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And here we thought everyone in the media was falling all over themselves to point out how Karl Rove is the best thing to happen to cable news since Anderson Cooper's baby blues. But there remains some controversy about Fox News hiring the former White House strategist. Something about Rove's refusal to testify before Congress? Scandal!

Oh, but lest you think that Chris Wallace defending Rove was the most noteworthy part of yesterday's Fox News Q&A at the Television Critics Association annual event, there's this: The network is finally saying it regrets those New York Times Photoshop illustrations. Backtrack!

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Jul 15, 2008 · posted by david · Link · 2 Responses
Photoshop masterpieces

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Fox News is getting plenty of crap for these two photos, of New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg and television editor Steven Reddicliffe, an axed ex-employee there, which were completely manipulated to make the reporters look much worse than they actually do. Fox & Friends co-hosts Steve "The Whiny One" Doocy and Brian "The Lap Dog" Kilmeade weren't happy when Steinberg's byline was on a "hit piece," ordered by "attack dog" Reddicliffe, on their cable news network, which explained how CNN and MSNBC were narrowing the gap with the ratings leader. Foreheads were lengthened or shrunk, teeth were yellowed, and chins were made into bulbous appendages. As a matter of decency, however, there were no coke dots, pee stains, or drool scrawled across them. Video of the segment below.

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Jul 2, 2008 · posted by david · Link · 5 Responses