you go where it's uncomfortable.

they will treat certain ones unlikely to get the nomination ok but they will be looking for ways to hurt others with their shit.

As for Sanders, his numbers have dropped considerably since his visit to Fox. I doubt there's a link, but his appearance there also doesn't seem to have helped his campaign in any measurable way.

Personally, I think it's essentially state TV and that we shouldn't bother with them, but that's just my opinion. Others disagree, and that's fine.

done the town hall.

With Biden in the race, he has bigger problems than trying to reach Fox News viewers.

he has been since he did that town hall.

Are republicans being counted in all these polls showing a 30% Biden primary lead? They can't be, right?

What about independents? It has to be about people that claim to be likely to vote in a Democratic primary, right?

Is it possible appearing on Fox Town Halls gives you exposure that would help in the General election, but not the primaries?

If that is the case, then our leading candidates for the nomination especially should all appear at Fox Town Halls

but honest publication.

Fox can just make something up or pick a democratic soundbite and surround it with Hannity, Carlson, etc. coverage to use it against the dem. They don't need a democrat to appear to get fodder.

However, Bernie did a good job of taking his Fox appearance to further his message. He didn't moderate or change it for the Fox audience. I don't really care how his appearance is portrayed by the network itself. It doesn't matter.

If anything, Sanders blazed the trail to use Fox News' reach to his advantage.

IT IS NOT

I don't think the exposure to Fox's viewers matters as much as the publicity that candidates are getting by walking into the lion's den. If anything, democrats are the power brokers by taking more than an hour of Fox's airtime to further their message beyond Fox.

Thanks for the thread uawchild.

Some late debates don't have a network, so maybe Fox will get one. But as is, their move on the town halls was clever. If democratic candidates use the airtime well, they can undercut every argument for Trump.

What Perez should have done, IMO, was sit down with Fox and lay out the law on what hosting a debate entails.

There's no way to make sure Fox will be even-handed. Perez can lay down the law all he wants, but the debates are live so Fox controls what actually happens.

Town halls are different. The individual candidate has the choice and accepts whatever risks or benefits there are to appearing.