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It's a lot like this board... We can count on lefties like 350, wide, supe to be ranting some lunacy or conspiracy, but there will always be a Noah, me, lenn, and others to make them look like fools 
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Ooooh, delusions of adequacy
According to the interweb thingy (I've ot seen the documentary) Outfoxed managed to find a number of memos from the news chief instructing the TONE of the coverage away from the centre...
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In the memos, some of which appear in Outfoxed, Moody instructs employees on the approach to take on particular stories. His instructions reflect a clear interest in furthering a conservative agenda and in supporting the Bush administration. The Post quoted Larry Johnson, identified by the paper as "a former part-time Fox commentator who appears in the film," describing the Moody memos as "talking points instructing us what the themes are supposed to be, and God help you if you stray."
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http://mediamatters.org/items/200407140002
They're not all damning, but some are pretty bad:
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Moody on President George W. Bush:
"[Th]e president is doing something that few of his predecessors dared undertake: [pu]tting the US case for mideast peace to an Arab summit. It's a distinctly [sk]eptical crowd that Bush faces. His political courage and tactical cunning ar[e] [wo]rth noting in our reporting through the day (6/3/03)."
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That is not fair, and not balanced.
Their website is ok, mostly because the news feeds come from AP and Reuters
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