Did Fox News Cancel A Guest Because Of His Liberal Facebook Profile?

Radar:

Here's a quick tip to all of you journalists out there who ever aspire to make an appearance on a Fox News show: don't reference your left-leaning political ideology in your Facebook profile.

Just ask Ivygate editor Jacob Savage. Yesterday, he and co-editor Maureen O'Connor published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Time about how kids of the "Facebook Generation" who plan on running for office one day may run into difficulty because all the stupid stuff they did in college will be archived on the Internet for all eternity, thus providing their future political opponents with an endless stream of ammunition....

Later in the day, the duo were contacted by Virginia Grace, a producer at Fox News who wanted to book them on Heather Nauert's America's Election Headquarters to discuss the topic for a segment airing today at 5 p.m. Both O'Connor and Savage responded by phone that they were interested, and were told the show was excited to have them. Savage was also sent a follow-up e-mail by Grace: "Sounds great! I think I found you on Facebook. I will friend you."

Except that Savage's Facebook profile maybe doesn't look so great to a Fox producer.

Savage lists himself as "very liberal" on the site, and openly endorses Barack Obama. (About Me: "YES WE CAN!"). Grace also friended O'Connor, though her profile is restricted and has no overt political references. (For the record, we checked Grace's profile, and she's listed as a "Christian" and a "Libertarian.") Today, four hours before air time, Savage received a call from Grace's assistant, who told him that while O'Connor had been booked, his services were no longer needed.

Read the whole story: Radar

Comments

[FarOutFish]

“Paranoia runs deep. Into your life it will creep” I know it’s fashionable to rag on Fox News, but this is a story with no substance built on conjecture. By actual count, Fox News has more “Liberal” guests than “Conservatives”. It is highly unlikely the scenario presented in this article actually happened. If anything, Fox would prefer the more Liberal guests based on the proven theory, ‘true believers’ tend to be a bit nutty and get better ratings.

[Trittydi]

There is no politician now who is not a flip-flopper - and it's alright according to the reception the pandering media give mcSame. Anyone would have the right to claim THAT mantle then, BUT ...

... Savage is right that his past might normally disallow a political future - but by the HE is ready to run for political office - almost everyone will be in the same boat and there will be a more level playing field.
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[lvdragonlady]

So if Fox still considered a 'real' news channel?

[paulbikes]

Shocking! No way! Fox would never do that!

[Ides]

The future of news, selective reality.

[paulbikes]

You mean past, present, and future right?

[gbht12]

WOW! That surprises me so much!

[only1Demvoter]

Yeah. The permanent nature of internet communicae could one day be a problem for this generation's future political aspirations.

Where again, lies the conundrum in recovering the Bush administration's proportedly missing inter - bureau e-mails, internet records, etc. ... ??

Anyone ?


More to follow. -ralph

[DrJay1966]

Ummm...I think the beginning of this article is missing. Who are O'Connor and Savage and why were they asked to be on the show in the first place?