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Media Matters president knocks Bernie Sanders for timing of Fox News town hall [View all]
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/437876-media-matters-president-knocks-bernie-sanders-for-fox-news-town-hall
The president of the progressive media watchdog group Media Matters on Monday knocked Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for agreeing to appear in a Fox News town hall, objecting to the timing of the event.
Angelo Carusone, the president, told HuffPost in a statement that Fox News "is in the midst of a critical ad sales period" and that Sanders's town hall could help the network "assuage advertisers concerns."
“Fox News is in the midst of a critical ad sales period where they need to sell 60-70% of all their ad inventory for next year. But, due in large part to concerted efforts of activists and organizations, Fox News is having an ad sales crisis and is not able to fully persuade the advertising community that it is safe to come back in the water," he said.
“Doing this town hall in the middle of this moment will be used by Fox News to try and assuage advertisers concerns in a way that doing the town hall in a few weeks from now would not have done,” Carusone added.
The president of the progressive media watchdog group Media Matters on Monday knocked Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for agreeing to appear in a Fox News town hall, objecting to the timing of the event.
Angelo Carusone, the president, told HuffPost in a statement that Fox News "is in the midst of a critical ad sales period" and that Sanders's town hall could help the network "assuage advertisers concerns."
“Fox News is in the midst of a critical ad sales period where they need to sell 60-70% of all their ad inventory for next year. But, due in large part to concerted efforts of activists and organizations, Fox News is having an ad sales crisis and is not able to fully persuade the advertising community that it is safe to come back in the water," he said.
“Doing this town hall in the middle of this moment will be used by Fox News to try and assuage advertisers concerns in a way that doing the town hall in a few weeks from now would not have done,” Carusone added.
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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