March 10, 2007

Crazy, Unlike A Fox

Democratic actiivists have rejoiced this week in the cancellation of a presidential campaign debate in Nevada, arranged by the state party to air on Fox. They demanded that the candidates reject the debate even before Fox executive Roger Ailes made a controversial joke about Barack Obama, but the effort gained so much steam afterwards that all of the candidates acquiesced. Nevadans who had hoped to host an important party function are now outraged over the end of the event, and the Las Vegas Review-Journal has special derision for the activists who screeched with outrage over Fox's involvement:

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. ...

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.

Imagine that! Well, some Republicans might not object to that, but the grown-ups who run the party understand that one has to reach voters in order to convince them to support their candidates. In order to do that, the GOP works with all media outlets, even if they do not trust them at times. The point isn't to love the network, but to reach their viewers.

Democrats apparently have forgotten that. If Fox really was that conservative, they wouldn't have wanted to carry the debate at all. They want to sell advertising time, and if their audience was so unconcerned with Democrats, they would hardly have asked to televise their debate. In fact, Fox balances its commentary at least as well as the other networks, and it attracts viewers from across the political spectrum because of it. Fox News Channel routinely outscores CNN in the ratings, and unless liberals want to concede the majority to conservatives, that indicates a pretty wide attraction.

Instead of campaigning to the widest possible audience, the surrender of the Democratic presidential candidates shows that they want to pander to the extremists of their party. They seem frightened to stage their debates in venues where anyone other than those approved by left-wing activists can see them. How can they then make an argument for their election as a President for the entire nation? (via Memeorandum)

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