White House Communications Director Anita Dunn said that she had checked with colleagues who "deal with TV issues" and that they had not told people to avoid Fox. On the contrary, they had urged people to appear on the network, Dunn wrote in an e-mail.

But Patrick Caddell, a Fox News contributor and former pollster for President Carter, said he had spoken to Democratic consultants who said they were told by the White House to avoid appearances on Fox. He declined to give their names.

Caddell said he had not gotten that message himself from the White House.

He added: "I have heard that they've done that to others in not too subtle ways. I find it appalling. When the White House gets in the business of suppressing dissent and comment, particularly from its own party, it hurts itself."

Some observers say White House officials might be urging consultants to spurn Fox to isolate the network and make it appear more partisan.

Los Angeles Times

While Caddell looks a little odd to me he has always sounded clear-headed and I believed that what he was saying was what he truly thought. Is he lying...I doubt it based on the reported words from the mouth-pieces of this Administration.

but I highly doubt that the democrats are trying to silence or prevent people from voicing their opinions wherever they wish to voice them

lol