Rick Santorum Slams Fox News For Failing To Cover Candidates Equally

Santorum: “Listening To What Your Network Was Talking About Prior To This Race ... Reminded Me Of The Coverage That Many On This Floor Are Getting”

From the January 28 edition of Fox News' Republican Presidential Primary Undercard Debate:

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BILL HEMMER (MODERATOR): Is Monday night your last stand? 

RICK SANTORUM: Listening to what your network was talking about prior to this race, this debate, reminded me of the coverage that many on this floor are getting. This debate was called the undercard debate. The undercard debate. It wasn't advertised significantly. In fact, the entire hour lead up to this, there was no conversation about any of the four people on this debate stage. And that is the chronic situation. In fact, they put a poll up from Wall Street Journal/NBC News, they listed the candidates. They failed to mention -- I wasn't listed I got zero. Why? Because the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll never includes my name on the list. This is what the media has been doing over the past year in trying to segregate and take Iowans out of the process. What Iowans deserves is to hear from every candidate on an equal footing. Had they applied the same rules four years ago I would have been in the undercard debate. The guy who won the Iowa caucuses would have been in the undercard debate, not talked about. We would have been talking about an entertainer that may have been trying to run. Ladies and gentlemen, you have a chance on Monday to put the record straight about who you want, not who will entertain you but who will fight for what you believe in. I hope you do it. 

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