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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Is it smart for Democratic presidential candidates to do Fox News town halls?

    Nearly two dozen Democrats are running for president. Many of them tried getting attention by doing town halls on Fox News, including Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, and Amy Klobuchar. Kirsten Gillibrand is scheduled to go on the network in June.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 20, 2019 • 1 min read

    Nearly two dozen Democrats are running for president. Many of them tried getting attention by doing town halls on Fox News, including Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, and Amy Klobuchar. Kirsten Gillibrand is scheduled to go on the network in June. But others, most notably Elizabeth Warren, are refusing to go on Fox.

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Ramin Djawadi on creating the music for ‘Game of Thrones’
    1. 0:00Can a billionaire solve the student debt crisis one loan at a time?
    2. 7:44Legal questions surrounding abortion rights
    3. 16:11Is it smart for Democratic presidential candidates to do Fox News town halls?You’re reading this
    4. 26:06‘Game of Thrones’ composer Ramin Djawadi on storytelling through music
    5. 43:24How blue jeans started in LA
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