FNC Planning A Debate In Des Moines?

“So MSNBC had the first presidential debate” (scheduled for April 26), “then CNN swooped in and made their New Hampshire ones earlier,” an e-mailer notes. “Now, is Fox News planning to beat CNN with a mid-March set in Des Moines?“

That’s how it sounds in this Chicago Tribune story. It quotes an FNC spokeswoman as saying: “CNN and MSNBC are in a death struggle for second place on the air, so why would it be any different when it comes to presidential debates?”

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