Obama y Murdoch

Esta noche, mientras John McCain ofrezca su discurso de aceptación de la candidatura presidencial por el partido Republicano, Barack Obama dará una entrevista al programa conservador y pro republicano "O'Reilly Factor" de Fox News y conducido por Bill O'Reilly. Según el periódico Washington Post este encuentro se concretó hace algunos meses cuando se reunieron de manera secreta Obama, el director de Fox New Roger Alies y Rupert Mudoch, dueño del canal. Aquí un fragmento de la nota:

At a secret meeting with Barack Obama three months ago, Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes says, he tried to clear the air with the Democratic senator by saying that his organization was determined to be fair but would not be "in the tank" for Obama's campaign.

During the sit-down in a Waldorf-Astoria hotel suite in Manhattan that included Rupert Murdoch, the network's owner, Obama expressed concern about the way Fox was covering him. "I just wanted to know if I'm going to get a fair shake from Fox News Channel," Ailes recalled him saying. "Senator, you're the one who boycotted us," Ailes says he replied. "We're not the ones who boycotted you. Nor did we retaliate for your boycott."

The meeting appears to have eased tensions between the two camps, which began when all the Democratic candidates, complaining that the network favors Republicans, refused to hold any primary-season debates on Fox. After resisting invitations for months, Obama now plans to appear on Bill O'Reilly's prime-time Fox program on Thursday, the night that John McCain delivers his acceptance speech at the Republican convention here.