http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15750535/
Change the facts to fit the agenda. That's outstanding journalism!
Dated November 9th, the morning after Democrats secured control of both houses, obtained by the huffingtonpost.com, it states:
?The elections and Rumsfeld?s resignations were a major event but not the end of the world. The war on terror goes on without interruption.?
Then it brings out the old, a vote for Democrats is a vote for terrorists chestnut:
?Let?s be on the lookout for any statements from the Iraqi insurgents who must be thrilled at the prospect of a Dem-controlled Congress.?
Then there?s another dig at the new majority:
?The question of the day and indeed for the rest of Bush?s term is what?s the Dem plan for Iraq? This could be a very short live shot for Jim Angle, but he?ll try.?
And finally a reiteration for the network to continue to try the scare the crap out of the American people:
?We?ll continue to work the Hamas threat to the U.S. that came hours after the election results. Just because Dems won, the war on terror isn?t over.?
The Columbia Journalism Review pointed out that hours after that memo was issued Fox News live desk host Martha McCallum reported from New York that there were,
?Some reports of cheering in the streets on behalf of the supporters of the insurgency in Iraq that they?re very pleased with the way things are going here and also with the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld.?
?The elections and Rumsfeld?s resignations were a major event but not the end of the world. The war on terror goes on without interruption.?
Then it brings out the old, a vote for Democrats is a vote for terrorists chestnut:
?Let?s be on the lookout for any statements from the Iraqi insurgents who must be thrilled at the prospect of a Dem-controlled Congress.?
Then there?s another dig at the new majority:
?The question of the day and indeed for the rest of Bush?s term is what?s the Dem plan for Iraq? This could be a very short live shot for Jim Angle, but he?ll try.?
And finally a reiteration for the network to continue to try the scare the crap out of the American people:
?We?ll continue to work the Hamas threat to the U.S. that came hours after the election results. Just because Dems won, the war on terror isn?t over.?
The Columbia Journalism Review pointed out that hours after that memo was issued Fox News live desk host Martha McCallum reported from New York that there were,
?Some reports of cheering in the streets on behalf of the supporters of the insurgency in Iraq that they?re very pleased with the way things are going here and also with the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld.?
The BBC and most news media have their little problems, but at least they can be called "news media". Fox does not even come into the category of news media - it's equivalent to the old USSR state operated TV station. There's an irony there somewhere 
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