The Outfoxed gals commit journalistic perjury again, yet credulous dupes still believe them! With J$P Video! Updated!

What follows is an object lesson. How people who cry "liar!" are in fact the ones telling lies. How the haters will employ every shoddy propaganda technique at their disposal to smear Fox. And how there are no cretins more gullible than the ones who swallow the drool that drips from the newshounds (another fine product from the Outfoxed mob).

Our case in point: newspooch Melanie, who wants to create a picture. The only question is where she will find the paint to color it her way. The headline kicks things off with the obligatory charge of lying:

The Same Day Jessica Lynch Testifies About the Government's Lies, Fox "News" Repeats Them

The frame the newspoodles have chosen for this tract is that Fox is trying to hide the truth about Jessica Lynch. You see, they showed clips from the testimony about Pat Tillman, but none of Lynch, and all Jane Skinner said was:

The panel also has been hearing from former Army Pvt. Jessica Lynch. She said she's trying to set the record straight about her dramatic rescue from Iraq.

Now to increase the paranoia among the credulous, the biased bassets explain the secret agenda behind this spiking of a major news story. You see, the Lynch situation hasn't been well publicized (!), and "Fox would like to keep it that way, thank you very much". Why?

One of strongest points Lynch made today was that the "dramatic rescue" itself was one of the government's lies, yet a Fox "News anchor" promoted and repeated it. Apparently Fox thinks George is in enough trouble as it is.

Note: Lynch went out of her way to praise the heroism of those who rescued her. She did say the stories of her capture were lies. But what of Melanie's claim that Fox is trying to keep this story under wraps? They don't show clips of the testimony. They don't report what she said. It's clear: they're covering for George Bush! And if you doubt that, just ask the kennel-dwellers, who ate all of this up like a fresh bowl of Alpo:

• Fox News spreading lies...who would have thunk it.
• FOX continues to harm the american public by distorting and omiiting the news...
• Yeah, I remember the "dramatic" rescue. When I heard about it, the first thing that came into my mind was, "Wag the Dog."
• This is a clear example of how Fox News lies in its coverage.
• It's interesting how Fox mentions the story - but doesn't go into detail.
• And if you watch, Lynch's testimony will get coverage on CNN & MSNBC, but it will be completely ignored on [Fox].

Well, they're convinced, anyhow. But given the track record of the anti-Fox terriers, we were not. Why the focus on Jane Skinner's 2:00 pm hour? The answer to that question exposes the claim that Fox was hiding this story as another hound lie. All it took was a quick check of how the story had been reported in all the other hours surrounding the 2:00 pm hour. Say, the hours of 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, and 3:00 pm [QuickTime video]:



What have we here? It appears that the Lynch appearance was covered fully during each of those hours. Not just a summary, but full, live reports, complete with clips of her testimony. All of these aired before Melanie posted her smear. And there were more as the day wore on. But somehow, Mel skipped over 12:00 pm, skipped over 1:00 pm, skipped over 3:00 pm (all hours that the hounds cover regularly--but didn't this day), and only mentioned the 2:00 pm report. Why do you suppose that is? Hmmm?

Apologists for Fox haters in general, and the newsliars in particular, are going to have their hands full defending this one. Let them try.

Update: The Fox cover-up of the Jessica Lynch story continued the next morning. Ms Lynch was interviewed on Fox & Friends. Way to keep the story secret! Yes, the newsmutts wrote an article on the show. And no, they made no mention of the Lynch interview.

Predictable, but still pathetic.