Saturday, August 18, 2007

Fair Fox a Phony

It's been apparent for months now that Fox News has been shilling for Rudy Guiliani. The latest report by Carl Cameron on Fred Thompson was a velvet gloved hit piece that attempted to portray Thompson as out of touch with Iowans because of his Gucci loafers and golf cart. It was a superficial bit of snarky flotsam that made Fox look out of touch rather than Thompson. One Iowan commented "We are the Midwest not a third world country, we CAN appreciate nice clothes".

Stop the ACLU has the video.

I have no issue with anyone including a cable network pushing a candidate. What I can't abide is one claiming to be fair in one breath and noticeably shilling for a particular candidate the next.

Fox initially chose to ignore Thompson then belittle his chances. Now that it appears he could actually give Julie Annie a real run for his money they have resorted to mindless snarky commentary. Carl Cameron (IMO a suck a$$ of the highest order)has been their messenger of late although all have been complicit with the exception of John Gibson and Neil Cavuto.

We have come to expect this from MSNBC, CNN, and the rest. It's unfortunate that now even Fox won't be playing it straight.

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