Fair and Balanced

Anyone who has seen Robert Greenwald's documentary "OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" knows that one of the main ways the Fox management ensures partisan purity is by passing out memos with the top talking points for the day (ie. in August 2004, memos instructed Fox News personalities to hit Sen. Kerry on the Swift Boat and 'flip flop' fronts) so that everyone will be hitting the same points.

The Huffington Post has gotten its hands on one of these Fox memos from late last week, in response to Democratic election results. Read it and chuckle at the official propaganda outlet of the Republican minority. Money quotes: "Just because Dems won, the war on terror isnt over" and "Be on the lookout for any statements from the Iraqi insurgents, who must be thrilled at the prospect of a Dem controlled Congress." Wow and wow. Journamalism at its finest.

[PS- This isn't in that memo, but here is how FoxNews.com is reporting the race for House majority leader: "Murtha, Hoyer launch bloody campaign for House No. 2 spot; Lott, Alexander vie for Senate GOP No. 2 position". See, when it's the Democrats, it's a "bloody campaign"; when it's the Republicans, they "vie" for the spot. Got it?

UPDATE: Trent Lott is back!? Murtha's bid on the Dem side appears a lost cause.]