[pay dirt]

I must admit that in spite of having Fox news on 24/7, I have not been of the impression that they have been non-stop hostile towards Fred. Fred could have said and done things that would have put him higher up in this glaring spotlight, and he failed to do so. That’s terribly unfortunate. But I lay the blame where I feel it should be...and that is at the feet of Fred’s campaign, or lack thereof.

[Pittsburgher]

You’ve missed the boat on this one.

[visualops]

You know what? When Brit’s panel can sit there and analyze and pontificate about the results and NOT EVEN MENTION the guy who placed third, I call foul.

[srmorton]

Thanks for your post because I was beginning to think that I had really missed something. I, too, have FOX on most any time I am watching live TV and I either watch or record Brit's show every night. I have never gotten the impression that FOX (least of all Brit) was biased against him. He did have that little "run in" with Chris Wallace on FNS a few weeks ago, but Chris just had him on again this past Sunday. I think they are making a big deal of McCain because, up until the last couple of weeks, he looked dead in the water, while Thompson just seemed as if he had never gotten started.

This would be a big deal because McCain was the perceived favorite before the campaign started since he was the only candidate who had run for POTUS before. I think the media, FOX included, was sort of surprised that he was not doing better. Now, recently, he has been surging in NH.

I think Fred was trying to run a more traditional campaign by not really getting started until after Labor Day, but, since everyone else got such an early start and the primaries are so front-loaded, it has worked to his disadvantage. I think he had not even planned to try to win Iowa in order to focus on SC and the other Southern states, but decided in the last couple of weeks to make a one-on-one type of push in Iowa. Coming in third or tied for third when he has received very little coverage in the MSM (and what has been covered has often been taken out of context so as to make it as unfavorable as possible) is pretty good. Just MHO.