Fox Cancels NV Voter Fraud Segment After Sharron Angle Concedes
Reported by Ellen - November 4, 2010 -
I've said many times that Fox News' obsession with voter fraud before big elections and its sudden lack of interest afterward suggested that their real interest was to have the issue on the burner, so to speak, in case any Republican lost in a close election. Now, via Media Matters, we've learned that Fox News canceled a segment on voter fraud in Nevada, not long after Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle conceded the race after losing by a much bigger margin than had been anticipated.
Las Vegas political columnist Jon Ralston, apparently booked for the segment, tweeted Wednesday, "Classic email from FOX canceling hit 4 Thursday: 'We decided not to go with a segment on Voter fraud in NV tomorrow.' Really?"
If the network had a legitimate news story going, you'd think they'd want to go ahead with it regardless of the outcome, especially given Fox's fixation on voter fraud.
