Media Group: Give Fox News a Chance to Question Obama and McCain
Something will be missing from the media-hosted presidential and vice presidential debates starting Friday night: Fox News Channel. It's another blow for Fox, which was boycotted by Democrats during the primaries. Now the conservative Media Research Center is coming to Fox's defense with a last-minute demand: Give Fox a voice. Armed with a review of the 35 primary season debates that gave Fox the highest marks for asking hardball questions of Republicans, the center calls on the Commission on Presidential Debates to include a Fox questioner. Maybe Chris Wallace, for example, who scored a recent Sunday show interview with Sen. Barack Obama. Yes, ABC is also missing from the debate hosts (public TV's Jim Lehrer, who will host Friday at Ole Miss; PBS's Gwen Ifill; NBC's Tom Brokaw; and CBS's Bob Schieffer), but ABC played a big role during the primaries. What are the chances that the commission will change its plans, though? Very doubtful, says an insider.
But maybe conservatives and Republicans shouldn't fear the mainstream media hosts. The Media Research Center found that the press was remarkably fair and neutral in its primary debate questions. Of the 1,332 questions asked during the primaries, 42 percent were framed minus an ideological bias. Now, that's a headline.
Tags: Fox Broadcasting Co. | debates | Barack Obama | John McCain
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Severity of the situation
John McCain should look at Obama and ask him this question. "Mr. Obama do you think you could pass a background security check?" Then look into the camera and say "My friends the answer is no therefore do you want someone that cannot pass a security check to have access to the security codes for a nuclear weapon?" You decide November the fourth.
I know your station is in the "bag" for Obama so I am sure this true "reality check" will not see the day of light.
God save this country....
McCain's Judgment vs Obama's Judgment
If some of choices Senator Obama made as a young man an indication of his character, integrity, and judgement, what does the way Senator McCain ended his first marriage say about Senator McCain’s character, integrity and judgement?
The jury is still out on Palin's judgement in "trooper gate"
I think the the media is too afraid of McNasty to to be fair and balanced?
Senator Biden
During Senaator Biden's campaign for President, did he lie when he claimed that Senator zObama did not have the experience, qualifications nor ability to be President of the United States, or after he was selected to be Senator Obama's running mate. lie when he claimed that Senator Obama was experienced, had the ability and was fully qualified to be the President of the United States??
When a candidate for Vice President of the United States lies about something to the American people, can he be trusted by those same people to be Vice President of the United States and be a heartbeat away from the Presidency???????
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