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FOX NEWS still giving Hanoi Kerry free campaign coverage.

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"O'NEILL: Actually, what he said was -- or at least the part I got was that it was a little bit excessive. It's really not a matter of forgiveness. It's a matter of fitness to be the commander and chief of all U.S. forces.

There's a book that he published, it's a book called "The New Soldier." And I hope you can see this book. It costs $1,700 to buy the book now that he published because they won't permit the reprinting of the book because they don't want the American people to see the book. He's the author of the book "The New Soldier." And every American should take a look at this book. It begins with a caricature making fun of the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi at Iwo Jima.

My father was on Iwo Jima. The damaging lies that he told about war criminals have haunted people's entire lives. So it's just a little bit late in the course of a presidential campaign to say it's a bit excessive after, you know, coming forward with lies for a period of more than 30 years. "

And the media STILL acts like he has done nothing wrong!

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I can understand that CNN has more (faux) credibility with the mushy middle. But, FOX is really asleep at the switch if they don't pick this up.

In trying to read the transcripts with half my I.Q. tied behind my back, I can see where CNN thinks they "neutralized" O'Neill by giving equal rebuttal time to a senior Kerry adviser after O'Neill's appearance. Even though Meehan replied with nothing but weasel words, and didn't even answer the questions Blitzer asked him, he gets high marks for giving good weasel. In all honesty, it reads to me as though it would fool those who aren't really paying attention.

The only way to avoid this is to have O'Neill on with Hume, Hannity, or some venue that will give him the time and respect he deserves.