
A hat tip to
Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O'Reilly, which was one of the first sites -- if not the first -- to note the erroneous identification of Mark Foley as a Democrat on the O'Reilly Factor. I suppose this shouldn't surprise me given the near-constant stream of fabrications put forth by Fox News, yet this one was
so overt, it gave me pause. It's like that moment in
1984, during Hate Week, when the government announces that the enemy is no longer Eurasia, but Eastasia, and the masses accept the change unquestioningly. I don't think O'Reilly fooled anyone, but if the Republicans
could get away with convincing Americans that Democrats have been in charge the past several years, I think they might try.
posted by Jen Sorensen, 6:03 PM -
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