Sunday morning news shows were abuzz about the Democratic National Committee's decision to deselect Fox News as a media partner for the 2020 Democratic presidential primary debates.

But you may have missed it if you didn't reset your clocks to Daylight Savings Time, or like a lot of us, spent your weekend fixated on that hour of lost sleep.

On this week's Scramble, we take on the weary rants over both topics.

Is the DNC wasting an opportunity to pull in Republicans or independents dissatisfied with President Donald Trump by ruling out Fox News as a debate host? Or is it a justified response to the cable network's uncomfortably close ties to the occupant in the White House, as meticulously detailed in a recent examination in The New Yorker?

As for that lost hour of sleep, should we readjust our clocks permanently ahead one hour so we capture that extra sunlight when we get out of work? Many say yes. But what about those children waiting for the morning school bus when it's still dark outside?

Sunday morning news shows were abuzz about the Democratic National Committee's decision to deselect Fox News as a media partner for the 2020 Democratic presidential primary debates.
But you may have missed it if you didn't reset your clocks to Daylight Savings Time, or like a lot of us, spent your weekend fixated on that hour of lost sleep.
On this week's Scramble, we take on the weary rants over both topics.
Is the DNC <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/11/politics/jim-himes-dnc-fox-news-debates-cnntv/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wasting an opportunity</a> to pull in Republicans or independents dissatisfied with President Donald Trump by ruling out Fox News as a debate host? Or is it <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/its-time--high-time--to-take-fox-newss-destructive-role-in-america-seriously/2019/03/07/aeb83282-40cc-11e9-922c-64d6b7840b82_story.html?utm_term=.46a1bb8b6947" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a justified response</a> to the cable network's uncomfortably close ties to the occupant in the White House, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/the-making-of-the-fox-news-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as meticulously detailed in a recent examination</a>&nbsp;in The New Yorker?
As for that lost hour of sleep, should we <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2019/03/in-defense-daylight-saving-time.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">readjust our clocks permanently</a> ahead one hour so we capture that extra sunlight when we get out of work? <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/03/08/springing-forward-daylight-saving-time-is-obsolete-confusing-unhealthy-critics-say/?utm_term=.948ca278096f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Many say yes.</a> But what about those children waiting for the morning school bus when it's still dark outside?

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