Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Obama Met With Fox News Executives

Obama Met With Fox News Executives.. Will Be on O'Reilly
Editor's note:This shows how worried Obama is over the Palin pick. "Move-On" has kept the Senator from going on Fox, but like Hillary, when she saw she was losing, Barak now sees the need to gain Fox viewers. This strategy will not work well.....

During the sit-down in a Waldorf-Astoria hotel suite in Manhattan that included Rupert Murdoch, the network's owner, Obama expressed concern about the way Fox was covering him. "I just wanted to know if I'm going to get a fair shake from Fox News Channel," Ailes recalled him saying.

"Senator, you're the one who boycotted us," Ailes says he replied. "We're not the ones who boycotted you. Nor did we retaliate for your boycott."

The meeting appears to have eased tensions between the two camps, which began when all the Democratic candidates, complaining that the network favors Republicans, refused to hold any primary-season debates on Fox. After resisting invitations for months, Obama now plans to appear on Bill O'Reilly's prime-time Fox program on Thursday, the night that John McCain delivers his acceptance speech at the Republican convention here....more...