Elizabeth Warren Talks Rejecting Fox News Town Hall - The View

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5. The poll of common sense

The greater the exposure of a politicians platform, the more people, of all stripes, know them, the more they can get their platform out, and if its a good one that will help people, and the candidate is given the airtime to explain it, will garner more votes for that politician. Conversely, just to make the point, if a candidate stays home, maybe gives off the occasional tweet, but never even accepts interviews on news networks, will probably not do too well.

Also, especially with Fox News viewers, who only hear third hand descriptions about some Democrats (Pocahontas!) as simply fodder for a laugh, actually being exposed to the actual person and listening to them, might change a few minds. I'm not talking a lot of minds, but we didn't need that many minds more in the last election.

I also think that propaganda argument can be used both ways. Sure Fox News can use it to crow about how "fair and balanced" they are, but if a Democrat does NOT show up, they can also use that to smear Democrats as being afraid to come on to face questions from their viewers.