{"id":845,"date":"2008-03-24T17:11:51","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T00:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=845"},"modified":"2008-03-24T17:11:51","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T00:11:51","slug":"harold-ford-ditches-fox-news-for-msnbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=845","title":{"rendered":"Harold Ford Ditches Fox News For MSNBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HaroldWhen former Tennessee congressman Harold Ford, Jr. signed on as a Fox News contributor last year, he made himself available to be exploited as a Fox News Democrat<\/em>. That meant his remarks would be employed to disparage other Democrats and put a bipartisan mask on Fox’s rightist propaganda.<\/p>\n

Well, apparently the honeymoon is over. Today Ford appeared on MSNBC’s Race For the White House<\/em>, David Gregory’s new show. Ford is still a conservative from the Democratic Leadership Council wing of the party, but his views will be taken more seriously as an MSNBC commentator than as a hit man for Fox. Time will tell if he can regain some semblance of a reputation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When former Tennessee congressman Harold Ford, Jr. signed on as a Fox News contributor last year, he made himself available to be exploited as a Fox News Democrat. That meant his remarks would be employed to disparage other Democrats and put a bipartisan mask on Fox’s rightist propaganda. Well, apparently the honeymoon is over. 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