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Neil Cavuto’s Bullshit Retort in Defense of “Fair and Balanced”

November 2, 2009 at 12:23 PM Leave a comment

Neil Cavuto was on a roll today:

Cavuto took the opportunity, after airing a short interview with Corzine shot outside a rally, to “make something very very clear.”

“The notion that the better part of ‘fair and balanced’ is not to include any interview with any candidate because his opponent refuses to come on is simply something we don’t subscribe to here,” Cavuto said. “The alternative for you would be no guests.”

“We invite all parties, all candidates all the time. Sometimes, in fact most times, we make real pests of ourselves. But we always try because you deserve that, always,” he added.

Yeah, right.

I monitored Neil Cavuto for five years over at the News Hounds (help yourself to the 1,650+ posts I put up) and what Cavuto didn’t say was that (1) when Fox has a “liberal” guest on they won’t let him or her finish a sentence; (2) they post a derogatory chyron at the bottom of the screen; (3) they come on later in the show or the next day with an “editorial” or a guest or two to re-spin what the “liberal” said.

Sure, the occasional “real” Democrat has appeared on Fox (not counting DINO “Democrats” like Evan Bayh and Bob Beckel, Cavuto faves), but if they say anything that the RNC doesn’t want Fox’s audience to know — something the audience might like — Fox goes into full spin mode to quash it.

I’ve seen Cavuto have these “we are so fair and balanced” fits before.  Don’t know if he’s trying to convince himself or the audience.

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