Faux

Jon Stewart outdid himself in this segment... there are no words for the kind of hypocrisy you're about to see, but at least someone called it out:

They Distort You Decide

Media Matters, the watchdog site, caught Fox and Friends good. The show, probably the most egregious and flat out moronic of the Fox News lineup, did a "story" on a recent New York Times article about CNN and MSNBC closing in on fox in the ratings race. Fox and Friends mentioned the piece's writer Jacques Steinberg and Steven Reddicliffe, the editor who ran the piece.

They also ran photos of the pair, photos that were almost comically altered to make them look uglier. They darkened their eyes, messed with their noses, teeth and hairlines, and passed it off as real. Another high water mark for Fox News: They distort, you decide.

Out FOXed

Inspired by Fox News' retrospective on the Bush presidency, The Daily Show's John Oliver did a short documentary on the legacy of the Fox News Channel.

Part I:



Part II:

Fox Still On Top

TV Newser, a website about the news of television news has reported the ratings for cable news shows in January 2008. And, as usual, it isn't even close. Although CNN scored ratings victories with the most watched debate and debate coverage, this chart shows it still has a long way to go. Also lagging, MSNBC likes to brag that it's the "fastest growing" news channel, but that growth hasn't done much to cut into the tremendous lead of Fox News. Leading the way, of course, was Mr. Bill O'Reilly:

1. The O'Reilly Factor (Fox)
2. Hannity & Colmes (Fox)
3. The Fox Report with Shep Smith (Fox)
4. Special Report with Brit Hume (Fox)
5. On The Record with Greta Van Susteren (Fox)
6. Americas Newsroom (Fox)
7. The O'Reilly Factor (Repeat) (Fox)
8. Larry King Live (CNN)
9. The Big Story with John Gibson (Fox)
10. Lou Dobbs Tonight (CNN)
11. Studio B with Shep Smith (Fox)
12. Your World with Neil Cavuto (Fox)
13. Happening Now (Fox)
14. Fox And Friends (Fox)
15. Live Desk with Martha MacCallum (Fox)
16. Americas Pulse (Fox)
17. Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
18, Out In The Open (CNN)
19. Countdown with Keith Olbermann (MSNBC)
20. CNN Election Center (CNN)