Beck was brought to Faux because of his ability to be an American version of radio Rwanda. Murdoch is deliberately trying to destabilize our country, what I don’t get is why we are letting him get away with it.

First of all, kudos to all of those who worked on persuading Beck’s advertisers to drop him. Make no mistake, NewsCorp is vulnerable to this sort of tactic.

[Public Service Announcement: I think this post is the finest example of "I did, so you don't have to" that I've ever seen, and thanks to VastLeft for putting on his waders and working through the complete FUX transcript. Please, everyone, read the whole thing. It will be painful, but very, very instructive. And cue another round of W.O.R.M.--Lambert]

I hope you enjoyed my appearance yesterday on Fox News Sunday (DCOW), via satellite, along with Chris Wallace and Barack Obama. I think they were having audio problems in the studio, since they kept ignoring my questions and comments. I'm sure it was unintentional.

CHRIS WALLACE: Senator Obama, welcome to FOX NEWS SUNDAY.

Via Crooks and Liars comes this YouTube of Reverend Michael Pfleger giving a FAWKS interviewer a brief tutorial on what is what and why what is what is what it is.

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Despite the fact that the biggest news This Week was the testimony of General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker before Congress regarding the Iraq War, both men seemingly refused to Face the Nation and Meet the Press.   Read more…

To spare the rest of you the horror of watching the Republican Debate of last night, I took the time (in small doses) to do so.

[I had to request Lambert's "hon" to pass me the bucket on numerous occasions]

In true Fox "News" style - we decided, and they failed to report.

I'm sure you've probably heard all about the recent back and forth between various organs of the SCLM about Obama and his early education. Short verision: a website published a claim that he was educated in extremist madrassas when young, and that he is a kind of 'stealth-Muslim' now as he runs for the highest office. These claims were picked up by FOX, and later complicated by other claims that even though the story was false, it originated from the campaign office of Hillary. Smears within smears, if you will.

The smearing continues, but not perhaps as you may think. Let's take a walk down Highbrow Smearing Lane, shall we? (I'm leaving out the livelinks which you can find in the original article)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 — Jeffrey T. Kuhner, whose Web site published the first anonymous smear of the 2008 presidential race, is hardly the only editor who will not reveal his reporters’ sources. What sets him apart is that he will not even disclose the names of his reporters.

web site + anon smear + won't disclose = blogs are not real reporting, don't trust them.

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All I can say is, titter!. You decide if this this important:

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