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Only indirectly. Bush's re-election doesn't hinge on the credibility of Fox News or O'Reilly, and this story doesn't really go to the heart of that, either.

This election may be close. In 2000, about 300 people in FL switching sides and we would have Gore. 300 is NOT many and I bet this will have more than 300 deciding for Kerry over Bush. Read the complaint and see they are already setting the link:

11. At all times mentioned herein, Defendant Bill O'Reilly was and is the host and "star" of "The O'Reilly Factor". The "O'Reilly Factor" is broadcast on cable television ....(no viewable)... Westwood One and Bill O'Reilly utilize this forum to preach the principles of the so-called "compasionate conservatism" espoused by George W. Bush and the Republican Party. The Defendants also use this forum to preach their belief in family values and to emoan the moral decline of politicians and others in positions of power.

I've read the complaint, and I saw that excerpt. Did the Martha Stewart conviction change 300 Democrat votes in Bush's favor? I doubt it. Hell, if anything it convinced 300 Rat voters to make sure that they turned out to vote.

We don't even have a court ruling here. Just a bunch of BS complaints that haven't even been responded to, and won't be before the election.

It's going to be an interesting story to follow for the next few months, but I think the impact on the election is zero.