Fox News to Host 'Candidate Forum' Before GOP Primary Debate

For candidates "who do not qualify for the primetime GOP primary debate."

Screen Shot 2015-06-11 at 11.24.41 AMIt’s not easy being “fair and balanced” when you have as many GOP candidates running in 2016 as horses in the Kentucky Derby. So, what to do?

It appears Fox News has come up with a solution: a “candidate forum.” Ahead of their first Republican presidential primary debate coverage on August 6, 2015, Fox will host a 90-minute forum for candidates “who do not qualify for the primetime GOP primary debate.”

Several GOP candidates have recently complained about Fox’s decision not to have more than 10 candidates on a stage for the debate, including Rick Santorum, who called the move “arbitrary” and “not legitimate.

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