David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. The Fox Noise Kerfuffle
MoveOn.org asked the Nevada Democratic Party to drop Fox as a sponsor; "We wanted to send a clear message to voters, the media and the presidential candidates that Fox is part of the right-wing smear machine, not a legitimate source of news," MoveOn’s Adam Green said.
Well, sure, but this protests that in exactly the wrong way. Progressive organizations should champion the First Amendment, not be selective about who should get heard. Fox News looks like the victim here; its executives can argue, “Look, here we actually try to get the Democrats’ message out and this is the thanks we get.”
And while Fox ain’t ever gonna try to lead the way in being a conciliatory voice in these divisive times, Democrats would look better were they to at least try and make nice with the demagogues. After all, it’s not like Fox will be secretly hiding automatic weapons in their cameras so they can mow down the entire Democratic elite in one fell swoop, will they?
Well – will they?
What’s next: Republicans refusing to debate on or talk to any network but Fox? Oh, wait; Cheney’s already doing that.