Fox News decided to exclude Dr. Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter from last night's (Jan 6, 2008) Republican Forum. There's a lot of discussion on the Internet about this, so I won't go into more detail. I just wanted to post my most recent e-mail to Fox (yourcomments@foxnews.com). Here it is:
I sent you an e-mail in October 2007 to let you know that I would no longer be watching Fox News or visiting foxnews.com due to your obvious bias during the presidential debates. The withdrawal from my Fox News addiction was difficult, but my eyes have really been opened since then.
Now that you uninvited two of the legitimate Republican candidates from last night's forum (one of them probably being the most successful fundraiser for the 4th quarter), I have decided to start contacting your advertisers to let them know I will no longer purchase their products and services as long as they continue advertising with you. I realize that I am only one person and will have no impact on your business. I can only hope that there are many more like me and that as a group we cause your business as much financial pain as possible.
I would fight to the death for your First Amendment rights regarding freedom of the press. I would even defend your legal (but not moral) right to include or exclude anybody you want from your forum, even under your supposed Fair and Balanced banner. However, as long as we have (the illusion of) a free market system, I will do everything in my power to use that free market to demand fairness from the likes of Fox News.
You should be ashamed.
Jim Adams
51 Year Old Lifelong Republican, former Fox News addict
Knightdale, NC
Monday, January 7, 2008
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