Fox coverage of Bush speech dominated by conservatives

In its coverage leading up to and following President Bush's December 18 address from the Oval Office, Fox News provided 74 minutes of analysis and discussion without including a single Democrat or progressive, despite the fact that Fox News anchor Brit Hume characterized the speech as a chance for Bush to "address his critics." No Democrats or progressives appeared during the hour of coverage leading up to the address, and it was not until 9:32 p.m. ET -- 14 minutes after Bush had finished -- that Democratic National Committee vice chairwoman Susan Turnbull appeared to discuss the speech opposite Republican strategist Brad Blakeman. In the absence of any critics of the administration's strategy for war in Iraq, it was left to Hume and correspondent Carl Cameron to interpret how critics were likely to respond to Bush's speech.
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