Diss-ing Fox News, Hillary, and the TSA

Is Fox News getting a taste of its own medicine? Another biting documentary, this one available over the Internet, is challenging Fox News and its brand of journalism. It's called "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism." And its release is the reason that several of this week's top links are to Fox News memos that are cited in the documentary, including one that tells Fox employees not to "fall into the easy trap of mourning the loss of U.S. lives" while reporting on Iraq.

Of course, the pressing national issue of the day -- gay marriage, and whether the issue is Constitution-worthy -- is getting plenty of hits in blogland. U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, who says the "future of the the family/marriage/country/ultimate security" hangs on whether gays can marry, took the No. 2 spot among "bursty people" and jumped to No. 6 among key people. But the defeat of a vote on the issue in the Senate also grabbed headlines, as did party-line-breaking Sen. John McCain's description of the issue as "un-Republican." But as those Republicans say, it's not over till it's over.

In Democratic Party land, seems that former First Lady and now-Sen. Hilllary Clinton didn't get an invite to speak at the Democratic National Convention, and fund-raiser Judith Pope rose to the ranks of Wednesday's bursty people list for saying Hillary's snub is a slap in the face to all women.

And then there's the tale of Daryl Miller, who isn't one of those compliant, take-your-shoes-off, let-us-search-your-bags airline passengers. He dropped his pants while in the security line at the airport...and wasn't wearing anything underneath. No doubt his sense of emotional payback was immense, but Miller was arrested by Minnesapolis airport officials for indecent exposure, nonetheless.

Sure it's a repeat, but it's quirky. Teen-ager "Jive Turkey's" tale of being flipped off by President Bush has blog staying power, clinging to the No. 34 slot among key links.

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