and i said to him, look, i d really like to get you on my program. i will treat you what is my line? i ll treat you with dignity and respect. i ll treat you with dignity and respect. and he proceeds to say to me, i can t possibly do that because it would upset everybody at fox. i ll come on your show after the primary. this is the best illustration of the fox primary. the power of these right-wing media machines to influence the pri primaries. oz was honest about this, according to smerconish. let s also be honest about the situation. the real oz doesn t want to appear anywhere but fox is he doesn t want to answer tough questions about his record, his flip-flops on various issues of importance to conservatives. the fact he s been living in new jersey instead of pennsylvania for decades. he ll stay in a safe space on fox, try to win the primary that way. what was he railing about yesterday? cancel culture. he says because the
to promote democracy, his challenge won t be just combatting the messages of authoritarian media machines abroad but the autocrat apologists here at home. john avlon is here tonight with a reality check. . the biden administration s democracy side is a sign of solidarity against that rising tide the need is real. after all democracy has been in retreat for over a decade according to freedom house. as autocracies pitch the promise of wealth without liberty. predictability china and russia denounced the summit even before it began. no wonder because they ve gotten used to bullying critics into silence and submission, but there are heartening signs of a push back. the biden administration has been notably tough on china contrary to all the trumpest claims of beijing and biden during the campaign.
just ask your asthma specialist about dupixent. returning to our top story tonight. as president biden engages over 100 nations in a virtual summit to promote democracy, his challenge won t be just combatting the messages of authoritarian media machines abroad but the autocrat apologists here at home. john avlon is here tonight with a reality check. democracy versus autocracy is the defining fight of our time. and the biden administration s democracy summit is a sign of solidarity against that rising tide of autocracy. we ll see what concrete commitments emerge or whether it s a lot of diplotalk, but the need is right. after all, democracies have been in retreat for over a decade. as autocracies pitch the promise of wealth without liberty. predictably, china and russia