and Grace."
Among the runners-up, ABC has a 3.5, NBC has 3.4, Univision has a 1.6 and The CW a 1.3.
CNN BARS CANDIDATE FROM DEBATE, CENSORSHIP CHARGED
Wed Mar 14 2007 16:41:53 ET
He spoke at the DNC winter meeting standing next to Howard Dean and was at the Nevada candidate's forum with Hillary Clinton, Edwards and the others and he's been invited to ABC's debates, but CNN has barred former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel from their New Hampshire debate, without giving a reason.
Gravel is to put out this press release tomorrow:
CNN AND LOCAL NEW HAMPSHIRE MEDIA IMPOSE CENSORSHIP AND TRASH FAIRNESS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
March 15, 2007 - Washington, D.C. ? CNN, the Manchester Union Leader and the Hearst-owned WMUR-TV have formally decided to exclude Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Mike Gravel from the debates they will be sponsoring in New Hampshire.
This decision calls into question media censorship and goes against a fundamental American belief in ?Fairness,? which is especially critical in the political process.
The Senator said, ?By denying me the same opportunity afforded to other presidential candidates to discuss in public debate the major issues that confront our nation, the sponsoring media outlets??CNN, The Manchester Union Leader and the Hearst-owned WMUR-TV??are exercising censorship, unbecoming in a free society. They are dictating whose political voice they will permit New Hampshire and American citizens to hear.?
?These media outlets are depriving the people the right to hear a voice they may very well want to hear, and in my case, a voice with some new and different ideas not expressed by other candidates??not ?politics as usual.? This amounts to denying the people the right to an informed choice from among all the declared and legitimate candidates, not just those deemed worthy by a few media organizations.?
The Senator continued, ?It is not CNN?s, the Manchester Union Leader?s or Hearst?s WMUR-TV?s place to decide whose voice should and should not be heard in a debate between legitimate and qualified presidential candidates for the nomination of their political parties. When my staff inquired as to why I was being barred from participating in the debate, they received the Orwellian response that my candidacy did not meet certain criteria??a criteria that the media organizations refused to divulge when asked.?
A poll of political scientists and speech specialists in Nevada rated Senator Gravel the third most effective presenter at the debate/forum sponsored by ABC, AFSCME, and the Nevada Democratic party in Carson City last month.
The Senator concluded, ?In short, this action is an insidious form of censorship that injures the American people and its political process, already compromised by the corrupting and excessive influence of money, while seriously eroding the concept of fairness so central to the American ethos and culture.
The actions of CNN, The Manchester Union Leader and Hearst?s WMUR-TV set a dangerous precedent and are more akin to totalitarian tyrannies than the world?s greatest democracy, particularly in a state with the motto: ?Live Free of Die.? We can only wonder what is behind such inappropriate intervention in our political process that does not let the people decide.?
Mike Gravel, a resident of Virginia, is a former two-term Senator from Alaska with a distinguished record that includes successfully ending the military draft with a five-month filibuster, releasing the Pentagon Papers risking both prosecution and jail, playing the leading role in making the Alaska pipeline a reality, and ending nuclear testing in Alaska. He is the driving force and author of the National Initiative for Democracy, a proposal to bring the ballot initiative lawmaking process??already proven in many states as an effective and necessary check on unresponsive representative government??to the Federal level.
END
P.S. DJV Thought this might be of interest to you.
March 13, 2007
Fox Ties CBS for First Place
By James Hibberd
Fox has moved into a first-place tie with CBS for the season, and it likely will pass CBS to lead all networks within the next two days.
Fox and CBS have a 3.9 rating among adults 18 to 49, according to Nielsen, with Fox on the verge of rounding up to a 4.0 with the next two nights of "American Idol."
That will put Fox in the solo lead position at an early point in the season, a lead that network ratings analysts expect Fox to maintain through the end of May.
Though Fox typically rises from fourth place to first during the spring, this will be the first time in years that the presumptive season winner has taken the lead position this early. During the past three years, the 18-to-49 race has been decided by a mere tenth of a rating point. Last year, the race between ABC and Fox went down to the last few days of the season, then Fox pulled out a victory.
The last time the winning network took the season-to-date lead this early was in 2003-04, when NBC was still powered by hits like the final season of "Friends," "ER," the first season of "The Apprentice" and "Will and Grace."
Among the runners-up, ABC has a 3.5, NBC has 3.4, Univision has a 1.6 and The CW a 1.3.
Not bad they have some good shows. The two that bring home most of the bacon is 24 and Idol. And that is a strength because those two are so different from each. But it does cause there drop rest of year when they end.
that is why Michael Moore wouldn't go on until he laid some ground rules. You would not have to lay ground rules for any other station but this sham of a station. By the way were is Michael Moore. Poor guy took a lot of heat and a lot of what he said happen to come true. Got to love a guy with a little foresight. By the way djv i thought your post was :142smilie
