Today on Hardball with Chris Matthews former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan admitted what many had long known to be true. The White House sent and possibly still sends talking points directly to Fox News. This of course is the final nail in the coffin of the myth that Fox is “fair and balanced. Many had already come to the conclusion that Fox’s claim of objectivity was a falsehood, but now all but the most close-minded will have to admit it as McClellan’s admission means that Fox commentators such as Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity have, as liberals have alleged, effectively been nothing but propagandists for the Bush administration while clothing themselves in the moniker of journalist.
Keith Olbermann later reported that MSNBC tried to reach Fox and the White House for comment, but that the White House refused and that Fox didn’t return their call.
