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There are some arguable real-life politicians who fall into this (most obviously the Fox News Liberals from which this trope gains its name or counterpart MSNBC Conservatives), but suffice to say, [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment]] is in effect.<ref>And of course, even on the most biased show, the "opposition" voices come in several flavors. Sometimes it's a wimp who ends up agreeing with the host, but just as often it's a crazed [[Straw Man]] who makes his whole side look bad. And sometimes it really is an often representative of the other side--but folks on the other side may feel like he ''must'' be a sellout, or why would he be on that show/network in the first place?</ref>
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** Arnold Vinick, the Republican presidential nominee in the final season, is so moderate that the real-life Republican party would probably never accept him. He's pro-choice, not at all religious, and in much of the U.S., would be considered closer to a Democrat than a Republican.
*** But justified in that in California, his home state, he would be considered conservative.
** In fact, pretty much any Republican character whom the audience is supposed to like and respect gradually becomes one of these if they're around long enough. One particular exception is Speaker of the House and Acting President Glenallen Walken, who proves to be a competent president and reasonably likable man of integrity despite also being clearly depicted as a conservative Republican and military hawk. However, he was only around for three episodes, it's possible this wasn't intentional and in any case, he was played by John Goodman, which goes a long way.
* The French [[Police Procedural|Police show]] ''P.J'' has Chloé Matthieu, who is a Fox News ''fascist''
* ''Entertainment Weekly'' editor Mark Harris wrote [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20013253,00.html an article] about this, specifically naming Harriet Hayes of ''Studio 60'' and Kitty Walker of ''Brothers and Sisters''.
== Real Life ==
* The [[Trope Namer]]: Many American liberals feel like most or all liberals who appear on [[Fox News Channel]] fall into this category.<ref>or the other extreme, foam-flecked lunatics who make all the people on their side look bad</ref>
* That's the exact same way many American conservatives feel about most or all liberals who appear on MSNBC. Either they're timid and prone to agreeing with the other side (Scarborough), possibly enough to get their overt approval as someone "they should listen to" (Scarborough can fall here), get fired by them (Buchanan), or are handpicked and singled out to make their side look bad, in their point of view. Both sides can potentially be capable of this.
** Pretty much every other liberal who appears on Fox is accused of this at least at times, and likewise conservatives who appear on MSNBC.
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* Liberal blogs sometimes disparagingly use the phrase "even-the-liberal" to refer to these people, as in "even the liberal Alice believes [conservative position]."
** Similarly, conservative blogs disparagingly use the phrase "even-the-conservative" to refer to people like this, like "even 'rational conservative' Bob believes [liberal position]."
* A conservative or a liberal Republican who appears on [[CNN]], [[MSNBC]] or [[PBS]] is also called a Very Serious Person (VSP). [https://web.archive.org/web/20180214131632/https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Very_Serious_People This] [[RationalWiki|RationalWiki article]] identifies who these VSPs are, their characteristics and policy positions.
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