Fox Primary: Complicated, contractual

So the big question is how are news organizations going to cover candidates such as Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Mike Huckabee? these are known as the "Fox Candidates" which is posing a problem for the network because of the competitors. Steve Scully, who said that when C-Span tried to get Pailin for an interview, said he had to get Fox's permission but they ultimately said no. I think that it is crazy that candidates have contracts with each station because it doesn't allow the other side to get the truth out of each person. There are also rare times where they do get permission to go on other networks, but often times it does not have any significance. In conclusion, "While having candidates with Fox contracts may be ideal media strategy for the primaries, the GOP may suffer in the general election if its candidates avoid speaking to the mass audiences of the Big Three Networks."