Thompson rips Fox "News" for bias

November 25, 2007

Republican Fred Thompson accused Fox "News" of bias and of being unfairly critical of his presidential bid, saying that the network highlights commentators who have been overly critical of his run for the presidency.

"This has been a constant mantra of Fox, to tell you the truth," Thompson responded to Wallace on "Fox New Sunday."

Thompson said he is running second in national polls and has been leading or tied for the lead in South Carolina for "a long, long time."

The former Tennessee senator accused Fox of highlighting only the negative analysis offered by the network's commentators and its own poll to support its conclusion that he is not running a successful campaign.

"For you to highlight nothing but the negative in terms of these polls, and then put on your own guys, who have been predicting for four months, really, that I couldn't do it, you know, kind of skews things a little bit," Thompson said.

Fox "News" reporters and hosts have been openly campaigning for Rudy Giuliani.

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