I think you vastly overestimate the number of people who are going to read the NYT article, as opposed to the number of people are are going to learn by other means that Kerry once thought terrorism was a nuisance like gambling or prostitution. Incidentally, that's exactly what the NYT article says as well, regardless of how the Kerry people attempt to spin it and -- like the proverbial kid with his hand caught in the globe-shaped cookie jar once again -- whine about "being taken out of context."
I agree .. and FOX is not talking about the whole article, they are talking about "nuisance"; they are however, reading the whole statement .. which to me clarify's that Kerry compares terrorism to prostitution and gambling.