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Mar. 10, 2007
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal

EDITORIAL: Meltdown over Fox

Network co-sponsors state Democratic debate -- oh my!


Hard-core liberals can't stand the Fox News Channel. Passing a television
that's tuned to the conservative favorite forces many of them to close their
eyes, cover their ears and scream, "La la la la la la la la la!" Then they dash
to their computers and fire off 2,500 e-mails condemning the outlet, none of
which are ever read.

But liberals' aversion to Fox News has finally gone over the top. The Nevada
Democratic Party had agreed to let the right-tilting network co-sponsor, of all
things, an August debate in Reno between Democratic presidential candidates.
Party officials were serious about drawing national attention to the state's
January presidential caucus, the country's second in the 2008 nominating
process. What better way for the party to reach conservative and "values"
voters who might consider changing allegiances?

But the socialist, Web-addicted wing of the Democratic Party was apoplectic.
The prospect of having to watch Fox News to see their own candidates would have
been torture in itself. So they set the blogosphere aflame with efforts to kill
the broadcast arrangement, or at least have all the candidates pull out of the
event. Before Friday, the opportunistic John Edwards was the only candidate to
jump on that bandwagon.

You'd think the deal called for having Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter mock the
candidates between comments. No, even unfiltered, unedited, live debate between
loyal Democrats couldn't be entrusted to Fox News.

The approach of outfits such as MoveOn.org is so juvenile it's laughable.
Imagine if every political organization created litmus tests for news
organizations before agreeing to appear on their programming. Republicans would
have boycotted PBS, CBS, NBC, ABC, National Public Radio and The Associated
Press decades ago.

This hyperventilation results from the fact that far-left Democrats have no
comparable media outlet, nor any widespread national appeal, for their radical
views in favor of heavy-handed regulation, wealth redistribution, diplomatic
capitulation and economic protectionism. So they attack their rivals' messenger
with a reckless barrage of rhetoric that cuts down their own allies with
friendly fire.

By Friday, the Nevada Democratic Party caved in to the lunatic fringe and
beganseeking

Comedy Central, perhaps?

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