Fox News responded to being banned from hosting a 2020 Democratic debate, by begging the DNC to reconsider and claiming that the Trump cult is persuadable.

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Bill Sammon, Fox News SVP/Managing Editor Washington said in a statement, “We hope the DNC will reconsider its decision to bar Chris Wallace, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, all of whom embody the ultimate journalistic integrity and professionalism, from moderating a Democratic presidential debate. They’re the best debate team in the business and they offer candidates an important opportunity to make their case to the largest TV news audience in America, which includes many persuadable voters.”‘

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Hillary Clinton thought that she could persuade Republicans to cross over and vote for her in 2016 and we all know how that turned out. Fox News is not the largest news audience in America. Each of the network nightly news shows draws three to four times more viewers than any Fox News program. A Washington Post fact checker poll found that Fox News viewers are the Americans who are most likely to believe Trump’s falsehoods. There isn’t just overlap between Trump supporters and Fox News viewership. They are the same people, and as Fox has gone more to the hard right, the less value it has for a party who is trying to flip the White House.

Democrats made the correct decision to exclude Fox News

There is a revolving door between Fox News and the Trump administration the likes of which the country has never seen. Fox News host Sean Hannity brags that he talks to Trump nights. The president watches Fox News and tweets about their programming on a nearly daily basis. Staff moves freely between the White House and Fox.

Fox News is not an objective media outlet. It would have been a mistake for Democrats to treat them as such. The DNC must now figure where potential Democratic voters are and how best to reach them. What is clear is that Fox News was never a good option for Democrats in 2020.

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Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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