Foxy politics

Fox (prop. R. Murdoch) is well known for its extremely biased coverage of all things political and its anti-Democrat stance. (In fact, we're likely to see more of this kind of thing in the U.K. with the increasing reach of Sky News on free to air digital broadcasts and the Mail group of newspapers stake in ITN.) But it's interesting how the media attempts to damn those who it opposes while trying to look like it's not engaging in character assassination. Check out this Fox story, for example, which suggests Kerry isn't the all-American baseball fan he claims to be. No need to tackle the issues, no need to question his war record: if he's a point out on the score, he's not Presidential material. Of course, he does actually know where Vietnam is...