Howard Dean On Fox News Sunday: Your Coverage Is "Shockingly Biased" (VIDEO)

[madfloridian]

From Huffington Post with Video. It does not come on here until tonight.

Way to go, Howard Dean.

Howard Dean On Fox News Sunday: Your Coverage Is "Shockingly Biased"

"Host Chris Wallace tried to get Dean to bash MoveOn and Daily Kos, saying they were "using words about you guys showing up here as weak, idiotic, stupid. How do you respond to the left wing?" But Dean avoided taking the bait"

WALLACE: The left wing of your party is in a snit over all these Democrats appearing on Fox. In fact, the head of MoveOn.org had this to say about Democrats on Fox. "It legitimizes a right wing network that is going to use that credibility to smear them in the general election." He and the head of the Daily Kos are using words about you guys showing up here as weak, idiotic, stupid. How do you respond to the left wing?

DEAN: What I'd say is this: we stayed off Fox for a long time because your news department is, in fact, biased. But, Chris, you haven't been. You've always been tough, but I always thought fair and I still think that's true. And we need to communicate with people who are going to vote in the Democratic Party. Hundreds of thousands of Republicans have turned their back on their own party to vote in the Democratic primaries in the last six months. We owe it to our -- to all the American people to reach out to those folks. This is not about Fox News. That's not why I'm here today. I'm out because I want to talk to your viewers directly about why this election is important and what we can offer the American people.

WALLACE: Let me ask you, and obviously it's always about the millions of people who watch these shows. Looking back, do you think it was a mistake for the Democratic Party to boycott Fox debates and all the other programs during the last year and thereby boycott getting your message out to the millions of people who watch?

DEAN: No, I think it was the right thing to do, because there are some things in the news department that have really been shockingly biased and I think that's wrong and I just say so right up front. It is important also for us -- we shouldn't punish the viewers of Fox by staying away. Now those viewers have had an opportunity to look at the debates on other channels, now they're going to have an opportunity viewing on this channel and I think that's fair.

[Ishoutandscream2]

1. I dig Howard Dean

and his responses were reasoanable and I believe very diplomatic. He is a great spokesman for the Democratic Party.

[FARAFIELD]

2. OUCH! good job for DEAN

Anyone that thinks his 50 state strategy and his strategy overall hasnt worked needs their head examined.

[simmonsj811]

3. K&R

[KSinTX]

4. Dean was right to go on and was right about Wallace

The day Wallace called in on a weekend to chide the Unholy Morning Trinity over Obama-bashing was a shocking moment. Dean picked the right show.

[madfloridian]

5. Yes, I remember that.

Wallace was truly angry.

[msongs]

6. Howard Dean ought to be our nominee. oh well nt

[mapatriot]

7. Go Gov!

You continue to make us proud!

[Marr]

8. I disagree on Wallace. He's very biased as well.

It's just that his style is more of the Tim Russert variety. He frames things in a pro-GOP way, advances GOP talking points, gives Republicans a free pass while examining Democrats' foibles intensely, etc.

The rest of Fox is in the style of Pravda. They're more about outright lies, such as "Obama went to a madrassa" or "we found chemical weapons in Iraq".

[harun]

11. Agree, I would prefer no Democrats ever go on Fox, EVER (n/t)

[Supersedeas]

12. sticking it to them occasionally is a good thing--and stiffing them often sends

a clear message

[John Kerry VonErich]

9. "We owe it to our -- to all the American people to reach out to those folks."

Watch how the right wing will spin that one line.

[NashVegas]

10. He Doesn't Come Off As Well When He Appears By Satellite / ISDN

It's hard to look very relaxed when you're staring into a camera, pretending it's the same as a real conversation. I imagine there are handlers in the room: "Howard, don't fidget."

But I love how he said that with a smile on his face, more or less.