It infuriates me that the so-called MSM are being taken in by Fox. None of them have any balls to stand up and call Fox on their bullshit.

I wonder if Dana Perino thought it was unbecoming behavior for the Bush White House to boycott MSNBC and slander the network the way it did.

And isn't it interesting that Perino is going on Fox"news" to say this. Why doesn't she go on MSNBC to be interviewed and get some real questions with follow-up?

This is yet another example of Fox creating a narrative: "See, we're mainstream and we're right. Even the 'liberal' media agrees with us and is siding with us against the despicable actions of the White House."

And, guess what? Not only are Fox's supporters eating it up, the "liberal" media is also swallowing it hook, line and sinker. Astounding!

Something's seriously wrong when journalists are defending a "news" organization that shamelessly promotes a political agenda (see "tea parties" & verbatim broadcasts of RNC talking points/oppo research), distorts the truth, and even outright lies. Their defense of Fox implicitly condones Fox's behavior. I guess they're okay with that.

It seems that too many journalists are willing to see their credibility, which Pew has already recently found at a shocking low, sink even further down the tubes.

It's a shame. Objectivity and truth used to be valued among journalists. It seems that that's no longer the case. They have allowed Fox "News" to sully an entire profession, and they don't realize that treating Fox with kid gloves will only further undermine their legitimate efforts.

Can't wait to hear Jake Tapper's question at the briefing on Monday. The sheer cluelessness of inside-the-Beltway media is baffling at this point. Is it something in the water in DC? Something that makes them completely credulous?

Whatever it is, it's embarassing. They don't seem to understand that by defending a propaganda machine like Fox, they're weakening everyone in the political media.

It's the same old group of lying incompoops from the GOP noise machine. You just can't take this group of howling tools seriously. Same old same old.

What's really pernicious about Fox is that it is not actually pointed AT Americans, but only at the Congress. They have succeeded in the case of health care reform in selling Republicans in Congress on the notion that reform is "really" unpopular. Ingraham argued that because 'her phone callers' were disturbed by the idea of reform, that means that all the polls are wrong. And Mitch McConnell obviously believes her.

Such dupes of the crooked old Aussie.

Will someone pleace tell me where in the Qur'an or the Communist Manifesto does it say you have to let Fox into every meeting and interview that the WH gives?
Just party down Mr. President!