Talking Points Memo has some interesting stuff on Fox News right now. You can read the posts here, here and here. I’m sure there’ll be more. It sounds to me like someone was messing around at FoxNews.com and posted something that they shouldn’t have. Even I can’t believe that they’d try such an obviously dishonest tactic, especially in light of the CBS/Texas National Guard memo fiasco.
On the other hand, before the debate last night, I was flipping between Fox News and CNN. O’Reilly had Newt Gingrich on and they were actually making fun of Kerry for getting a manicure yesterday before the debate.
Fox News analyst Newt Gingrich criticized John Kerry’s decision to get a pre-debate manicure. “I can’t imagine a dumber thing,” Gingrich asserted. “It assures that everyone will be looking at his fingers; and it kind of jars people who are looking for an excuse to vote for him.”
Disgusted, I flipped back to CNN. They were talking about the assault on Samarra that began last night as well. Seemingly legitimate news, but they were asking if the offensive was politically motivated, implying that somehow the Bush administration was timing it to coincide with the debate. I think the Bush administration is a bunch of weasels, but I can’t see what they would gain from doing something like that. It seemed a little to partisan of CNN. I don’t really have a description for what Gingrich and O’Reilly were doing.