Making A Point: But At What Cost?

Presidential candidate John Edwards has made a decision that will without a doubt cast a cloud on his campaign. "Unfortunate that Sen. Edwards has decided to abandon an opportunity to reach the largest mainstream cable news audience in America."(Fox news vice president)Edwards is going to be missing out on a large block of voters that are going to come to certain assumptions(as they should) by this decision, one does not see any “scheduling conflicts” with the CNN network the “mouthpiece” of the Democratic Party. At any rate, this is a clear example that would make one think that he lacks the ability to be able to defend himself and his campaign vision. Can John not answer the hard questions? This shows a lack of maturity in terms of any presidential candidate that is going to turn down the network that is most watched and primarily composed supposedly of the opposing party, how far will his reach get and how will he gain voters from a strategic move such as this. "There were a number of factors and Fox was one of those. We're already planning to participate in a jam-packed schedule of debates across this country ... we can't attend every single debate and forum,"(Edwards). What I have to say is that had the conservatives had the control over every news network for the past quarter of a century, they too would have forgotten how to debate. I do not want someone as our president that can stand up to a news network such as Fox. If one reporter that is “republican” at Fox, can swing an effect that can topple the combined propaganda of ABC, NBC, CNN, CBS, MSNBC to then effect presidential candidate elections, well than that democrat should give up now. Finally, Fox News currently leads the cable news market in the United States, earning higher points ratings than its chief competitors CNN and MSNBC combined by average viewership. Now unless it was personal, why would a canidate miss out on this oppuritunity to reach voters, shedualing conflict my eye. If Mr.Edwards cannot stand up to Fox then how is he going to fair if made president and faced with actual confrentation as in the case of Iraq?


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/09/politics/main2552920.shtml

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_el_pr/on_the2008_trail_28&printer=1;_ylt=AurP_NrJE_tdjEm7AFj0mT9h24cAEdwards to skip deba