The Fox primary: complicated, contractual

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Source:http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/42745

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i mean, okay, real-talk time: By now, this isn't even that much of a shocker to a lot of people. This is the horrible thing.

The horrible thing is we're not gasping in stunned disbelief about how Fox News is giving free reign for Republican candidates to control part of the free press. The fact that any political party is able to do this and no one is stunned by it happening and brushes it off as "oh well it's Fox News, that's what they do," is terrible. And yes, MSNBC kinda does the same thing, but they don't pay potential presidential candidates and also don't encourage them to stay on their station alone. Oh also, I've yet to see any 'left-leaning' (lololololo wow really?) candidates that go as far out-there as the far-right (that are taken with complete and utter seriousness).

Really now. A 'news' station is pretty much coddling prospective Republican presidential candidates and these candidates aren't even trying to hide that Fox News is their mouth piece. They're not even hiding it.

The fact that this is unsurprising and has become expected behavior of Fox News is the real terrible thing here.

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The fact that this is unsurprising and has become expected behavior of Fox News is the real terrible thing here.

Well said. That was my reaction to this article. I wasn't shocked that it's happening, I'm frustrated and sad that it's not surprising to me.