[jammies]

So freedom of the press is not compromised by a government using a supposedly independent news organization as a directly controlled propaganda mouthpiece? It might not be illegal, but it certainly is immoral and anti-democratic. A free press is one of the fundamentals of working democracy - without it, you cannot know what your government is doing other than what they choose to tell you.

I agree that this IS a big story - it has nothing to do with whether or not people know FOX is biased, but is rather a question of journalistic ethics. To downplay it by saying it happens all the time is equivalent to accepting it - and it is not acceptable.