This move by the Dems to marginalize Fox News just might work.
NV Dems v. Fox: Edwards Can Attack Fox, But Fox Can't Attack Him --Hume
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NewsBusters notes Brit Hume's comments on Fox News Sunday about the John Edwards vs. Fox drama:
"When you think about it for a minute, in the short term this is probably a shrewd political move by him on a couple counts. One is that it separates him from the other candidates on this, at least briefly, it pleases the wing of the party that is active and important in the nominating process, and what Edwards knows is that while he may be at war against Fox News, Fox News is not and cannot be at war with him.
He knows, and his people know, that Carl Cameron and Jim Angle and Major Garrett and you Chris in interviews and I as a news anchor on a nightly program are going to continue to treat him in the same fair way that we've always treated him, and we must do that. Now, he might get roughed up by some conservative commentators on Fox, but he'll be defended by liberal commentators on Fox as well. So in the short term, this is probably good politics. In the long term, I have my doubts but that remains to be seen."
NV Dems v. Fox: "Most Direct Sparring Between Political Party & News Outlet In Years"
"With the action by the Nevada Democrats... the public may be witnessing the most direct sparring between a political party and a news outlet in recent years," the NYT's Noam Cohen says.
A key graf: "According to analysts of the cable news world, accusations of bias cut two ways for Fox. On the one hand it feeds the image of Fox News as besieged by mainstream media outlets and political enemies, which plays well to its loyal audience. Yet, these analysts said, being shut out of a debate denies the channel the ability to be above the fray and be perceived as a mainstream journalistic outlet."
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