Fox Gives Radical Cleric James Dobson 6 Minutes to "Rebut" 17 Words Uttered by Howard Dean
Reported by Melanie - April 21, 2006
On Thursday (April 20, 2006), the Christian Science Monitor published a very short, six paragraph Q & A with Howard Dean titled: The Monitor Breakfast - Howard Dean.
In the interview, the Monitor asked Dean about "religion and politics." Dean gave a one sentence answer:
The religious community has to decide whether they want to be tax exempt or involved in politics.
Thursday afternoon, on Your World w/Neil Cavuto, in a segment titled, "Did Howard Dean Threaten the Entire Religious Community?" Fox gave radical cleric James Dobson six full minutes (here's a link to the video) to spin Dean's comment into the stratosphere and to claim that he doesn't get involved in politics. For visual effects, Fox went to a split screen and aired video and muted audio of the 2004 "Dean scream" and tossed in a graphic during Cavuto's introduction that read: "Unholy Threat?"
Messing with the ability of fundamentalist churches to preach to their congregations about voting Republican obviously scares the bejesus out of these theocrats.
