Democrats, Fox News and the Internet
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2007
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Nevada Democrats canceled a presidential debate on the Fox News Channel after Internet activists called Fox "a mouthpiece for the Republican Party." Should the Democrats boycott conservative Fox altogether? What does this episode say about the growing impact of the Internet on American politics? Also, President Bush is dogged by domestic issues as he winds up his trip to Latin America and, on Reporter's Notebook, Spain's plan to build a tunnel to Morocco.
- NOTE: For those who were listening to today's program about the Nevada Democratic Party and Fox News, guest Doug Schoen was identified as a Democratic strategist, which he is. Doug Schoen is also a paid commentator for Fox News, which we did not know until after our broadcast was over.
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| 0:00.0 | From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.1 | Democrats, Fox News, and the Internet. |
| 0:14.6 | Hello again, I'm Marvin Alley, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, |
| 0:18.3 | a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:21.0 | Nevada's Democratic Party scheduled a presidential debate on the Fox News channel in hopes of |
| 0:26.0 | reaching a big audience of conservative voters. Internet activists complained that Fox News is a |
| 0:31.5 | mouthpiece for the Republican Party, and now the debate has been canceled. |
| 0:35.8 | MoveOn.org is one internet voice telling the Democrats to freeze Fox out all over the country. |
| 0:41.6 | On to the point, would that be good strategy or political suicide? |
| 0:46.3 | Who decides what's fair and balanced? |
| 0:48.7 | What's the lesson about the impact of the Internet on American politics? |
| 0:52.3 | A reporter's notebook later on from from Europe to Africa, by train. |
| 0:57.0 | First, here's the news. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Support for To The Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur |
| 6:11.9 | Foundation. Hello again, Mormon-Aulney, back with To the Point. Democrats in Nevada canceled a presidential |
| 6:17.0 | debate on the Fox News channel after internet activists called Fox a mouthpiece for the Republican Party. |
| 6:23.6 | On To The Point, move on.org wants the Democrats to boycott conservative Fox altogether. |
| 6:29.0 | We'll talk about that. |
| 6:30.2 | What does this episode say about the growing impact of the Internet on American politics? |
| 6:35.0 | On reporter's notebook, Spain's plan to build a tunnel to Morocco. |
| 6:39.3 | First, this news update. |
| 6:40.3 | President Bush wound up his Latin American tour today at a joint press conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, but he was dugged by questions about domestic politics. He said Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez can still be effective despite admitting mistakes in firing U.S. attorneys. |
| 6:55.7 | He's right. Mistakes were made. And I'm frankly not happy about them because there is a lot of confusion over what really |
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