Monday, August 14, 2006
The View from Fox
Speaking of conservative idiots, the folks over at Fox News are in a real rough patch.
First, a Catholic priest-turned-pundit for Fox News lied his way into a mosque following last week's revelations about a terrorist plot in London. When confronted about his trickery, he bolted. Now he's denying that he did anything wrong.
Second, another Bush lackey is on the payroll at Fox News and several other media outlets. As the Washington Post reports, "Labor Department deputy assistant secretary Karen Czarnecki [is] appearing on Fox News as a 'conservative strategist.' She's also a regular 'conservative analyst' on the PBS show 'To the Contrary' and, according to her department biography, has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, Canadian Public Broadcasting and C-SPAN."
According to the Post, "laws restrict income that certain political appointees can earn on the side, and the Hatch Act bars political activity while on duty or in a federal building, or using your official title or position," but the ethics watchdogs at the Labor Department have cleared her activities. It poses a problem for me, but I guess political hacks will protect each other.
Finally, and on a far more serious note, two Fox News staffers have been kidnapped in Gaza. Regardless of their ideology and bias, I'm hoping for their safe and speedy return.
First, a Catholic priest-turned-pundit for Fox News lied his way into a mosque following last week's revelations about a terrorist plot in London. When confronted about his trickery, he bolted. Now he's denying that he did anything wrong.
Second, another Bush lackey is on the payroll at Fox News and several other media outlets. As the Washington Post reports, "Labor Department deputy assistant secretary Karen Czarnecki [is] appearing on Fox News as a 'conservative strategist.' She's also a regular 'conservative analyst' on the PBS show 'To the Contrary' and, according to her department biography, has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, Canadian Public Broadcasting and C-SPAN."
According to the Post, "laws restrict income that certain political appointees can earn on the side, and the Hatch Act bars political activity while on duty or in a federal building, or using your official title or position," but the ethics watchdogs at the Labor Department have cleared her activities. It poses a problem for me, but I guess political hacks will protect each other.
Finally, and on a far more serious note, two Fox News staffers have been kidnapped in Gaza. Regardless of their ideology and bias, I'm hoping for their safe and speedy return.
