Neal Gabler gets his paycheck from Fox News but argued yesterday on the show Fox News Watch that the Democrats were completely right to cancel an August debate in Nevada co-hosted with Fox News because Fox is too conservative. Mark Finkelstein at NewsBusters has part of the transcript:
“I don’t want to bite the hand that feeds me my Kool-Aid,” claimed Gabler on this evening’s “Fox News Watch.” He then proceeded to do just that, claiming that Democrats pulled out of the Fox-sponsored presidential candidate debate in Nevada “for the same reason that Republicans would not go on Air America — it doesn’t make any political sense. Why in the world would you want to legitimize a network that spends hour after hour after hour after hour to, to.”
You can watch the video here.
Mark ends his post with a very good question:
In depicting Fox News as a right-wing bash machine that feeds “Kool-Aid,” and accusing his host of typifying the bias, Gabler wasn’t merely describing the Dem view of Fox as illegitimate — he was embracing it. How could a self-respecting person continue to work for such an outfit?
The question is why Fox News continues to employ someone who has no problem insulting it. No company I have ever worked for would keep me if I bashed it on national television.
