to fit their conservative agenda? Yes. On a daily basis. Here is a nice example.

"Dean Attack on Kerry Farm Vote Backfires" reads the headline of a Jan 2 article suggesting Dean has accused Kerry of voting against a flood relief law in Congress and now Dean will have to issue an apology and clarifying statement. You have to read the article very carefully to learn that Dean never said any such thing. Some Iowa farmer, who is supporting Dean, said it. A search of Google finds no other media organization running the story. I did find it on Kerry's website - no surprise. No apology needed.

Fox likes to suggest some negative thing about a liberal, environmentalists, Democrat or progressive - but when you examine closely you almost always find the fudge and it is usually in the headline or the lead-in statement on the TV news. Such is the favorite news source of my conservative friends.

I guess the Bush Republicans are really scared of Dean and are trying to have him bumped off early. The Republicans have done this before, via dirty tricks or whatever. Nixon in '72 is the most famous example. This year it looks like the right-wing news media owners will carry the water for them. Mission: discredit Dean.