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Article: Nevada Dems dissolve Fox event.(Fox News Network)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- March 12, 2007
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Nevada Democrats canceled a debate co-sponsored by Fox News Channel after comments by topper Roger Ailes about Sen. Barack Obama angered Democratic officials.
Former Sen. John Edwards had already pulled out of the debate, citing Fox News' involvement, but now the debate itself has been called off after Aries joked during a speech Thursday about the similarity between Barack Obama's name and Osama bin Laden's.
"Comments made last night by Fox News president Roger Aries in reference to one of our presidential candidates went too far. We cannot, as good Democrats, put our party in a position to defend such comments," state Democratic Party chairman Tom ...