In an apparently goo…

In an apparently good-mannered debate on Tuesday, Roger Ailes, Al Gore, Jeff Greenfield and Mort Zuckerman talked about the role of the media in a democracy. In light of the revival of the Fairness Doctrine, Ailes had something telling to say.

But as Ailes began saying that Fox News reported not just the Bush administration’s claims but also what the United Nations, the Clinton administration and the CIA had been saying, a heckler shouted, “Bulls++t!”

“If you want to come up here, we’ll get another chair. If not, you can have another drink,” Ailes responded as the crowd of more than 2,000 roared.

“If all the media agrees with the same point of view, that’s not good for Americans,” Ailes said, noting that but for the efforts of Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, no other news outlet would have reported the United Nations’ oil-for-food scandal.

The “Fairness Doctrine” folks are trying to get equal time on radio enforced by law, but are more than willing to keep their majority situation in other media. And thus, with regards to television (and as Limbaugh is wont to say about himself), Fox is equal time. You think Fox has a conservative slant? Fine, if that means that’s the only way you’ll get this important information.

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