Despite Fox News' "Fair & Balanced logo, much of the content of this network is hardly that. But according to the Fox brass, that's just fine because the biased stuff is on programs that are officially designated as "opinion" shows whereas the news shows are committed to actual fair & balanced news. This appears to be a crock of steaming bullshit, given the type of validation for right wing policies and politicians which is frequently part of various "news" shows where, depending on the issue, there is no balance to the party line - especially when it comes to Sandra Fluke. It's not just Bill O'Reilly who is part of the deal. Fluke has been smeared by Megyn Kelly on Kelly's alleged news show. Even Fox's flagship "news" show, hosted by Bret Baier, is not immune from partisanship. Such was the case on Tuesday, when Charles Krauthammer advanced the Fox News/right wing misogynist narrative that Sandra Fluke is just a demanding slutty slut who wants free birth control courtesy of the taxpayers. Obviously, that's not true; but if you watch Fox, you wouldn't know that.

Ted Koppel visited The O’Reilly Factor last night where he discussed the reasons he thinks opinionated cable news is not good for the country. Koppel gently but firmly confronted Bill O’Reilly on his own tactics that Koppel acknowledged were good for business but, he seemed to think, not much else. As the segment ended, O’Reilly said, “I still think I’m doing something noble.” And Koppel declined to respond.

Sarah Palin can add “national security” to the growing list of areas in which she plays an expert on Fox News. Yes, the world’s most famous ignoramus has been trotted out to play both a Constitutional expert and an immigration expert on the Hannity show. Last night, she was trotted out to attack, I mean discuss President Obama’s “new apology tour” in the Middle East. Oh, and while they were at it, Hannity dropped a little suggestion that President Obama is in cahoots with Al Qaeda.

Jon Stewart exposes the mountain of BS at "Romney Campaign Headquarters," otherwise known as Fox News, over Romney's shocking comments that 47% of Americans are, basically mooching slackers. Once again, Sean Hannity gets dishonorable comedic mention!

In his never-ending quest to find excuses to attack and demonize President Obama, Sean Hannity dug up a 1995 video of Obama touting “democracy with a small ‘d’” and finding “common ground.” This seemed even less damning than Hannity’s “exposé” video of Obama hugging a “black radical” tenured Harvard professor. But to Hannity and Michelle Malkin, those were fightin’ words.

In yet another attempt to smear President Obama, Fox News is pushing the meme that President Obama lied when he told Israeli President Netanyahu that he doesn't have time to meet with him. (Netanyahu told David Gregory it was scheduling conflict). To support this notion that Obama is ignoring Netanyahu (who, according to Netanyahu has met with him more than any world leader) Fox & Friends ran a photo, sourced from Drudge, that purports to show Obama meeting with an actor dressed as a pirate. While Fox& Friends claimed this took place yesterday, the "meeting" took place in 2009!  Fox News should be walking the plank for yet another lack of truthiness. But they don't seem to care. AAARRGGG!!!!!

Poor Sean Hannity. Undoubtedly aware of the dismal new polling numbers for Mitt Romney from Fox News, Hannity tried to take out his frustration on Democrat Bernard Whitman last night. But Seanie-Pooh’s bad luck just kept with him. Because after several minutes of bullyboy Hanctimony, Whitman let him have it, no holds barred. 

Jon Stewart highlighted what a difference a president makes when it comes to cable pundits pontificating about democracy in the Middle East. Stewart noted that a "young, not-as-fat" Hannity and other right-wingers "couldn't do enough to promote democracy in the Middle East as long as it was done at the end of George Bush's gun. But as Middle Eastern countries choose leaders for themselves? Lordy, lordy the pearls can't be clutched enough!"

While ceaselessly complaining that President Obama has bungled the U.S. role in the Middle East with weakness or appeasement, Ex-pastor Mike Huckabee deliberately ratcheted up the hostilities this week when he promoted a blatantly Islamophobic parody song that was obviously designed to offend on as many levels as possible. Sample lyrics, c/o Think Progress:

Hot bed Middle East
Not fit for man or beast
Sand dunes, camels
Virgins when you die
Democracy, Arab spring
That doesn’t mean a thing
Culture, freedom, pyramids goodbye

In the Center for American Progress report, "Fear Incorporated," Fox News is described as the media enabler for Islamophobia in that it provides a platform for those who seek to create fear and loathing of Islam. But in addition to obvious purveyors of hate, like Pam Geller, it seems that Roger Ailes has tapped one of his homies to preach the anti-Islam gospel of the Fox crusade in the form of Fox priest Father Jonathan Morris who, unlike the few other clergy folks who occasionally appear on Fox, has a regular Sunday gig. During this week's Sunday sermon, the sweet faced Fr. Morris started off with what appeared to be a plea for tolerance but what then morphed into a not so subtle denunciation of Islam. And if a priests says that Islam is bad, then it must be true because on Fox, "father," knows best.