Fox News chyron cast Dorgan and Dodd as ?defecting Democrats.?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 7th, 2010 5:36 am by HL
Fox News chyron cast Dorgan and Dodd as ?defecting Democrats.?
This morning, Fox and Friends hosted a segment on the retirements of Sens. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND), both of whom will not be running for re-election in 2010. Fox News, however, cast the retirements as defections: Dodd and Dorgan are not “defecting” from the Democratic Party. They are retiring. Rep. Parker Griffith […]
This morning, Fox and Friends hosted a segment on the retirements of Sens. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND), both of whom will not be running for re-election in 2010. Fox News, however, cast the retirements as defections:
Dodd and Dorgan are not “defecting” from the Democratic Party. They are retiring. Rep. Parker Griffith (AL) recently announced that he was switching from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, but no one else has joined him. (HT: TP Reader AC)