Getting Called On Their Crap

Pretty ballsy move by the Democratic National Committee. They're sanctioning six debates, one per month, leading up to the primaries, and they just announced that none of them will be on Fox News, including the one set up by the Congressional Black Caucus.

It's tough to go against the CBC but this is the right move. For too long there has been literally no accountability for what Fox News has done with its biased reporting and Republican propaganda. The last time they ran a Democratic debate it was a nightmare. If they hold the microphones, if they control the cameras, then they control how the candidates are presented. Jesse Jackson has joined a chorus of African-American bloggers and new-media types in slamming the CBC's decision, which may have been motivated through News Corp. donations to them.

The Democratic Party is now branding and headlining the effort to marginalize Fox News, and to call it exactly what it is.

It truly is a new day.