When I learned of The Memo, I wondered if others at Fox would say it works as described. I expected that debate to begin soon, and I expected some dispute immediately from Fox. But maybe not. There's always "yeah, we have such a memo, and you don't?" which has worked in the past for Roger Ailes.

came in one morning, and the first thing I saw on the monitor was our anchor doing a story [Trent Lott's praise of Strom Thurmond]. And it was clear that Fox, through the anchor, was anti-Trent Lott. So I went right to the memo, and sure enough the memo said we should make sure our viewers know that this wasn't even the first time Lott has made such remarks. And I thought, "Wow, I don't understand." So I go to the wires, and sure enough, there it is: Bush has condemned what he had said, and Bush wanted to get rid of Lott as the majority leader.

Events of the last few months are putting increased pressure on Fox's claim to be both the conservative alternative and not only fair and balanced, but without any definable perspective. Many--including me--marvel at this strategy of playing both sides

Burnham pointed out that nearly half the cases sent to federal attorneys were never prosecuted at all. "What does this say about the quality of the investigators?" he asked.

Franks suggested that a "massive casualty-producing event" might cause "our population to question our own Constitution and begin to militarize our country."
For those tapped into the alternative media world of the Internet, the quotes bounced around faster than a Paris Hilton sex video.


mr ed - so i woke up a while ago and the story on the news was '31 US troops wounded' - im not sure how 'old' that story was, but its probably a pretty big story. now we hear about a car bomb in moscow 'near the kremlin' and 'near an international hotel', now its not a car bomb but a ' female terrorist suicide bomber' - and the attack on us soldiers seems to have been completely bumped off the news.