"Fair and balanced" FoxNews.com used various methods to bury its own findings last week that President Obama leads Mitt Romney in a national poll of 901 registered voters. In web articles, Fox hyped other findings that were unfavorable to Obama. But my favorite was the claim that Obama's 4-point lead was within the poll's margin of error - which was 3 points. UPDATED

Let's do the Fox News time warp again and flash back to August of last year. The Fox & Friends curvy couch potato heads had their nice white (the principal hue on Fox & Friends) panties in a bunch because MoveOn did an ad which featured children to "push a welfare state." The children in the ad articulated ideas for what government could do for the people. Gretchen Carlson said it was "offensive" and the kids didn't know what they were talking about. Fox friends and Maltese Knight, Peter Johnson Jr, said this was a "new low in using children in a political message." Flash forward to this morning's Fox & Friends during which Brian Kilmeade interviewed two little girls whose lemonade stand, for the purposes of Fox & Friends, is an example of  Obama's egregious statement about how businesses aren't built in a vacuum. So when MoveOn utilized children in a TV ad, that was "using" children for "a political message" - and this isn't? Really?

It was déjà vu all over again, Cheney style, on the Hannity show last night as – get this – Sean Hannity and Liz Cheney theorized that Weapons of Mass Destruction in Syria had been sent there by Saddam Hussein in advance of our Iraq invasion. And since that military action worked out so well, the two went on to suggest we ought to do it again in Syria. Cheney, perhaps ogling a cabinet position in a Romney presidency, went on to blow the now-familiar Romney-campaign dog whistle of characterizing President Obama as anti-American, this time for not being more bellicose.

It has now been 1188 days or 3 years, 3 months and 1 day since Sean Hannity said he'd undergo waterboarding to prove it's not torture - and do it to raise money for charity. Time to man up, Sean, to borrow one of you favorite phrases. Either do it or explain why you haven't!

It’s hard to imagine there could be a more sickening display of sucking up to Sean Hannity and his cause celebre - the defense of George Zimmerman - than there was in a segment the night after Hannity’s interview with Zimmerman last week. While Fox News attorneys Megyn Kelly and Greta Van Susteren as well as other attorneys were blunt in their assessment that Zimmerman had harmed his case with his appearance, Fox legal analysts Peter Johnson Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle fell over themselves suggesting that Hannity had just helped acquit him.

While Democrats cower over gun control, Rupert Murdoch - of all people - is speaking out. He tweeted last night: We have to do something about gun controls. Police license okay for hunting rifle or pistol for anyone without crim or pscho record. No more 

Kirsten Powers was absolutely magnificent discussing gun control on Fox News Sunday today - and a picture perfect example for spineless Democrats - one of whom, former Senator Evan Bayh, was sitting at the table with her. First, she forcefully argued that assault weapons make mass casualties more likely, then she noted that police departments agree with her and when host Chris Wallace tried to argue that Democrats are not doing much on behalf of gun control, she shot back that the NRA and similar organizations "own the Republicans and the Democrats cower in fear.” Even worse for gun-rights advocate Liz Cheney, her fellow conservative, Bill Kristol agreed with Powers.

The U.K. Telegraph is reporting that Rupert Murdoch has resigned from several News Corporation boards in England and the United States. "Companies House filings show that Mr Murdoch stepped down from the boards of the NI Group, Times Newspaper Holdings and News Corp Investments in the UK last week. He also quit a number of News Corp’s US boards, the details of which have yet to be disclosed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission," the Telegraph said.

According to a recent guest on Fox & Friends, Christians are unfairly accused of being stupid. One has to look no further than Fox News to see why rational people might have this opinion. As part of their advocacy for the religious right, Fox News provides a platform for the discredited theory of "intelligent design" (Bill O'Reilly), revisionist religiously based history curriculums (Fox & Friends) and outright hatred of atheists (Eric Bolling). And while Fox's Mike Huckabee doesn't appear to lack cognitive processes, those processes can result in amazingly, extraordinarily, and stupendously STUPID statements such as those he made regarding the horrific massacre in Aurora, CO. While the motivation for the shooting is not known, it is probable that the shooter was exhibiting ideation related to mental health issues. In linking the behavior to other societal problems (including, he believes, abortion), Mike Huckabee attributes it to - ready for it - sin! Yup, you heard it right.

Even if you think George Zimmerman acted reasonably, there's something shocking about the gleeful response to the death of an unarmed teenager from the Fox Nation readers. Not only that, they seem eager to start a race war. (h/t Bryce D.)