Entries Tagged as 'Fox News'
10 January 2008 · Comments Off
Seen in the Myrtle Beach Sun News:
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee have all accepted their invitations, said Rob Godfrey, spokesman for the state Republican Party.
“The stakes couldn’t be higher this election, and we couldn’t be more excited to extend a warm South Carolina welcome to six White House hopefuls who are seeking the Republican nomination,” said Katon Dawson, chairman of the state GOP.
To be invited, candidates must have placed in the top 5 positions in the New Hampshire poll — McCain, Romney, Huckabee, Giuliani and Paul — or be polling at least 5 percent nationally, such as Thompson.
It’s nice to see objective criteria being consistently held to for tonight’s debate. However, I’m sufficiently leery of Fox News’ sensationalism, “fairness” and “balance” to wonder if this is either a decision forced upon FNC by the South Carolina GOP, or if it’s Fox’s decision to bring Paul on to grill him about his newsletter under the guise of “debate”.
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2008 Elections · Republicans · Debate · Fox News · South Carolina
8 January 2008 · Comments Off
Seen at Libertarian Underground –
An AP article appearing on the International Herald Tribune:
It’s been overlooked in the hoopla surrounding Thursday’s Iowa caucuses and next week’s New Hampshire primary, but Wyoming Republicans will caucus Saturday and choose delegates to the national convention in September.
Candidates have paid little attention to the state, though.
Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, Duncan Hunter and Ron Paul have passed through since September. Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain have not.
“Yes, there have been some appearances by the candidates in this state that otherwise wouldn’t have occurred this early in the process,” said Jim King, who teaches political science at the University of Wyoming. “But candidates are where the media are — in Iowa and New Hampshire.”
The same article at Fox News:
It’s been overlooked in the hoopla surrounding Thursday’s Iowa caucuses and next week’s New Hampshire primary, but Wyoming Republicans will caucus Saturday and choose delegates to the national convention in September.
Candidates have paid little attention to the state, though.
Only Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson and Duncan Hunter have passed through since September.
“Yes, there have been some appearances by the candidates in this state that otherwise wouldn’t have occurred this early in the process,” said Jim King, who teaches political science at the University of Wyoming. “But candidates are where the media are — in Iowa and New Hampshire.”
While it’s not uncommon for umpteen revisions of a story to be released on a newswire, and it’s probably not unexpected to occasionally see news sites carrying one version of a story while others carry a different edition… when you consider the inconsistency of excluding Ron Paul from Fox News’ forum Sunday (but still inviting low-polling Thompson), the omission in the story above makes it tempting to speculate on excisions of Ron Paul from wire stories as being a reflection on Fox’s fairness and balance.
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2008 Elections · Libertarians · Media · Fox News · Ron Paul
