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Article: Democrats cancel debate on Fox News Channel
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- International Herald Tribune
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- March 13, 2007
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Noam Cohen
International Herald Tribune
03-13-2007
A full year and a half before the U.S. presidential election, the Fox News Channel has suddenly become an issue in the campaign.A Democratic candidates' debate sponsored by Fox News that had been set for August in Reno, Nevada, was abruptly canceled Friday night with a statement from the Nevada Democratic Party and Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat who is the majority leader in the U.S. Senate.But the reasons given for the cancellation anger over comments about Barack Obama made Thursday night by the chairman of Fox News, Roger Ailes give short shrift to an ongoing online campaign by MoveOn.org, a liberal Web site, and by liberal blogs to ...