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Article: Democrat candidates boycott 'fair and balanced' Fox News ; WORLD
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2007
- Author:
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The Fox News Channel - a network that claims to be "fair and
balanced" - has been snubbed by the leading Democratic presidential
hopefuls who have refused to participate in a series of political
debates it is organising.
Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have made clear they
will not take part in a debate, co-sponsored by the Congressional
Black Caucus Institute. Last week, John Edwards, another senior
Democratic hopeful, said he would not take part.
The decision leaves the event's organisers with a hole in their
line-up, though so far the debate is still scheduled to go ahead in
Detroit on 23 September. More importantly, the decision underlines
the visceral hatred felt by many ...