Fox Won't Return Top Dem's Request To Discuss Its $1 Million GOP Donation

A top official with the Democratic Governors Association said on August 17 that Fox News has declined repeated efforts to put him on air to discuss the decision of the network's parent company to donate $1 million to the Republican Governors Association.

Nathan Daschle, the executive director of the DGA, said that he has tried on numerous occasions to go on Fox News to discuss the donation made by News Corp. None of his entreaties have been answered. "We haven't gotten a single phone call or email returned. We want to engage in a discussion with them about this," Daschle said. "But they didn't even respond."

Asked to respond to Daschle's charge that he was being denied a chance to challenge Fox on its donation, Fox News spokesperson Eva Synalovski offered the following: "We understand Nathan's desire to get face time on the most watched news network. And when he can offer insight on a legitimate news story instead of conducting a dishonest publicity stunt, we will consider having him on as a guest."

Asking Fox to engage in a segment of self-analysis is, of course, a difficult request to make. News organizations tend to like the spotlight on current affairs as opposed to their own affairs. But in this case, News Corp., which owns and operates Fox News, is the story. And in many respects the DGA is the aggrieved party.