Fox Cut Off Dem Keynote After Two Minutes To Talk Ayers

Media Matters:

In its August 26 coverage of the second night of the Democratic National Convention, Fox News aired just over two minutes of former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner's nearly 20-minute keynote address to the convention. Rather than air Warner's entire speech, Fox News cut to commercial, then Fox News host Alan Colmes stated, "In other election news, an independent group supporting John McCain released an ad last week attacking [Sen.] Barack Obama's ties to former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers," and aired an ad from the Obama campaign responding to the independent ad. Colmes and co-host Sean Hannity then interviewed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is supporting Sen. John McCain.

In contrast, both MSNBC and CNN aired the entirety of Warner's address.

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Comments

[janice1227]

I'm wearing my "Sweet Jesus I Hate Bill O'Reilly " t-shirt tonight for Obama's speech.

[ABrindell]

News Flash: Fox News is a news organization in the same way a monkey in a tuxedo is a human.

[JackyA]

I completely agree with YOU!

[ScarletKnight1307]

Maybe it's a time to cut off Fox News permanently

[GetTheFreakOuttaHere]

Well, as is so often stated by fellow Washington Journal fans, THANK GOD FOR C-SPAN!!!

[jellygraph]

fair and balanced... *sarcasm*

[eden4barack08]

And I bet none of the "33% Democrats" FOX claims as their audience had any complaints. Hah!

[HC4BO]

Surprise .. Surprise .. It's Faux ...

[lizinatl]

naahhhh?!

who'd a thunk it?

not the way Warner was beating up on McCain't....

[Heavy]

Fair and balanced as Jos eph Goeb bels on a unicycle.

[chitown8]

I dare Fox Hanntity to go to Ayers home and do a citizen arrest!

He would make into Chicago definetly on the Southside.

[SheriChardonnay]

and whats funny no one is talking about it except FOX...it ws reportd that my alma mater UIC was releasing this records 2 weeks ago! and there is nothing in them! nothing that we dont already know! FOX and GOP are DESPERATE...however the "average american" is so stupid they may fall for it!

[Hagrid]

Is Ayers in prison? Or a felon?

What is the big deal?
Rove and Cheney commited treason for 'outing' a CIA operative, Valerie Plame.

[surfcitysteven]

I was channel surfing and noticed this as well. Not only during the keynote but all night as well. As someone on the podium spoke, Fox was there to give an instant rebuttal to all that was said. It is time that liberals be put on notice. Appear on Fox news and be shunned. Alan Colmes is a disgrace and it is time for him to be coldshouldered. Their coverage of the Democratic convention is an absolute joke, even by their partisan standards.

[neocon666]

That news? I noticed that False News went back to their regularly scheduled thought programming while the other news networks had all night convention coverage. Of course the RNC convention will be 24/7 with no interruptions, except to explain why the liberal race is inferior to republicans.