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Fox: Fair and Balanced?

6 January 2008, 8:53 pm. 7 Comments. Filed under 2008.

I am so disappointed in the ‘forum’ on Fox News.  It seems there were only three candidates behind the desk, Romney, Hucklebee and McCain.  The other two, Thompson and Guiliani, were evidently invisible for the most part.

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  1. Calvin. 6 January 2008, 9:38 pm

    I just watched most of it, and I’m not sure I know what you’re getting at…

  2. olbroad. 6 January 2008, 9:50 pm

    Cal, you being a Mitt supporter, ya might not have noticed Wallace focused the majority of the questions towards him, McCain and the Huckster. :)

  3. Calvin. 6 January 2008, 11:33 pm

    One of the lessons I’ve taken very close to heart in my experience in politics is the importance of keeping my objectivity and independent-mindedness regarding our own on the Right. I’ve taken great lengths to objectively analyze, and keep objectively analyzing, all of these guys. I assure you, my vision is not clouded by the candidate I support.

    Now I’ve seen the entire debate. The three M’s get a bit more airtime, but that’s largely because, due to their fights with each other, they’ve had reason to fight back and forth. That sort of thing is relevant and newsworthy, and that kind of airtime is a double-edged sword. Wallace wanted to build off that to bring those differences out. That’s what moderators do, and I’m sure if Thompson or Giuliani with somebody like Romney & Huck did, I’m sure they would have focused on it.

    And besides, Thompson was given plenty of voice, from Social Security & change to immigration & foreign policy experience. The Thompsons have no grounds to be complaining about Fox.

  4. olbroad. 7 January 2008, 7:25 am

    Cal, if anyone else had said they keep an open mind, I would have doubted it. :) However, knowing you, and knowing that you are as honest as they day is long, I’m going to concede that is the way you saw it. :)

    That being said, I’m not the only one who noticed it, and not just Thompson supporters.

  5. Calvin. 7 January 2008, 9:23 am

    Well, I couldn’t see it. He got both his shots and his points in amply.

  6. olbroad. 7 January 2008, 9:50 am

    One of the best lines that hasn’t gotten any attention, that I’ve seen so far, was the one about John Wayne whuppin’ Chuck Norris. Heh.

  7. Calvin. 7 January 2008, 10:27 am

    Yeah, that was classic!