Last month, former GOP Virginia governor and U.S. Senator George Allen spoke at a Heritage Foundation luncheon and discussed ways that Republicans could push their “ideas [and] solutions out to folks unfiltered.” Media Matters notes that Allen singled out one cable news network that can help the GOP in its effort:
ALLEN: Cable’s been great – we wouldn’t have Fox News but for cable. You’d be stuck with the three broadcast networks. And Fox is rated very highly in viewership. So there’s a lot of ways we can get our ideas out.
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Allen isn’t the first Republican to recognize Fox News’ value to the GOP. Most recently, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) walked back criticism of Fox, saying he’s “glad” the network is there to “counter to what the rest of the media has out there.” But also, perhaps Allen owes Fox some gratitude after some of the network’s pundits ignored and even defended his outrageous “macaca” slur.
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