Devotees of Fox News know all kinds of things to be true, from the terrorist fist bumps of the Obamas to the "fact" that Marquette Michigan bans Christmas trees and the colors red and green in an attempt to erase the holiday and Christianity itself from America.
Devotees of Fox News don't know all kinds of things that are true, but embarrassing to the Murdoch empire: things like the fact that Marquette does not and never has done any such thing and fist bumping is just another kind of handshake your kids know all about.
Then there's the interesting case of Fox News Channel producer Aaron Bruns, who was arrested yesterday for distributing child pornography: interesting because so far, the Fox has kept the story in it's burrow along with all the other creepy, crawly things.
It's worse because Bruns is a repeat offender, having been arrested with some 6000 pornographic images of children ten years ago, a felony for which he was sentenced to probation and dropped out of the University of Michigan. Fox made him a producer anyway, which is not surprising when one considers the thoroughness with which they air unsubstantiated rumor and make-up stories while throwing on-the-air tantrums about the very techniques they use so often.
Did Fox know when they hired him that he didn't actually graduate from College? Did they know he was a pervert of the sort they love to become hysterical about? Either way, one expects better from the National Enquirer and usually gets it. They've dropped the "fair and balanced" title as well as the "we report, you decide" hokum. Is it only a matter of time until they buy "Belive it or not?" from the Ripley people?
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