Many journalists have wondered over the past few weeks why the Obama Administration was attacking Fox "News." Conservatives, like Tucker Carlson, darkly intoned that the the Administration was trying to "silence" Fox "News."
Hardly. Anyone who thinks they could silence a major network is crazy. (Then again the White House attack on Dan Rather and CBS pretty much ended any reporting into George Bush's National Guard duty.)
Instead perhaps the White House is just looking to shame Fox "News" into acting like a real network, you know, not calling a fist bump a terrorist fist bump, not turning a Newsweek article that calls Fox's action "Un-American" into a claim that the Administration is "Un-American," and having polls with more than pro-Fox answers.
Now no one is expecting Fox to provide the fawning coverage the Bush Administration received in features like "Fighting to the Finish." No, that type of "Dear Leader" propaganda is probably reserved for the next Republican President.
And no one expects Fox to move from its "Hunting of the President" mode to "On Bended Knee," but perhaps when the Fox soldiers fight on against Obama they might try and actually use facts rather than fiction.
One can dream, can't they?
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