Should Democrats Appear On Fox?

It's a dilemma. Elizabeth Warren pointedly rejected a Fox invitation; Media Matters says that Democratic town halls are "used by the president's propaganda network in its ongoing effort to sanitize its brand." Other Democratic candidates have appeared on Fox, including recently Pete Buttigeig. In response to that, Trump tweeted:

“Hard to believe that @FoxNews is wasting airtime on Mayor Pete, as Chris Wallace likes to call him,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Fox is moving more and more to the losing (wrong) side in covering the Dems. They got dumped from the Democrats boring debates, and they just want in.”

Interesting. So according to Trump, Fox shouldn't cover the Democrats at all; they should only cover Republicans. "Fair and balanced"? Yeah, right.

I liked the response to Trump's tweet by Brit Hume. Hume is on the news side of Fox, not the opinion side -- but like Brett Baier, another news guy, there's not any doubt where he stands: solidly right-wing conservative, virtually all the time. So I found his response to Trump surprising. Hume said:

"Say this for Buttigieg. He's willing to be questioned by Chris Wallace, something you haven't done since you've been president. Oh, and covering the Democratic candidates is part of the job of a news channel..."

Chris Wallace, another Fox guy on the news side, is a tough interviewer; he doesn't throw the softball questions Trump would get from Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, or Laura Ingraham.