Here's a quick tip to all of you journalists out there who ever aspire to make an appearance on a Fox News show: don't reference your left-leaning political ideology in your Facebook profile.

Just ask Ivygate editor Jacob Savage. Yesterday, he and co-editor Maureen O'Connor published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Time about how kids of the "Facebook Generation" who plan on running for office one day may run into difficulty because all the stupid stuff they did in college will be archived on the Internet for all eternity, thus providing their future political opponents with an endless stream of ammunition. Everyone will become unelectable! "If representative democracy is not to come to a standstill, we will get over it," Savage and O'Connor argue.

Later in the day, the duo were contacted by Virginia Grace, a producer at Fox News who wanted to book them on Heather Nauert's America's Election Headquarters to discuss the topic for a segment airing today at 5 p.m. Both O'Connor and Savage responded by phone that they were interested, and were told the show was excited to have them. Savage was also sent a follow-up e-mail by Grace: "Sounds great! I think I found you on Facebook. I will friend you."

Except that Savage's Facebook profile maybe doesn't look so great to a Fox producer.

Savage lists himself as "very liberal" on the site, and openly endorses Barack Obama. (About Me: "YES WE CAN!"). Grace also friended O'Connor, though her profile is restricted and has no overt political references. (For the record, we checked Grace's profile, and she's listed as a "Christian" and a "Libertarian.") Today, four hours before air time, Savage received a call from Grace's assistant, who told him that while O'Connor had been booked, his services were no longer needed. Her explanation for the about-face? "We could only have one person, and we called Maureen first." Savage says he protested, arguing that he was the co-author of the piece and that it would be nice if he could voice his opinion on the subject. All to no avail: He was repeatedly told by the assistant that while there had previously been two slots, only one remained.

Now, it could be that Fox did in fact opt to go with Maureen because they called her first and she responded. Or maybe she's prettier than Savage. Or maybe Savage is TOO JEW-Y. (Kidding!) But it also could be that Fox canceled on Savage after checking out his Facebook profile and realizing that he's a liberal. In other words, if that's the case, then they are guilty of doing precisely what Savage and O'Connor argued people shouldn't do in the LAT editorial they were initially contacted to discuss.

A rep for Fox News declined to comment on the matter.