The title of this article is “Romney Tells Trump He Can’t Make Debate,” and it was written by Jeremy W. Peters and Jim Rutenberg. It was published on December 6, 2011 and appeared in print on December 7, 2011 on page A21. The point of this article is to show that some of the Republican candidates have decided to not attend the debate that is being moderated by Donald Trump while other candidates are undecided or have already decided to attend. This article also discusses how Romney told Trump that he was unable to make the debate because he already made commitments to two other debates during the month of December. Romney, however, was not the only Republican to decline to participate. The others included Jon Huntsman Jr. and Ron Paul. The only two candidates so far who agreed to participate were Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. This debate will occur on December 27. The candidates who are undecided are Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry. Many Republicans believe the only reason Trump is moderating this debate is for self-promoting interests rather than actually trying to help the Republican Party. It is said that Karl Rove and others have tried to convince candidates not to appear in the debate. Trump responded to these people by saying, “It would seem logical to me that if I was substantially behind in the polls, especially in Iowa, South Carolina and Florida, I would want to participate in this debate. But I understand why Governor Romney decided not to do it.” Romney has decided to be interviewed by Chris Wallace on December 18 probably to explain his reasons for boycotting the debate that has been already mentioned.
This article is titled, “The Republican Primary Campaign in Iowa Is Right at Home on Fox News,” and was written by Alessandra Stanley. It was also published on December 10, 2011 and appeared in print on the same day on page A16. This article mainly talks about how the majority of information researched by caucus participants is found on Fox News. It also talks about how Fox News practically owns the campaigns. Fox News especially likes to focus on issues that involve immigration and Medicare. The article also discusses how Fox News tends to have many ambush interviews. However, with the Republican candidates, Fox News is receiving interview clips from actual candidates such as Mitt Romney. Also, it gives the reader information that half of Fox News viewers would vote for Newt Gingrich if the Republican presidential caucus were held today. A reason for this could be that Gingrich is much more familiar on Fox News. Also, Romney, in order to gain some prospective voters, has tried to tell reporters that Gingrich is against child labor laws, is for amnesty for illegal immigration, etc. The article then goes on to talk about the debate that will be moderated by Donald Trump and how some have agreed to attend while others are either undecided or have decided not to attend at all. It also says that Trump believes that he knows more about the issues than any of the candidates making the candidates feel reluctant to attend. Also, it is said that the candidates have actually spent less money on their campaigns because of their access to free media. The top nine Republicans have only spent fifty three million dollars on the debates which is half as much money that was spent only four years ago. All in all, watching everything on Fox News is as if one were actually there in person.
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