Chris and I both have mixed feelings about Obama and Clinton. We've gone over Obama's penchant for attacking progressive media figures who offer him criticism, and his fear-mongering around Social Security. But on the flip side, Clinton isn't that much better. Despite her deep understanding of the right-wing noise machine, Clinton is still embracing Fox News.
So far, Wallace has interviewed Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson; both Sen. Barack Obama and former North Carolina Sen. Edwards have declined.
Obama froze out Fox News, and Edwards and Obama were the first candidates to drop out of the Fox News debates, with Clinton following on. And now, this is just weird.
Warren Buffett will be appearing with Sen. Hillary Clinton tomorrow in San Francisco at a fundraiser. And immediately following that campaign stop, Buffett and Clinton will appear together for the first time in an interview with Liz Claman of Fox Business Network. The interview will take place during the 4pmET hour.
Claman will interview the duo live in San Francisco. The topic will be Clinton's tax plan.
Buffett will also be speaking with Claman at 10amET on his decision to host the fundraiser for Clinton. He will then return at 5pmET to discuss the economy and the Fed's decision on interest rates earlier in the day.
Fox Business News is horrible. I've heard that Dow Jones reporters and Wall Street Journal reporters are jumping ship simply because they don't want to be forced to go onto FBN and want to keep their relationship with CNBC.
Why would Hillary Clinton and Warren Buffett choose FBN as a credible forum? Buffett is probably the most respected businessman in America, and Clinton is still the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. Why choose a right-wing forum with an extremely limited audience, thereby validating another one of Rupert Murdoch's properties?
I can't explain it. Maybe it's just that this is how the aristocracy works.
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