Original sentence: Bush in 2004, Pat Caddell has split from the party, calling Democrats "a confederacy of gangsters", Schwartz has repeatedly attacked Air America Radio, and Kirsten Powers, who is identified as a liberal, is pro-life and opposes embryonic stem cell research.It references the conservative bent of the Fox News Channel, which many media watchdog groups and left-of-center activists contend is essentially a mouthpiece for right-wing talking points.Media watchers on the left often claim that the supposed "liberal commentators" on Fox News are merely straw men hired to present liberal viewpoints as ineffectively as possible.The 2004 documentary Outfoxed contends that Fox producers purposely choose nonthreatening liberal commentators; it supports its argument by interviewing former network producers as well as a former commentator who claims that he was summarily fired by Fox after challenging the case for the 2003 invasion of Iraq too forcefully.Though Colmes has received praise for his ability to hold a conversation in good faith with conservatives, he has been criticized by liberals who feel that his deferential style makes him come across as weak in comparison to Hannity, who takes a louder and more confrontational approach
Edited sentence: Bush in 2004, Pat Caddell has split from the party, calling Democrats "a confederacy of gangsters", Schwartz has repeatedly attacked Air America Radio, and Kirsten Powers, who is identified as a liberal, is pro-life and opposes taxpayer-funded human embryo experimentation that involves the cloning and destruction of human embryos.It references the highly-rated Fox News Channel, which many left-wing activists and conspiracy theorist claimed has a conservative bias.Left-wing groups often claim that the liberal commentators on Fox News are merely straw men hired to present liberal viewpoints as ineffectively as possible.The 2004 documentary Outfoxed by liberal Democrat political activist Robert Greenwald contends that Fox producers purposely choose non-threatening liberal commentators.Though Colmes has received praise for his ability to hold a conversation in good faith with conservatives, he has been criticized by liberals who feel that his deferential style makes him come across as weak in comparison to Hannity, who takes a more confrontational approach