Fair and Balanced, Fox Style

By Scott Horton

Yesterday morning Chris Wallace furnished an example of the sort of balance that Fox News brings to its political reportage. To discuss the Obama Administration’s new budget, Fox featured two Republican critics, Sen. John Kyle and Rep. Paul Ryan, followed by bashings from William Kristol, Brit Hume and Chris Wallace himself. As usual, Fox offered a wide sampling of viewpoints—all of them conservative and Republican. The Daily Show is also doing a fine job of tracking our breathless friends at Fox, as shown in this segment from last week: