Fox primary: complicated, contractual

This weeks article was about 4 of the possible presidential Republican candidates: Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee . The issue that was brought up in the article was the fact that Fow news with the exception of Mitt Romney, have deals with every major potential Republican presidential candidate not currently in elected office. The contract has all four of the candidates tied in so that they can only be seen on TV through Fox news and no other media outlet. On top of this all four of them are getting paid by Fox news. In my opinion this outrageous!  Not only does it make all four of these candidates look like hero's but also we as voters don't get to see them answer the tough topics that could make or break a voters choice. Also I feel as if it is a monopoly and that Fox news has gone above and beyond of what is right. By having these contracts it makes it tough for journalists and reporters to get the truth about what each of the candidates plan to do if they were in office and also it gives the Republicans a much bigger advantage when election time comes. While the Democratic candidates are facing the big 3 networks and other media outlets and answering all the hard questions, Republicans will be breezing through and be approached with questions that will only make them look like hero's. This quote from the article pretty much sums it up:" Fox opinion hosts typically invite the Republicans simply to offer their views on issues of the day, rather than press them to defend their rhetoric or records as leaders of the party".
    Their contracts also state that they will continue to get paid as long as they haven't declared their candidacy. I find this to be ridiculous because Palin has been setting up her campaign for months now and all Fox is doing is paying for her to have this big run at president all because she hasn't declared yet. I must say it is a very strategic and well thought out plan by the Republicans but this a Democracy and we the people deserve to know what each candidate can bring to the office. Overall this upsets me to see that the Presidential election races can be manipulated so easily by the media. Hopefully, the government will see what is going on and put  a stop to any type of media contracts with possible presidential candidates.