11.08.2006

FOX news on the elections: Britney and Kevin are getting divorced!

You've got to admit: I've been totally restrained on the election gloating. Nothing about taking the House. Nothing about Rumsfeld. And now, word is pretty universal, the Senate is now Democrat. George Bush gets to spend the next two years in veto death watch. Too little, too late, but it's where we are. Finally the prique gets to sit in the dark with Cheney and talk about the old days.

The reason I write this, however, is to comment on coverage.

I've been surfing channels for the last two hours, watching coverage. And everyone - CNN, Headline, MSNBC, PBS - everyone is doing their version of the election coverage. Except... FOX. FOX has been the most unabashedly partisan station in politics. And then there's tonight.

Tonight what is FOX covering? Britney and Kevin's incipient divorce. The murderous Chinese immigrant in Canada. Why nail clippings are ruining your plumbing. ANYTHING but politics tonight. Because they don't have any good stories to cover.

Bill O'Reilly. I can't even imagine what he's going to talk about. If he ever comes up for air again.

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