Angry over on-air remark, adviser threatens a ban

Boston Globe ^ | October 31, 2004 | Patrick Healy

[Cableguy]

DES MOINES -- John Sasso, a senior adviser to John F. Kerry's presidential campaign, threatened to ban Fox News staff from the candidate's plane Friday night when Fox initially refused to apologize for a talk show host's comment that a new videotape showed Osama bin Laden with a Kerry button.

ADVERTISEMENT Kerry advisers quickly backtracked, however, concluding that an escalating conflict with a major cable channel just days before the election would do nothing to help the Democratic nominee. Kerry senior adviser Mike McCurry spoke to Fox executives Friday and yesterday and was told that the Fox News host, Neil Cavuto, may address the remark on Monday's show, officials from Fox and the Kerry campaign said.

The furor was a rare moment of visible frustration inside the Kerry camp: Kicking a major cable outlet off of the candidate's plane would almost certainly spark a run of negative stories in the media about Kerry lieutenants lashing out and their preelection confidence vanishing.

After the videotape of bin Laden was widely broadcast Friday afternoon, a Republican guest on Cavuto's show said the Al Qaeda leader's criticisms of President Bush amounted to ''an endorsement" of Kerry. A second guest objected, saying, ''I don't think he's going to have a Kerry-Edwards sticker in the cave."

Chimed in Cavuto: ''He's all but doing that. I thought I saw a button."

[Quilla]

On another thread on the same subject, I read that Molly Hennenberg would have been the one asked to leave.

[Smartaleck]

Not noted was the Ho Che Minh button OBL and Kerry both wear.

[hershey]

God forbid Fox guests or hosts exercise free speech, tell the truth, (and deviate from the RAT party/Kerry daily talking point: Nuancyboy has the big Mo.) They control the MSM, and they're whining about minute of honesty on Fox? Please. Kerry's tanking, and they're running like the RATs they are.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

The thing is ? those words from Neil Cavuto are already out of his mouth, and those words have already resonated with the American public.
Kerry can't squelch the American public mind's on that comment from Neil.
If they try to force him to retract it, it just makes Kerry look more guilty. FOX gets double the ratings over CNN & MSNBC cable shows COMBINDE , no wonder they don't want rock the boat with FOX NEWS. Priceless, the IRONY.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

yes I do

[Prophet in the wilderness]

you got my vote on that.

[mware]

I love Cavuto. I think I wlll send his a case of Yodels.

[Miss Marple]

I don't remember this kind of bitterness since Arthur Godfrey fired Julius LaRosa on the air...

HAHA! I was actually watching that show when it happened! I was a little girl and it is one of my earliest TV memories. It got me scared because I had never seen people be angry on television. Now, of course, I would take it in stride, haveing seen angry democrats all over the networks for four straight years.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

If they weren't so DELUSIONAL, they would see and take a look who are the ones that are going down the toilet ( cBS, NBC, ABC, CNN , MSNBC ).
They still don't GET IT !!!!! The majority of the American public DOES NOT SUPPORT THEIR IDEOLIGY or VIEWS because the MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE FED UP WITH IT.

[feedback doctor]

Just a foretatse of a Kerry Admin. You can openly criticize him, but you just might lose some things if you do.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

FOX just needs to use TERREZAS own words " SHOVE IT " .

[Texas Deb]

If they make Molly leave they'll really look like jerks - she's a very nice lady and they'll look really bad if they take it out on her.

And I LOVE Neil Cavuto - WAY TO GO, YODEL GUY!

[Deetes]

Right... They were like throw them off the plane... The big joke will be the MSM going down the drain after this election Well they are already headed that way.

Just think the of the press it would get if ABC/CBS/NBC/NYT.... were kicked off of airforce one. Never here the end of it.. Sure would be funny though.

[TexasCajun]

Bin Laden Endorses Kerry for US President!

Claims "John Kerry Will Track Me Down & Kill Me!"

[feedback doctor]

The big joke will be the MSM going down the drain after this election Well they are already headed that way.

How true! An article posted earlier had said the Osama tape is what will be remembered as the big event of this campaign. I think the most remembered thing about '04 will be the blatant bias of the msm.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

I don't remember this kind of bitterness since Arthur Godfrey fired Julius LaRosa on the air...



LOL! Arthur Godfrey/Julius LaRosa bump!

Yes, I do believe I'm turning into a hopeless square in my middle age...

[Prophet in the wilderness]

It's not just the Kerry champ who wants to infringe on and endanger our 1 st amendment rights by enacting laws on the false guise of HATE speech , and endanger our rights to freedom of religion.
That is the game plan and ploy of the GAY AGENDA , that is were they want to take it to. DON"T LET THEM FOOL YOU, that is their motives of enacting laws for HATE SPEECH.

[mewzilla]

John Sasso, a senior adviser to John F. Kerry's presidential campaign, threatened to ban Fox News staff from the candidate's plane Friday night when Fox initially refused to apologize for a talk show host's comment that a new videotape showed Osama bin Laden with a Kerry button.

Guess free speech is just for Dems.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

and RATHERGATE , AL CA CA GATE , FOOT IN THE MOUTH ( ORALFOOTILITIOUS ) , ORANGE GIRLY MAN, so many to chose from.

[em2vn]

Teresa reminds me of the women I saw a lot of when I was drunk for nearly five years. They were drunk as well.