The moonbatosphere is working itself into high dudgeon because the Nevada Democratic Party is working with Fox News to televise a debate with all Democratic candidates in August. They've even got this nice little petition so you don't have to work too hard. As it states, "Remember, a personalized email and subject header always helps."
Because, God yes, if it appears on Fox News, Democrats will melt like the Wicked Witch of the West when splashed with water.
Over at Daily Nutroot--er, KOS, there's a reminder of the atrocities committed by Fox News the last time they hosted such an event.
For an example of how disrespectful and counterproductive such Fox News-sponsored Democratic debates are, consider the September 9, 2003 Democratic debate in Baltimore, Maryland, hosted by Fox News in partnership with the Congressional Black Caucus. Fox News graphics, as well as a banner over the stage, titled the event as the "Democrat Candidate Presidential Debate," a misconstruction of "Democrat" used as an an epithet Fox News then summarized the debate with a story titled, "Democratic Candidates Offer Grim View of America," continuing with such jabs as, "The depiction of the president as the root of all evil began at the top of Tuesday night's debate...." Controversial questions included the accusation that Howard Dean had a racist gun policy by Fox News analyst Juan Williams. There were also multiple interruptions by protesters throughout the debate, leading to four arrests.
In deference to my friend Aphrael, I've stopped calling it the Democrat Party, but frankly, it's a bit silly to get worked into a lather about it. And characterizing the debates as an attempt to pin all evils on President Bush is accurate, and, honestly, would be accurate if used against a Democratic president, as well.
As Greg Tinti points out (via Michelle Malkin)
Maybe the Nevada Democratic Party actually wants to people to see this debate. And anyway, it's not like there aren't going to be dozens of other debates from now until the primaries. Everyone major network is going to get their turn. And can you even imagine how Markos et al. would react if righties started objecting about GOP debates being on CNN, MSNBC, or PBS and demanded they only be on FOX News?
Well, we know what the reaction would be. They would spend a lot of time linking to Media Matters and F.A.I.R. and trying to say that all media is really a rightwing conspiracy.
Whether Democrats like it or not, Fox News is a big news network and it draws lots of viewers, viewers who might be voting in the Democratic primaries. It's ridiculous to get worked up about this. Save the ire for a real offense which, I'm sure, they will find in the next five minutes.
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